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Pennsylvania House committee abruptly yanks anti-gay marriage bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The House State Government Committee on Tuesday abruptly delayed its vote on a measure that would establish an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, redefining marriage as “the legal union of only one man and one woman.”
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Catholic Church suspends Maryland priest who denied communion to lesbian mourner
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A Catholic priest who walked out on a funeral service last month because he was bothered by the attendance of deceased woman’s openly lesbian daughter, has been placed on administrative leave by the Washington archdiocese.
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Pennsylvania House committee to vote on anti-gay marriage amendment
HARRISBURG, Penn. — A Pennsylvania state House committee is scheduled to vote on Tuesday on a bill that would “define” marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
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Yearbook staff shake-up over photo of lesbian students holding hands
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Two high school yearbook staff members said they were fired, and two others quit in protest after their faculty adviser instructed them to remove the photo of a lesbian couple from the yearbook.
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Reid to force vote on gay judicial nominee
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday filed cloture on 17 federal judicial nominees — including an openly gay appointee — that have been barred from obtaining confirmation votes on the Senate floor.
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Ohio Attorney General rejects petition to repeal state’s ban on gay marriage
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine on Friday rejected a petition for seeking a ballot measure to amend the Ohio constitution and repeal the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Boehner may intervene soon against gay troops’ DOMA lawsuit
WASHINGTON — A Republican-led House panel may intervene as soon as next week against litigation that aims to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act on the grounds that it unfairly prohibits gay troops from obtaining benefits for their same-sex spouses.
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Prosecution rests; Defense calls character witnesses in Rutgers webcam spying trial
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Defense attorneys for Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate’s intimate encounter with another man, called seven character witnesses who testified Friday that they never heard Ravi say anything derogatory about gays or homosexuality in general.
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Poll: North Carolina voters oppose constitutional ban on gay marriage
ELON, N.C. — A new Elon University Poll released Friday shows that a majority of North Carolinians oppose Amendment One, a constitutional amendment on the May 8, 2012, North Carolina primary ballot that bans relationship recognitions and threatens protections for the state’s unmarried couples.
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South Bend city council to reconsider anti-discrimination ordinance
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A proposal to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation is back before the South Bend, Ind. city council.