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Anti-gay, evangelical leaders endorse Rick Santorum
The anti-gay Family Research Council and evangelical leaders have endorsed Republican candidate Rick Santorum for president amid observations that the social conservatives are unhappy with the idea of frontrunner Mitt Romney’s nomination.
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Colorado Governor: The time has come for same-sex civil unions
DENVER — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday told lawmakers the time has come to allow same-sex couples to form civil unions here. Hickenlooper, addressing a joint session of the Colorado General Assembly, said in his State of the State address Colorado believes in equal rights.
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NJ’s largest newspaper calls for constitutional amendment in favor of gay marriage
NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Star-Ledger — the state’s largest newspaper — on Thursday called for an amendment to the New Jersey state constitution that would legalize same-sex marriage in the Garden State.
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Tennessee legislature introduces transphobic ‘bathroom bill’
If it weren’t discouraging enough that the Tennessee legislature will consider a “license to bully” bill and reconsider the “don’t say gay” bill, the new session has opened with the introduction of a blatantly transphobic bathroom bill.
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Obama opposes laws ‘designed to take rights away’
The White House, in response to a Washington Blade inquiry about the possible vote to repeal same-sex marriage rights in New Hampshire, said Thursday night that President Obama “believes strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away.”
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Avis sued over discount rates offered to gay and lesbian customers
SAN DIEGO (CN) – In a federal class action, a woman claims Avis Rent A Car violated her civil rights by offering discounted rates to gay and lesbian customers, but not to her.
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NJ school board files tenure charges against teacher who made anti-gay Facebook posts
UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J — The school board of Union Township, New Jersey has filed tenure charges against Viki Knox, the high school English teacher whose anti-gay remarks on Facebook raised a firestorm over her free speech rights and her role as a public school teacher.
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New Hampshire legislature expected to vote on repealing gay marriage law
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill to repeal the state’s marriage equality law as early as next week. A senior legislative assistant, speaking on the condition of anonymity, indicated that a vote on the measure has tentatively been scheduled for next Wednesday, Jan. 18.
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Suicide claims another LGBT youth: Trevor Project intern Eric Borges
Eric James Borges, 19, of Visalia, California, succumbed to suicide Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Known as EricJames to his friends, he was an intern with The Trevor Project, and a Supplemental instructor at the College of the Sequoias.
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Support for same-sex marriage building among Washington state lawmakers
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state may soon become the seventh U.S. state to legalize gay marriage. A same-sex marriage bill is expected to be introduced in the state legislature by the end of the week, and according to a tally by the Associated Press, more Washington lawmakers are firmly supporting gay marriage than opposing it.