News + Politics
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Harry Knox brings gay perspective to Obama’s faith-based panel
”I am humbled by the invitation to join President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. I hope this council will draw upon the...
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Iowa’s Senate leader will deny effort to roll back gay marriage victory
“It will not come up. I have no intention of taking it up…. I’m not inclined to move legislation forward on this issue next year....
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Governor Douglas vetoes gay marriage… because Federal laws are worse?
”This legislation does not address the inequalities espoused by proponents… Regardless of whether the term marriage is applied, federal benefits will still be denied to...
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Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson break up (again?)
”We are taking a brief break so I can focus on myself.” Actress Lindsay Lohan discussing the tabloid headliner of a relationship she shares with...
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Council Moves on Marriage
The D.C. City Council voted unanimously this morning in favor of an amendment that aims to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. The amendment,...
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Chicago cop sued for issuing false DUIs to gays to create need for overtime pay
”This guy was operating in the heart of the gay entertainment district for years acting on his anti-gay animus and no one in an official...
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Iowa Court says yes to gay marriages! [video]
”The Iowa statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution…. Equal...
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Ultimate Fighting’s president posts online video with anti-gay slur, then apologizes
”I hurt people that I didn’t intend to hurt and when you do something like that, yes, I believe that you should say you’re sorry....
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Sweden latest country to embrace same-sex marriage
”The decision means that gender no longer has an impact on the ability to marry and that the law on registered partnership is repealed.” Statement...
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Married lesbian couple with children to be separated by deportation
”The kids have been crying. It’s sad because they know mommy is leaving…. We already fought our families for our relationship common. Now it’s no...
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Maryland begins to address unfair ‘gay tax’ inheritance issue
”You’re talking about a year of my son’s college education savings down the tubes…. I have no issue paying taxes but if you’re going to...
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VT. gay marriage bill passes House & Senate; Rep. Governor will veto [video]
”The promise of full equality of the marriage statutes that we held out in 2000 by creating civil unions, we believe, has not been fulfilled.”...
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Military officers petition Obama to keep gay-excluding policy
”The signers of this petition are mired in the fears and politics of the past. More than 75 percent of the American public, including most...
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Poison Pews
African-American leaders, students and activists gathered for nearly two hours inside Howard University's Howard Thurman Chapel in Northeast D.C. recently to discuss homophobia in African-American...
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Hoops and Heresy
I have been a bit conflicted lately. On one hand, I've been rooting for my Catholic alma mater, Villanova, in the NCAA men's basketball playoffs....
