News + Politics
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Marriage or Mirage?
On Dec. 11, at a candid community discussion on the pursuit of D.C. marriage equality, a few participants noted that D.C. domestic partners already enjoy...
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GLOV Presses Fenty
The newly re-formed GLOV -- Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence -- on Dec. 17 sent a letter to Mayor Adrian Fenty asking that he take...
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Prosperity preacher, Joel Osteen, declares Gay ‘is a choice,’ not deserving of marriage [video]
”I’m not for gay marriage. In the Bible — I say that marriage is between a male and a female. Now, I don’t know, I...
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‘Godspell’ composer Schwartz allows Mormon students to use works; but Showbiz LDS feeling the heat over Prop 8 [video]
”I have not withdrawn the use of my songs by the BYU Young Ambassadors and do not intend to do so.They are a student singing...
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Congressman Barney Frank featured on ’60 Minutes’ [video]
”I’m gay. I’m left-handed. I’m Jewish. There’s a lot of things I’m supposed to do, that I don’t do…. ...
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Gay-oriented churches seeing shift in memberships
“There’s less need. You can church-shop and find at a local level a parish that is accepting…. We provide an option. We don’t recruit people...
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Sioux City, IA meets to ban gay marriage, but abuptly quits due to complexity, lawsuits
”You can’t un-ring the bell and once you have a room full people that have come down to speak on a topic, I think it...
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WWC Announces New Cuts
Nearly a year since Whitman-Walker Clinic's January 2008 restructuring announcement, which included staff layoffs of up to 10 percent and the sale of its headquarter...
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Colin Powell says time to look again at military policy that excludes gays
”We definitely should reevaluate it. It’s been 15 years since we put in ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ which was a policy that became a law....
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Maine residents begin battle over gay marriages
“There is clearly a lot of support for us winning marriage in Maine. There’s a lot of momentum, there’s a lot of enthusiasm. We’re really...
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Florida Governor Crist’s wedding draws gay-rights protesters
“Our goal is to have marriage for all Floridians. There’s not a pleasant way of bringing out injustice and there’s no version of protesting injustice...
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Killer gets life in prison for stabbing gay man at UK crusing spot
“You murdered in a particularly savage way, stabbing him in the back with a carving knife with such force that it completely severed...
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Top Evangelical lobbyist, Richard Cizik quits after telling NPR he’s shifting away from opposition to gay marriage
Terry Gross of NPR: As you identify more an more with the young voters and their priorities, have you changed on gay...
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Daily Show’s Larry Wilmore takes on Proposition 8 [video]
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Wanda Sykes promotes gay visibility on Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ [video]
”That was me observing ‘Day Without a Gay.’ I don’t want to leave you hanging, but I said, ”I’ll just give you a little taste...
