News + Politics
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UPDATED: Shutdown Stops ''The Laramie Project''
Ford's Theatre has announced that due to the shutdown of the federal government, performances of The Laramie Project have been canceled ''as long as the...
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Letter from Belgrade
Calling a country ''democratic'' doesn't necessarily mean much when it comes to human rights. At least, not in Serbia, with its hopes of being accepted...
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Local candidates squabble over politics of government shutdown
As the federal government officially enters its first shutdown in 17 years, local political candidates for office on both sides of the aisle are using...
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Log Cabin national board member urges Republicans to reject Cuccinelli, Jackson
“Most libertarians understand that there is more to liberty than just low taxes and the right to bear arms. Regardless of their personal religious views,...
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West Virginia same-sex couples file lawsuit for marriage rights
West Virginia became the latest state to face a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s same-sex marriage ban following a Tuesday filing by Lambda Legal. Filed...
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The Biggest Losers
You have to admit that as gay people we have some considerable experience at losing. While the pace of change in recent years for LGBT...
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ExxonMobil announces spousal benefits as LGBT workplace protections remain missing
ExxonMobil received praise when the oil giant announced Friday that it would extend equal employee benefits to same-sex married couples beginning Oct. 1. But with...
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Prop. 8 team takes on Virginia’s gay marriage ban, bringing national focus
The star legal duo who took on California’s same-sex marriage ban have set their sights on a new target — and the ramifications could be...
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Barilla’s chairman apologizes again as gay controversy boils over into boycott
On Wednesday, pasta company chairman Guido Barilla remarked that he would not depict “a homosexual family” in Barilla’s advertisements because he “didn’t agree with them.” ...
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New Jersey judge orders state to allow same-sex marriages
A New Jersey judge Friday ordered state officials to begin performing same-sex marriages beginning October 21. In a ruling that directly cited the Supreme Court’s...
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Second Defendant in Drag Beating Gets Community Service
The second woman seen in an online video apparently attacking a local drag performer in a June 23 incident at a restaurant at 14th and...
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U.S. joins other nations in declaring LGBT commitment at UN
The United States, along with a diverse group of nations, reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating violence and discrimination against LGBT people abroad with a declaration...
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Head of Barilla pasta says gay families will not appear in ads, suggests they choose other brands
“Our family is a traditional family. If gays like our pasta and our advertisings, they will eat our pasta; if they don’t like that, they...
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Is the Pope Catholic?
I am grateful to have a pope who does not remind me of Emperor Palpatine. This does not exhaust my hopes for the papacy, but we're...
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McAuliffe, Cuccinelli battle over gay marriage at Virginia gubernatorial debate
Two of the three candidates running for governor of Virginia squared off Wednesday night in a debate hosted by the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce in...
