News + Politics
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Anti-Gay Effort Rejected
The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) on Tuesday rejected a proposed voter initiative that sought to define marriage as ''only between a man...
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Meet Will Phillips: Boy, 10, who won’t say The Pledge, taunted for supporting gay marriage [video]
”I eventually, very solemnly, with a little bit of malice in my voice, said , ‘Ma’am, with all due respect, you can...
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Catholics directing gay parishoners to celibacy program in Saint Paul, MN
”Homosexuality is not an illness. You shouldn’t be treating it because there’s nothing to treat…. We identify the church as the people in it, not...
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Judge in Argentina grants same-sex marriage rights to gay male couple
”We are very happy, moved, but we also feel the heavy weight of responsibility because it’s not just about us, it’s encouraging legal equality in...
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Washington Blade closing confirmed by Metro Weekly: DC gay newspaper permanently shuts down [video]
”I’ve been terminated by Window Media…. The staff is meeting for coffee tomorrow to reorganize and re-launch…. In adversity, there is great opportunity. The name...
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Radio station cancels talk show after host spews gay slur during hateful rant in NH
”Although the comments by Mr. Lambert were not aired on our station, we find the comments by him to be completely out of line and...
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Gay newspaper publisher “shuts down:” Southern Voice, David Atlanta publisher ceases operations
”Southern Voice With deepest regret, as editor of SoVo, I have to tell you that we arrived at the office to learn that our parent...
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Open-House Anger
Despite the lure of an unseasonably temperate evening, about 60 people chose to remain indoors to hear what Assistant Chief Diane Groomes of the Metropolitan...
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Washington Blade Ends 40-Year Run
It was just a month ago that the Washington Blade celebrated 40 years of operations as the area's LGBT newspaper. That celebration could not have...
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Dolly Parton comments on gay marriage, preacher Joel Osteen’s anti-gay comments [video]
”I think it’s because they know that I’m different, too, and it took a long time fore me to be accepted. And I think that...
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More complaints filed against police officer for harassing drivers in Chicago’s gay Boystown area
”I thought that it was just a bad situation. The fact that I was just let go, and if I was intoxicated, and I couildn’t...
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Rhode Island Governor vetos gay burial rights, then meets gay group to consider domestic partnerships [video]
”The governor’s office has agreed to put resources towards the gay community. They are willing to look at our issues, and they are willing to...
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Catholic Charities, Archiocese Say DC Dollars Have Gay Cooties: Will abandon homeless, health care over same-sex marriages [video]
”We would not place children with same-sex couples…. We would not provide employees with spousal benefits in terms of same sex unions.” Edward...
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Carrie Prejean turned off by Larry King: Miss Christian USA finally shuts up over sex vid, gay call-in [video]
”Sarah Palin is my hero! … You look at Sarah Palin and Congresswoman Michelle Bachman, they are relentlessly torn down by the liberal media…. There’s...
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Ian McKellen confronts gay issues while promoting new series, ”The Prisoner,” waiting on ”Hobbit” contract
”We’re discovering who the enemy are, and I do think we do have an enemy. It means that everyone’s got to go on fighting. And...
