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Oklahoma Republican Wants State To Opt-Out Of Hate Crimes Law

The Oklahoma Daily | Ricky Maranon | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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An Oklahoma state senator plans to offer a bill in the spring legislative session that would give the state of Oklahoma the power to opt out of federa...

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Gay Married Couples Suing The Government Over DOMA

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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BOSTON — Gay married couples suing the government over a federal law that doesn't recognize same-sex unions say there is "no legitimate or plaus...

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Lawmakers Defy Catholic Church On Gay Marriage

AP | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington wants the city to change its proposal to legalize same-sex marriages to exempt the church fr...

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Gay Funeral Rights Bill Vetoed By Rhode Island Governor

Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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AP - Gov. Don Carcieri vetoed legislation Tuesday that would give same-sex couples in Rhode Island the same right to plan the funerals of their late p...

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Gay Rights Laws Approved In Salt Lake City With Support From Mormon Church

The Associated Press | Jennifer Dobner | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt ...

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Obama, DNC Boycott Launched By AMERICABlog

AmericaBlog | John Aravosis | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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We are launching today a donor boycott of the DNC. It's really more of a "pause," than a boycott. Boycotts sounds so final, and angry. Whereas this c...

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James T. Conway, Marine, Leads Fight To Keep "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

The Washington Times | Rowan Scarborough | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway has emerged in internal Pentagon deliberations as the most outspoken opponent of permitting gay men and w...

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President Obama Signs Defense Bill With Hate Crimes Provision

AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Trumpeting a victory against careless spending, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill that kills some costly we...

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Hate Crimes Bill Approved By Congress, Extends Protection To Gays

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the ...

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Boehner Hate Crimes Position: Sexual Orientation A Choice But Religion Isn't

CBS News | Brian Montopoli | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Last week, House Republican Leader John Boehner objected to House passage of a bill that would expand hate crime laws and make it a federal crime to a...

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Gay Rights Movement Gains Momentum Around The World

GlobalPost | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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By Andrew Meldrum BOSTON -- I was standing within a few feet of Robert Mugabe when he launched a vicious attack on Zimbabwe's gays. Mugabe's hatef...

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Schwarzenegger Signs Gay Rights Bills, Honors Harvey Milk

Politics Daily | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two gay-rights bills before midnight on Sunday, one recognizing Harvey Milk and another recognizing same-...

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Obama To Address Human Rights Campaign Saturday

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to address the nation's largest gay rights group this weekend in an effort to mollify an uneasy Democr...

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Texas Judge Rules Gay-Marriage Ban Violates U.S. Constitution

AP | MATT CURRY | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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DALLAS — A Texas judge cleared the way for two Dallas men to get a divorce, ruling Thursday that Texas' ban on same-sex marriage violates the co...

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Politico's Mike Allen Falsely Claims Obama Official Did Not Report Crime

AmericaBlog | John Aravosis | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

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I'm not one to attack mainstream media journalists for sport. And I've defended Politico's Mike Allen to my readers, just recently in fact, as a "real...

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Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Poll: 92% Say It Hasn't Impacted Their Lives

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

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One of the most common arguments against marriage equality is that the legalization of gay marriage threatens the institution of traditional marriage....

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40 Years Old and All I Get is This Damn Rainbow Flag?

Michael DeJong | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

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Michael DeJong

The modern "Gay Rights Movement" has had and still has racism, classism, misogyny, ageism, and trans-phobia at its core.

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Gay Pride Parade Marks 40th Anniversary Of Stonewall Riots

Posted 07.29.2009 | New York

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(AP) -- Decades after a riot at a Greenwich Village bar sparked a movement for equal rights, gay New Yorkers celebrated their gains at Sunday's gay p...

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