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Faith groups react to the Boy Scouts vote to drop the ban on gay Scouts
Thursday, May 23, 2013
8:08pm

Within moments of the announcement that, by a 61% margin, the Boy Scouts of America would be dropping its ban on gay scouts, denominations and faith groups offered their reactions.

In Iowa, more support after 4 years of marriage equality
03/13/13

Gay marriage has been legal in Iowa for four years. The state was the third in the country to allow same-sex couples to wed, after its supreme court ruled the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional.

Microsoft, Like Amazon, Embraces Marriage Equality in a Product Ad
03/13/13

It looks like Amazon isn’t the only tech company that’s finding a way to work gay marriage into their product ads.

Goal of anti-gay UT parenting study was to influence SCOTUS decisions on marriage equality, docs show
03/13/13

The conservative funders who bankrolled a flawed and widely cited academic study that’s critical of gay marriage choreographed its release in time to influence “major decisions of the Supreme Court,” documents show.

Minnesota Ex-Lawmaker Regrets Vote For Marriage Equality Ban
03/13/13

A former state representative says she has always regretted her vote for a constitutional amendment that would have limited marriage to one man and one woman.

Michigan mom's gay adoption heartbreak
03/13/13

Marie Wolfe says she and her partner of four years, Becky, were as in love as any straight couple when they decided to start a family.

IRS revokes ‘ex-gay therapy’ group’s tax-exempt status
03/13/13

On Monday, the IRS notified the public that it has revoked The National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality’s (NARTH) tax-exempt status for failure to file proper forms for three consecutive years, according to psychology professor Warren Throckmorton, who focuses on sexual identity, religion and public policy.

Tennessee's New ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Forces Teachers To Tell Gay Kids They Need A Psychiatrist
03/13/13

The latest version of Tennessee‘s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill would require teachers to tell gay students they need a psychiatrist, and literally hand them a referral.

In Bible Belt, rift emerges in pro-marriage equality movement
03/13/13

In Kentucky, a Bible Belt state where voters have passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, the movement to promote gay rights has two factions.

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