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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.

Clint Eastwood signs marriage equality brief
03/01/13

Actor Clint Eastwood was among the over 80 conservative luminaries who signed an amicus "friend of the court" brief, filed with the United States Supreme Court, arguing in favor of federal marriage equality for same-sex couples.

6 Ways Sequestration Will Harm Gay and Transgender Americans
03/01/13

If Americans thought the so-called fiscal showdown was over, they should think again. Unless Congress strikes a deal today, a series of across-the-board cuts to the federal budget will go into effect that would reduce funding for federal programs by a whopping $85 billion by the end of the year.

Moldovan Court Overturns Local Ban On 'Gay Propaganda'
03/01/13

A court in Balti, Moldova's second-largest city, has overturned a local ban on what local authorities had labeled "homosexual propaganda."

Brendon Ayanbadejo, Chris Kluwe file brief supporting marriage equality
03/01/13

Neither Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo nor Vikings punter Chris Kluwe have shied away from supporting gay marriage in a public forum.

Man charged in gay mayoral candidate's Miss. murder
03/01/13

Authorities in Mississippi said Thursday they had charged a man with the death of Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, described by a national organization as one of the first viable openly gay office-seekers in the state.

COLUMN: No surprise in Obama’s marriage equality brief
03/01/13

Anyone surprised by the Obama administration amicus brief calling on the Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8, the California constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, hasn’t been paying attention to the president.

BREAKING: House Passes LGBT-Inclusive Version Of Violence Against Women Act
02/28/13

This bi-partisan version of the measure includes protections for LGBT people, as well as undocumented immigrants and Native Americans.

OPINION: Is Marriage Equality Really a Conservative Cause?
02/28/13

Ok I get it: Conservatives just love gay marriage. Ted Olson, the conservative super-lawyer who helped press George W. Bush into office, has co-led the legal challenge to California's gay marriage ban, now headed to the Supreme Court.

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