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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.

Gay couple denied reception facility finds anti-gay graffiti on their fence
02/28/13

A gay couple from Everman refused a rental space for their wedding reception last week had their property vandalized last night. Ben Allen and Justin Ryan Hudgins found “Burn FAG” spray-painted in black across their fence.

Prop. 8: California A.G. backs marriage equality in Supreme Court brief
02/28/13

California’s top law enforcement officer told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage should be overturned because its sole purpose was to “strip loving relationships of validation and dignity under the law,” according to an amicus brief.

UK asylum seeker: 'I had to prove I'm gay'
02/28/13

The UK Border Agency used to be able to turn away gay asylum seekers on the grounds that they could return home and behave with discretion.

U.S. gay couples report poorer health than straight married counterparts
02/28/13

Gay and lesbian couples living together report poorer health than straight married couples, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, speculating that legalizing same-sex marriage could reduce the disparities.

COLUMN: The GOP’s shift toward marriage equality — or not
02/28/13

More than 100 big-name Republicans have signed a new brief urging the Supreme Court to codify the right to gay marriage in one of the biggest shifts toward embracing gay marriage in the recent history of the GOP. But while significant, the shift is less than meets the eye.

COLUMN: The marriage equality penalty
02/28/13

Same-sex couples can legally wed in nine states and the District of Columbia. This week, 80 prominent Republicans urged the Supreme Court to make it the law of the land. But come tax time, married gay couples have few rights and more headaches.

Eric Holder: Marriage Equality Is the Next Civil Rights Issue
02/28/13

President Obama has “evolved” on gay marriage, his administration opposes the federal law against it, and now Attorney General Eric Holder says it’s the next big civil-rights issue.

Obama faces deadline on marriage equality case
02/28/13

We should know today whether President Obama will weigh in on a landmark gay marriage case pending before the Supreme Court.

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