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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
8:29pm

This Thursday, 1400 members of the Boy Scouts' National Council will converge in Dallas to vote on a resolution critical to the Boy Scouts' longstanding ban on gay members. Today, Dr. Phil tweeted out his support for equality in the Boy Scouts, as well as posting a longer message to his official Facebook.

08/21/12

The gay son of a deceased New York City businessman is fighting a stipulation in his late father’s will that required him to marry the mother of his child or risk losing the child’s inheritance.

08/17/12

A Seattle woman has filed a complaint with the Washington state Public Disclosure Commission against two groups supporting a referendum seeking to overturn the state’s marriage law.

08/17/12

The state’s campaign watchdog agency gave final approval Thursday to $49,000 in fines against the campaign committee for Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure banning marriage equality in California.

08/15/12

After only four hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Burlington, Vt., found an Amish-Mennonite pastor guilty of abetting international parental kidnapping in a widely publicized case involving a same-sex union and anti-gay activists.

08/15/12

The pro-lesbian super PAC known as LPAC made its first 2012 endorsement on Tuesday morning, backing Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in the state’s upcoming senate race.

08/14/12

Ebony Wallace hasn't left her house much since her son Wauynee, 17, was killed last month - shot once in the back of the head by someone who disappeared into the night. She can't stand to look at her neighbors' faces.

08/10/12

A former high-school principal who has a pending discrimination complaint against the Paradise Valley Unified School

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