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3 February 2012Bishop of Salisbury backs gay marriage 83 The new Bishop of Salisbury, The Rt Revd Nick Holtam, has come out in favour of gay marriage today, saying he is "no longer convinced" by arguments that marriage should be between a man and a woman. -
3 February 2012Comment: Homosexuality is prohibited in orthodox Judaism but so is eating bacon, everyone is welcome 159 Following the controversy surrounding the issue of reparative therapy for people with same sex attractions within the Jewish community, orthodox Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet argues that religious leaders should separate biblical condemnation of homosexual acts from the way the religion treats gay people. -
3 February 201222,500 thank JC Penney for hiring Ellen after anti-gay complaint 24 US retailer JC Penney is being thanked for hiring Ellen Degeneres after a group said she should be sacked because a lesbian spokesperson would lose them business. -
3 February 2012Comment: Football needs a culture change, not a gay role model 42 While football may be dragging itself into the 21st century, Amal Fashanu only scratched the surface. -
3 February 2012Amsterdam’s ‘gay cure’ declaration rabbi reinstated 39 The chief rabbi of Amsterdam's Orthodox Jewish community has been reinstated after reportedly accepting he should not have signed a 'gay cure' declaration with the title. -
3 February 2012China: 16 million women ‘married to gays’ 20 A university professor in China has estimated that 16 million women in the world's most populous country are married to gays. -
3 February 2012Firm discriminated against gay lawyer with ‘batty boy’ friend 24 A London law firm has lost an appeal of a ruling that it discriminated against a gay barrister. -
3 February 2012Gay verger ‘shocked’ by woman’s sexual assault claim + A gay verger told a court today he had "no wish" to touch the breasts of a woman he stands accused of sexually assaulting at Wakefield Cathedral. -
3 February 2012Jewish paper’s ‘gay cure’ column provokes anger 72 A column in the regional Jewish Telegraph newspaper has provoked a backlash from Jewish figures who have criticised "malevolence" towards gay Jews in the piece. -
3 February 2012Video: PinkNews.co.uk founder records It Gets Better video on being gay, Jewish and condemning gay cures 190 PinkNews.co.uk founder and Channel 4 technology correspondent Benjamin Cohen discusses Cohen, 29, discusses coming out to his Jewish family in the time of Section 28, when discussion about being gay was limited in schools.
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Poll: 7 in 10 Russians are against the ‘justification and display of homosexuality’13
Portugal: Parliament grants same-sex couples some adoption rights2
Comment: Dear Philip Hammond, equal marriage might upset people, but it is worth it for equality7
Italian Chamber of Deputies President: ‘Macho culture reduces gay people to caricatures’1
US: Mixed martial arts fighter suspended for tweeting the word ‘fag’3
Sunderland Football Club flies rainbow flag in support of IDAHOT2
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies’ toilets6
National AIDS Trust: ‘Passing equal marriage will help in the fight against the UK’s HIV epidemic’2
France: Final marriage equality hurdle passed as Constitutional Council approves bill19
Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss+
- Video: Finland's pro-equal marriage Eurovision entrant stages lesbian kiss and gets into final11
Daniel Radcliffe: When filming Kill Your Darlings, I was given 'step-by-step' gay sex scene instructions6
Uma Thurman to star in biopic as anti-gay campaigner Anita Bryant 12
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'62
Study: Audiences don't mind gay actors playing straight roles 11
ILGA-Europe releases 2013 European LGBT rights map 48
Georgia: IDAHOT rally attacked by thousands of violent protesters12
Tory MP Nadine Dorries: 'The gay marriage bill is taking the sex out of marriage'89
US: Minnesota Republican moved to tears over 'heartbreaking' same-sex marriage bill73
Bret Easton Ellis slams GLAAD and says gay basketball player Jason Collins treated like a 'baby panda'65
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples64
US Radio host: Gay news websites are covered with porn that is turning teens gay62-
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'62
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57
Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill56
New Zealand: B&B owner says 'not in my home' to lesbian couple56
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