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3 February 2012Bishop of Salisbury backs gay marriage 81 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’ 19 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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Iran recalls ambassador to Azerbaijan over Eurovision ‘gay parade’8
Video: Prime Minister’s closest aide, Desmond Swayne MP, comes @Out4Marriage19
Gay penguin couple given their own egg to rear10
In Photos: Harvey Milk Street unveiled in San Diego6
Tory Justice Minister, Crispin Blunt, is @Out4Marriage22
Gay superhero in Astonishing X-Men to get married to his partner20
Nick Clegg warns Tories against backing down on equal marriage58
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, opposed to equal marriage76
Kuwait: Mass arrest of people accused of “vice” and “immorality”36
Croatia may introduce civil partnerships for gay couples21
Gay superhero in Astonishing X-Men to get married to his partner20
Gay penguin couple given their own egg to rear10
DC Comics superhero to come out as 'prominent' gay character83
In Photos: Harvey Milk Street unveiled in San Diego6
Nick Clegg warns Tories against backing down on equal marriage58
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, opposed to equal marriage76
Anti-paedophile vigilante who murdered gay man jailed for 18 years42
Video: North Carolina Pastor calls for the death of gay and lesbian people213
War erupts between India's cricket chief and his gay son34
Iran recalls ambassador to Azerbaijan over Eurovision 'gay parade'8
Dr John Sentamu: Meeting 'emotional needs' of gay couples through civil marriage is a 'misuse of the state'263
ASA responds to claim it 'persecuted' religious blog in investigating anti-gay marriage ad238
Video: North Carolina Pastor calls for the death of gay and lesbian people213
Chris Bryant: Tory MP's response to equal marriage enquiry 'as cruel as it was offensive'127
GAP releases pro-gay ad, under fire from One Million Moms122
Kansas: School teacher compares homosexuality to murder119
Study: Faces may reveal whether people are gay115
Malawi: New president 'to decriminalise homosexuality'103
Dharun Ravi sentenced to 30 days over filming roommate's gay kiss103
50 Cent is 100% for gay marriage but not gay men that touch 'your little buns' in elevators100
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