Final briefs filed in Prop 8 trial
Posted on March 9, 2010
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Each side made their final case, with new arguments, in the trial to overturn Prop 8 on Friday.
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Posted on March 9, 2010
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Crowd protests against gays in WV
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Posted on March 9, 2010
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A Madison Presbyterian church ordained an openly gay man in a relationship counter to church policy.
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Posted on March 9, 2010
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In a 5-45 vote, the Australian senate rejected a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Posted on March 9, 2010
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A study found that people with HIV, if treated early, have the same life span as the people in general.
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Posted on March 9, 2010
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(Sacramento, Calif.) Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn said Monday he is gay, ending days of speculation that began after his arrest last week for investigation of driving under the influence.
Ashburn, who consistently voted against gay rights measures during his 14 years in statewide office, came out in an interview with …
Tags: Driving Under The Influence, Dui Arrest, Gay Days, gay rights, Gay Sacramento, Measures, Republican State, Roy Ashburn, Sacramento State, Speculation, State Senator, Statewide OfficeCourt to rule in military funeral protest case
Posted on March 9, 2010
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(Washington) The Supreme Court is getting involved in the legal fight over the anti-gay protesters who show up at military funerals with inflammatory messages like “Thank God for dead soldiers.”
The court agreed Monday to consider whether the protesters’ message, no matter how provocative and upsetting, is protected by the First …
Tags: Dead Soldiers, Gay Protesters, God, Inflammatory Messages, Legal Fight, Military Funeral Protest, Military Funerals, Supreme CourtSenators: Lift ban on gays donating blood
Posted on March 9, 2010
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(Washington) The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday.
“Not a single piece of scientific evidence supports the ban,” said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who joined 16 other Democrats …
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Posted on March 9, 2010
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(Oklahoma City) Touching on a sensitive issue among conservatives nationwide, the Republican-controlled Oklahoma Legislature is embroiled in a dispute over whether lawmakers should remain focused on the state’s budget problems and other fiscal priorities or delve into family issues, especially the state’s chronically high divorce rate.
Republican members proposed three pieces …
Tags: Budget Problems, Conservatives, Debate, Delve, Fiscal Priorities, High Divorce Rate, Lawmakers, Legislation, Nationwide, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Legislature, Republican Members, Sensitive Issue, Three PiecesArmy chief sees ‘anxiety’ on lifting ban on gays
Posted on March 9, 2010
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(Ft Carson, Colo.) Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey said he sees anxiety in the armed services over how possible changes in the law that bans openly gay servicemen and women would be implemented.
The military must look hard at how a new policy would be put into force …
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