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25 April 2013
US: Connecticut Senate votes to restore benefits to veterans denied them under ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ 3 The Senate in the US state of Connecticut on Wednesday voted to approve a bill which would restore state benefits to gay and lesbian veterans who were previously refused them under the US military's former Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.
16 April 2013
Westboro Baptist Church blames same-sex marriage for Boston Marathon bomb attack 89 The vehemently homophobic Westboro Baptist Church has threatened to picket the funerals of those killed in the Boston Marathon bomb attack.
27 February 2013
US: School district backs down in fight to stop student wearing anti-gay t-shirt 26 Connecticut school district officials have allowed a student to wear a t-shirt bearing an anti-gay message, following a fight to attempt to stop him.
27 December 2012
Westboro Baptist Church blames ‘fag marriage’ for New York Christmas Eve shooting 40 The Westboro Baptist Church, is blaming same-sex marriage for the shooting dead of two firefighters near Rochester in New York on Christmas Eve.
22 December 2012
Newtown local community prevents God Hates Fags church from picketing Sandy Hook school shooting funerals 42 The Westboro Baptist Church, home of the God Hates Fags campaign was reportedly scared away this week from protesting at the funerals of some of the children massacred at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
22 December 2012
Anonymous files death certificate for God Hates Fags leader & changes her PC background to gay porn 58 The hackers collective, Anonymous, has continued its long-running battle with the Westboro Baptist Church, the home of the ‘God Hates Fags’ church, and claims to have changed the desktop background on its spokeswoman's computer to gay porn.
22 December 2012
Video: Gay men’s chorus performs song dedicated to Sandy Hook victims 3 The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles and students from the Creative Planet School of the Arts, got together last week to dedicate a performance to the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings, and the families of Newtown, Connecticut.
18 December 2012
Republican Mike Huckabee: The Newtown shootings were the fault of gay people 58 Fox News presenter and former 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, has made several comments about the Newtown, Connecticut, school shootings, seemingly blaming gay people for the massacre.
16 December 2012
US church: ‘Gay rights caused Newtown school shooting massacre’ 121 The Westboro Baptist Church, that affectionately dub themselves the ‘God Hates Fags Church’ has announced that the cause of the shootings in a Connecticut primary school was homosexuality.
8 September 2012
Connecticut, New York and Vermont to challenge anti-equality law 5 Vermont is the latest US state to sign a legal bid requesting an appeals court to rule that the legal definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional.
7 September 2012
Connecticut: Man pleads guilty to killing woman he thought was having an affair with daughter 4 A man in the US state of Connecticut has pleaded no contest in relation to charges he killed a woman he thought was having an affair with his daughter, and then put her body in a freezer.
16 July 2012
US: Lesbian couple hopes engagement will inspire equal marriage activism 3 A couple from Connecticut are sharing the story of their engagement online in the hope it might inspire others and help change civil marriage laws in the US and beyond.
4 July 2012
Connecticut student ‘faked anti-gay harassment’ 5 A lesbian student at Central Connecticut State University is facing police charges of faking claims of anti-gay harassment.
30 May 2011
Fence-sitting senators could decide fate of New York state’s same-sex marriage vote 18 A group of undecided senators could determine whether same-sex marriage will become legal in New York state, according to a survey by Gannett's Albany Bureau.
10 November 2010
Two lawsuits filed against US Defence of Marriage Act 9 Two lawsuits have been filed against the US Defence of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition of gay marriage.
18 February 2010
Gay marriage opponents defeated in New Hampshire 10 Efforts to roll back the US state of New Hampshire's recent gay marriage law have been defeated.
15 January 2010
Gay marriage opponents denied referendum in DC 4 Gay equality opponents in Washington DC were barred by a judge from holding a referendum on gay marriage yesterday.
6 January 2010
New Jersey in last-ditch vote on gay marriage 3 New Jersey's Senate will vote tomorrow on gay marriage in a final attempt to pass the bill before a new governor takes office.
31 December 2009
Stages set for midnight weddings as fifth US state legalises gay marriage 5 Legislation in New Hampshire which will eliminate differences between civil unions and straight marriages comes into force on New Year's Day.
18 December 2009
Poll suggests almost half of Americans believe being gay is a choice 58 A poll of 1,001 American voters has found that almost half believe being gay is something people choose.

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