Articles about Missouri

16 February 2013
US: School district threatened with lawsuit drops ban on same-sex prom dates 6 A school district in the US state of Missouri has overturned a policy which banned same-sex couples from attending school proms together, a day after it was threatened with legal action.
19 December 2012
US: Republican Todd Akin pushes for homophobic ‘licence to bully’ law 44 Missouri Republican Representative Todd Akin is giving one last push to an anti-gay bill before leaving the US House of Representatives.
21 November 2012
US: Gay ‘cure’ cult leader accused of arranging wife’s murder 14 A religious cult leader who claimed he had gone from being gay to straight is under investigation following the death of his wife.
21 October 2012
Video: Preacher in Missouri gives speech on LGBT rights with a surprise ending 18 A video of a speech by a preacher in Springfield Missouri has gone viral because it contains a twist, where he uses the example of speeches by pro-segregation preachers from the 1960s, replacing the word 'integration' with the word 'gay rights'.
18 October 2012
US: Westboro Baptist Church loses appeal against Missouri funeral picketing restrictions 19 The Westboro Baptist Church lost an appeal this week against a law in the state of Missouri restricting their protests at military funerals, which often contain anti-gay slurs.
2 October 2012
Missouri: 17-year-old pleads guilty to anti-gay attack 7 A teenager in the US state of Missouri has pleaded guilty to a hate crime charge over the beating of a gay neighbour in July of this year.
3 May 2012
Missouri Republican Lawmaker comes out, denounces ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill 17 A Republican legislator in the US state of Missouri has held a press conference where he first came out as gay, and then proceeded to denounce the infamous 'Don't Say Gay' bill.
8 June 2011
Republican congresswoman Vicky Hartzler compares gay marriage to incest and paedophilia 194 A secret recording has emerged on YouTube in which Missouri congresswoman Vicky Hartzler is seen comparing gay marriage to incest, paedophilia and allowing three-year-olds to drive.
3 December 2010
Gay Missouri trooper’s partner sues for survivor benefits 6 The longterm gay partner of a Missouri trooper is suing to access survivor benefits.
5 November 2010
Mum’s defence of cross-dressing 5-year-old becomes internet hit 46 A US mother has become an internet hit for defending her decision to let her son dress as a girl for Halloween.

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