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Experts: Proposition 8 Judge's Sexual Orientation Is Non-Issue

SAN FRANCISCO -- The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban insist they are not trying to disqualify the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 because he is gay. Instead, they argue the judge's decade-long relationship with another man poses a potential conflict because they might want to get hitched...

Calif. Debates Place of Gay History in Textbooks

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- California conservatives were outraged in 1966 when the state Board of Education adopted a new junior high school history textbook. The book's inclusive treatment of the civil rights movement and influential black Americans would indoctrinate students, undermine religious values and politicize the...

Judge Who Struck Down Prop 8 Confirms He's Gay

SAN FRANCISCO -- The federal judge who struck down California's gay marriage ban has confirmed that he's gay. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker retired in February, several months after his landmark decision that's being challenged in an appeals court. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Walker told reporters...

Did Chinese Scientists Turn Mice Gay?

If your pet mouse doesn't find the lady mice attractive, he could be lacking in serotonin. New research from scientists in China argues that the so-called happiness hormone plays a role in the sexual orientation of mice, the BBC reports. The study, published in the current edition of Nature, finds that male mice bred...

US to Demand Gay Rights Support at UN Body

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will introduce its first statement calling for the United Nations' top human rights body to combat discrimination against gays and lesbians around the world, completing a U.S. reversal from years of ambiguity on the subject during the presidency of George W. Bush. The U.S....

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The Role Marriage Inequality Plays in Anti-Gay Bullying

This post is written in my capacity as an Irish citizen.

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Clergy Bully From the Pulpit

Rev. Charles L. Worley of the Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, N.C., during a recent sermon, argued for the building of a large fence some 150 miles long to contain "lesbians" in one section and "homosexuals and queers" in another section.

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Why the Supreme Court Should Hear the DOMA Lawsuit

Now that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the Supreme Court should quickly agree to hear the case.

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Peter DeWitt: Pushing the Gay Agenda

"No one should underestimate the value of teachers' including gay people when they talk with students about cultural diversity. Just hearing the words "homosexuality" or "gay/lesbian/bisexual" in an accepting context sends a powerful message to young people, and creates the potential for a tolerant environment" (Lipkin,...

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What Peter LaBarbera Will Never Understand

In a recent post on his website Americans for Truth about Homosexuality , anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera criticizes so-called "pro-family leaders" for focusing on issues such as gay marriage while neglecting to oppose homosexuality itself.

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06/01/12 Court ruling means Defense of Marriage Act likely... Source: The Herald-Times - Bloomington IN A battle over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman appears headed for the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled Thursday that denying benefits to married gay couples is unconstitutional.
06/01/12 What Vermont Law School professors' say about DOMA case Source: Burlington Free Press - Burlington VT While the courts ruling doesnt immediately affect the lives of Vermonters, the case does bring us one step closer to the end of Doma and full marriage equality for citizens in states like Vermont that have legalized same-sex unions.
06/01/12 Pittsburgh Pride festival planners expect record crowds Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA With increasing success each year, expectations are high for Pittsburgh Pride 2012, the city's premier festival to recognize and celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
06/01/12 Blair Lee:?Catholic wake-up call Source: Gazette.net - Gaithersburg MD My wife and I were born and raised as Roman Catholics.
06/01/12 ACLU lawsuit challenges Illinois' gay-marriage ban Source: Erie Times-News - Erie PA Building on the momentum of President Barack Obama's recent support of gay marriage, two major civil rights groups in his home state filed lawsuits Wednesday in hopes of legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois.

Background on Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation describes an enduring pattern of attraction—emotional, romantic, sexual, or some combination of these—to the opposite sex, the same sex, or both sexes, and the genders that accompany them.

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