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Disclosure tied to Minn. gay marriage measure will come down to semantics …
The Republic
Campaign-style ads that discuss the pros or cons of gay marriage but don’t specifically mention a 2012 vote on a Minnesota constitutional amendment will require less disclosure about who’s financing them. State campaign finance regulators on Thursday …
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Africa reacts to Obama’s pro-gay rights foreign policy
Christian Science Monitor
Most of Africa’s 54 nations ban homosexuality, so President Obama’s promotion of gay rights as a human right draws quick ire from African governments. By Mike Pflanz, Correspondent / December 8, 2011 The enshrinement of equal rights for homosexuals …
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Parents Talk About Gay Rutgers Student’s Suicide
ABC News
The parents of a Rutgers University student whose roommate allegedly used a webcam to spy on his intimate encounter with a man, say their son told them he was gay about three weeks before his suicide. Joe and Jane Clementi told People magazine that …
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Gay marriage: Court weighs validity of Prop. 8 ruling by gay judge
Christian Science Monitor
8 gay marriage ban say the 2010 ruling against it should be vacated because the judge failed to disclose that he was in a long-term gay relationship. By Warren Richey, Staff writer / December 8, 2011 Former chief judge of the United States District …
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Gay Marriage Has Boosted Iowa’s Economy, Study Concludes
ABC News (blog)
The institute estimated that gay marriages have likely added between $858000 and $930000 in tax revenue to the state. None of the eight individuals currently running for president, including Barack Obama, have explicitly expressed support for gay …
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The good politics of gay marriage
Washington Post
“Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights,” declared Obama’s chief primary rival and now his secretary of state, echoing her famous declaration, as first lady, about women’s rights. Clinton did not go so far as to endorse same-sex …
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Rick Perry’s Anti-Gay Iowa Ad Divides His Top Staff
By The Huffington Post News Editors
WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s newest television ad criticizing the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was created over the objections of at least one top staff member, sources in the Perry campaign tell The Huffington Post.
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Huntsman: DOMA ‘serves a useful purpose’
Washington Blade
Do you believe that advocating for LGBT people is consistent with principles of faith and would your administration take a similar stance against anti-gay abuses overseas? Jon Huntsman: I believe in fairness. I think that should be a guiding principle …
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Democrats’ faith outreach director opposes marriage equality …
… party’s faith outreach program says that while he is a strong supporter of LGBT equality, including civil unions for same-sex couples, he is not yet a supporter of …
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Attacks on Obama Administration’s LGBT policy shames Christianity
LGBTQ Nation
… gay agenda, two statements stand out. “But there is a troubling trend here beyond the national security nonsense inherent in this silly idea. This is just the most recent example of an administration at war with people of faith in this country. …
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Homophobic groups propose FIVE initiatives to take the gay out of the FAIR …
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
… guide their child in moral and faith beliefs.” This third filing by Rios strikes out the words “Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, persons with disabilities, …
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Lutheran bishop admonishes his Catholic counterparts
MinnPost.com (blog)
Over my 35 years as an active and retired bishop I have come to know hundreds of gay and lesbian persons. I have yet to meet even one who is opposed to the marriage of one man and one woman. After all, they are the daughters and sons of such unions. …
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Pull-tab support, gay marriage challenge for Catholic bishops, crow wars
Minnesota Public Radio
The commentary is from Herbert Chilstrom, former presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Chilstrom challenges his Catholic “brothers” to allocate 30 hours to have 15 one-on-one conversations with gays and lesbians. …
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Gay marriage – a Lutheran leader’s plea to Catholic bishops …
Gay marriage – a Lutheran leader’s plea to Catholic bishops. Article by: HERBERT W. CHILSTROM; Updated: December 8, 2011 – 7:16 AM. Church leaders …
www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/135202698.html
Lutheran leader confronts state’s Catholic bishops over gay marriage
Lutheran leader confronts state’s Catholic bishops over gay marriage. To My Brothers — The Catholic Bishops of Minnesota: In 1976 I was elected a Lutheran …
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Duluth dives into Minnesota’s gay marriage debate
Duluth News Tribune
Next year, Minnesota voters will decide whether to approve a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. About 200 opponents of the amendment rallied Wednesday afternoon at the University of Minnesota Duluth. People fill the entryway of Kirby …
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Dolan Rejects Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage
Lez Get Real
The Rainbow Sash Movement responds to the Archdiocese of New York statement concerning the debate challenge of Joe Murray our Executive Director, to Archbishop Dolan to engage in a debate on Gay Marriage at any Catholic University in the US. …
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