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U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Attempts by conservative opponents to halt same-sex marriage in California before the November election failed Tuesday when both a state appeals court and a Sacramento trial judge refused to block local officials from issuing marriage licenses to gay coup.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Marital bliss, same-sex style, has broken out at county clerk offices all over the Bay Area, with eager gay and lesbian couples exchanging vows the moment the offices opened this morning. From Sonoma and San Mateo to San Francisco and Contra Costa, ebu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- The U.S. military cannot automatically discharge people because they are gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal. The three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

USA Today -- Gay rights advocates expect Congress will soon move closer to approving a federal ban on job discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender workers. Rep. Barney Frank, a leading proponent, predicts the ban will win House approval in coming weeks... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 9, 2007 @ 8:21pm neoform

CBS News -- A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fight.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 2:21pm neoform

FOX News -- The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has taken down a Web site it operated that included gay rights and anti-war organizations in a list of groups that could include terrorists. The Web site identified different types of terrorists, and included.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 24, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

FOX News -- Gay men remain banned for life from donating blood, the government said Wednesday, leaving in place -- for now -- a 1983 prohibition meant to prevent the spread of HIV through transfusions. The Food and Drug Administration reiterated its long-standing.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 29, 2007 @ 2:24pm neoform

www.wltx.com -- A gay couple looking to rent a hotel room say they were turned away because of their sexuality. "She wasn't discreet about it," said Jason Pickel, referring to a hotel employee. "She was not apologetic. She just said, 'We do not rent to gay people.'".. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 8, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

Yahoo News -- Twelve gay and lesbian veterans who were dismissed under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to reinstate their lawsuit challenging the policy. In arguments before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:09am mrmdc

MSNBC -- Outspoken U.S. conservative columnist Ann Coulter is drawing fire from Republicans and Democrats alike after publicly using a derogatory gay slur in reference to Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards. “Ann Coulter not only once again went out.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 28, 2007 @ 7:44pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Foes of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays hope for better results in their efforts to repeal it in the new Democratic-run Congress. Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., on Wednesday revived legislation aimed at forcing the military to elimi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Feb 24, 2007 @ 1:01am neoform

Yahoo News -- The lawyer for a former Baptist church leader who had spoken out against homosexuality said Thursday the minister has a constitutional right to solicit sex from an undercover policeman. The Rev. Lonnie W. Latham had supported a resolution calling on ga.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 12:27pm mrmdc

Yahoo News -- One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is "completely heterosexual.".. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Police officers in Kern County will not arrest same-sex couples who get married outside the county clerk's office next week, gay community leaders said Wednesday. The Rev. Byrd Tetzlaff, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Kern County,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 1, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Attorneys for the church maintained in closing arguments Tuesday that the burial was a public event and that even abhorrent points of view are protected by the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech and religion. Several states have passed.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Leaders of the Episcopal Church in the United States have agreed to halt the ordination of gay clergy to prevent a split in the Anglican Church. The Church will also no longer approve prayers to bless same-sex couples. Many African Anglicans threate.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Aug 11, 2007 @ 11:14am neoform

MSNBC -- A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay. Officials at the nondenominational High Point Church knew that Cecil Howard Sinclair was gay when they offered to host his service.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 10, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

Washington Post -- One night in 2003, on the wintry streets of Kosovo, a group of thugs stalked and beat Gramoz Prestreshi almost to death. Police in the war-scarred Balkan province laughed and called him names. The emergency room workers made him mop up his own blood. It w.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 2:33pm neoform

Alter Net -- Over 11,000 service members have been discharged from the military in the past 14 years because of their sexual orientation. It's time to lift the ban on openly gay people in the military. Stephen Benjamin describes himself as a "recruiter's dream." He.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Jun 10, 2007 @ 1:13am neoform

New York Times -- IMAGINE for a moment an American soldier deep in the Iraqi desert. His unit is about to head out when he receives a cable detailing an insurgent ambush right in his convoy’s path. With this information, he and his soldiers are now prepared for the dange.. Read More