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JK Rowling Smacks Down Westboro Baptist Church in One Tweet
A Westboro Baptist Church-related Twitter account tried to give Harry Potter-creator JK Rowling some grief over the marriage of two of her characters, and she wasn't having it, not even a little.
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Greens call to legalize gay marriage in Germany
After Ireland's citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of marriage equality in a historic referendum, members of Germany's Green party have called for the recognition of same-sex marriage in Germany as well.
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Luxembourg prime minister becomes first EU leader in same-sex marriage
The leader of Luxembourg has wed his partner, making him the first European Union leader to enter into a same-sex marriage. It comes just months after the country's parliament legalized the unions.
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Being gay is not “a behavior”: Just how offensive can these anti-LGBT billboards get?
This Michigan anti-equality campaign is the last gasp of desperate bigotry
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Sue All The Gays!
And all the other things that mattered today
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The Lawyer Defending Discrimination In The Supreme Court May Have Just Talked Himself Out Of Victory
When Kennedy starts accusing a lawyer of denying dignity to gay couples, that's a major sign that lawyer is in trouble.
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Sign Of The Times: Straight High School Student Asks His Gay Best Friend To The Prom
If you needed a sign that the kids are alright, the future is in good hands, look no further.
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How Gay Liberation Became a Family Values Movement
[E]quality is not liberation. Paradoxically, even as gay concerns become increasingly mainstream and everyone from major corporations, to the English Defence League, to apartheid Israel scramble to feel the benefits of positive pink PR, we are hardly closer to liberating sexuality from the bridle of conservative/religious moralism.
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Preacher says Pokemon 'turned teens gay'
A US mega church whose leader’s preaching appears regularly on New Zealand television claims Pokemon was designed to “turn” youths gay. The Creflo Dollar Ministry has reportedly released a ‘study’ claiming teens of the late 80s and 90s “had their sexuality warped by Ash and his fruity friends.”
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The terrible message Florida is sending to LGBT foster care youth
‘Florida dislikes gays so much they’re willing to take it out on the kids, and in a way this is worse than the Indiana discrimination bill because it’s not adults vs. adults, it’s kids who are sitting in the system who are going to lose out on a home.”
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High Suicide Risk, Prejudice Plague Transgender People
A staggering 41 percent of transgender people in the United States have attempted to commit suicide, according to a recent survey.
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London ‘gay cure’ event cancelled after thousands complain
A “gay cure” event in London has been cancelled following a wave of negative backlash. The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s five-day conference, which was due to feature talks from men who claim to have been “cured” of their homosexuality, was condemned by LGBT groups after reports that it had sold out last weekend.
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What The Religious Right Envisions As An Endgame After Losing The Fight Against LGBT Equality
In his new book, It’s Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality, radio host Michelangelo Signorile warns that the LGBT movement is suffering from “victory blindness,” the notion that the struggle for equality has already been won and there aren’t still battles to fight.
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Barney Frank says people are happier with gay marriages than with Congress. He’s right.
Support for one has gone up; support for the other, down.
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Indiana pizzeria raises $500,000 after saying it wouldn't cater a gay wedding
A crowdfunding page in support of Memories Pizza, the Indiana pizzeria that drew criticism this week for saying it wouldn't cater gay weddings, has raised nearly $500,000 in 24 hours. A GoFundMe page was set up this week after the restaurant's Yelp page was flooded with negative reviews. On Tuesday, one of the pizzeria's co-owners told a local news affiliate that "if a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no."
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Indiana Governor Stunned By How Many People Seem to Have Gay Friends
Pence said that from what he has been able to gather thus far, the phenomenon of
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Is This Photo Proof Mike Pence Knew RFRA Discriminates Against LGBTs?
A closer look at who attended a private signing ceremony finds some cheerleaders for discrimination.
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Mormon church backs legal protections for LGBT people — with one big exception
LGBT advocates say an exemption could allow too much room for legal discrimination.
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Gay marriage: High court sets stage for historic ruling
Setting the stage for a potentially historic ruling, the Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether same-sex couples have a right to marry everywhere in America under the Constitution.
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States where you can get high at a same-sex wedding, in one chart
The intersection of two social policy issues.
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