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‘Anti-Gay’ Bills Unlikely to Pass Texas House
A collection of bills seen as "anti-gay" are thought unlikely to acquire the votes needed to pass the Texas House of Representatives. The object of these bills include dropping anti-discrimination provisions from Texas' 1999 Religious Freedom and Restoration Act and removing local ordinances that prohibit discrimination against gays.
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Ireland Passes Bill Allowing Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples
The Seanad of Ireland passed the Children and Family Relationship Bill on March 31, which gives same-sex couples the right to adopt children jointly. Out of the 22 Senators that voted on the fifth stage of the legislation, only two (Senator Rónán Mullen and Senator Jim Walsh), voted against the bill.
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Baptists Sign SCOTUS Gay Marriage Case Brief
Noted Southern Baptist leaders have signed a brief defending the freedom of speech of those who support and teach the Scriptural truth that marriage is between a man and a woman. The 32-page brief emphasizes the broad reach of freedom of religion and the longstanding authority of biblically defined marriage.
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Christian Man Denied Service by THIRTEEN Gay Bakeries after Requesting Pro-Traditional Marriage Cake
When Shoebat.com called thirteen pro-gay bakeries and asked for a cake with the words "Gay Marriage is Wrong" written in icing, all thirteen bakeries refused.
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Study Finds Watching Porn Is ‘Normal’ for a Shockingly High Number of British Kids
A survey of about 700 youngsters found that 20 percent of 12 to 13-year-olds said they had seen upsetting or shocking pornography, about 12 percent in the same age group admitted to having participated in making a sexually explicit video, and 10 percent said they fear they already have a porn addiction.
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National Union of Teachers in England Calls for Manditory Exaltation of Sodomy in Schools
Delegates at the National Union of Teachers' annual conference backed the idea that schools should be required to include a positive portrayal of same-sex relationships in sex education lessons.
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New York and Connecticut Lift Bans on State-Funded Travel to Indiana
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced separately on Saturday that they had lifted their bans on state-funded travel to Indiana, after the state’s governor, Mike Pence, signed into a law a revision of his so-called “Religious Freedom” law, which critics called a license to discriminate against gay people.
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Huckabee Says ‘Militant Gay Community’ to Blame for Backlash against Indiana Law
Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who is considering a second run for president in 2016, has blamed “the militant gay community” for the pressure brought to bear this week on Indiana and Arkansas, after those states passed religious freedom laws that critics say encourage discrimination against LGBT people.
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Gay Couple Calls on Court to Recognize out-of-State Marriage as One Partner’s Cancer Progresses
A gay couple suing Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is requesting a federal court to recognize their out-of-state marriage immediately as one man's fight with brain cancer worsens.
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Memories Pizza GoFundMe Campaign Collects $842,387 for Indiana Couple Opposed to Gay Marriage
The crowdfunding campaign for the owners of the Indiana pizzeria that became a flashpoint of the national debate over the state’s religious freedom law closed donations Friday after raking in $842,387.
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Pat Buchanan Calls for a Stand on ‘God-Given Right and Constitutional Principle’
Conservative leader Pat Buchanan is urging Christians to fight the “LGBT fanatics” who are demanding they betray their faith, even if it means civil disobedience.
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Boy Scouts in New York Hire Openly Gay Eagle Scout in Spite of National Rules
On Thursday, the Boy Scouts’ Greater New York Councils decided to hire 18 year old Pascal Tessier as a summer camp leader—despite the fact that gays are not allowed in the Eagle Scouts.
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Alaska, 14 Other States Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Gay Marriage Bans
Eight states where same-sex couples can marry are among 15 states urging the Supreme Court to uphold gay marriage bans and leave the matter to voters and lawmakers.
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Americans Split on Businesses Turning Away Gay Weddings
A host of governors, CEOs and church leaders call Indiana’s new religious freedom law a backdoor opening to anti-gay discrimination, but Americans appear more divided on whether a wedding-related business should have the right to turn away a gay customer.
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Indiana and Arkansas Revise Rights Bills, Seeking to Remove Divisive Parts
After a national uproar over bills promoted as religious freedom measures and criticized as anti-gay, lawmakers in Indiana and in Arkansas approved new legislation on Thursday to remove the most contentious language, though in significantly different ways.
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Changes to Indiana Law ‘Largest Step Ever toward Gay Rights’
The changes to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, erode the freedom of conscience for most business owners in the state and mark the largest step toward special homosexual rights there in history, according to pro-family activists who studied the language.
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Gay Mayors Thank McCrory for Opposition to Bills
Four openly gay mayors in North Carolina have sent a letter to Gov. Pat McCrory thanking him for his opposition to legislative bills similar to Indiana's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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Arkansas Governor Seeks Fix of Religion Bill Seen as Targeting Gays
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson told lawmakers on Wednesday to revise a bill that rights activists and U.S. businesses said allowed discrimination against gays, and home-state corporate giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc praised his action.
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Mass. Lt. Gov. Polito to Officiate at Same-Sex Marriage of Senate Leader
Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, a one-time staunch opponent of gay marriage, will officiate at the wedding of state Senate President Stan Rosenberg to his partner Bryon Hefner, Rosenberg confirmed on Wednesday.
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Nebraska Attacks Judge’s Injunction Overturning Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Attorneys for Nebraska on Tuesday filed a brief stating their case for why the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals should reverse a federal judge's March injunction that overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriages.
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Indiana Governor Surprised by Backlash over Religious Freedom Bill
Gov. Mike Pence pledged Tuesday to "fix" Indiana's controversial religious freedom law to clarify that it does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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Kentucky Argues Gay Marriage Ban Not Biased
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear says the state's ban on gay marriage should be upheld in part because it is not discriminatory in that both gay and straight people are barred from marrying people of the same gender.
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Arkansas Passes Indiana-Style ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill Criticised as Anti-Gay
The Arkansas state legislature has passed an Indiana-style religious freedom bill Democrats say “authorizes discrimination”, defying international outrage that hours earlier forced the governor of Indiana to walk back a similar law decried by the world’s leading companies and LGBT activists as anti-gay.
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Apple CEO: Religious Freedom Laws Contrary to America’s Founding Principles
Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out against "anti-LGBT legislation" in the U.S., saying the new laws are “very dangerous” and contrary to America’s founding principles.
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Connecticut Bans State-Funded Travel to Indiana over Controversial Law
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed an executive order Monday to ban state-funded travel to Indiana as a protest to that state’s new religious objections law.
