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Gay marriage comes today to Mexico City

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by .

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A law allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry comes into effect today in Mexico City. The law, which was passed by the city’s local assembly in December, gives gay people full marital rights, including the right to adopt.

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Drinking while gay may well get you busted in Texas

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by .

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Late on a balmy Saturday night last June, six Fort Worth cops and two officers from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission went looking for trouble. They had just raided two Hispanic bars in an industrial stretch of town and nine detainees now sat in the paddy wagon (pdf), hands bound…

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Chief justice rejects last ditch stay of DC gay marriage

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by .

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the District of Columbia’s gay marriage law, freeing the city to issue its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples the following day. Opponents of gay marriage in the nation’s capital had asked Chief Justice John Roberts to stop the city from issuing…

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Brady Bunch Marcia-Jan lesbian rumors sink reunion

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by .

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It’s still Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. The longstanding feud between Maureen McCormick, who played oldest sister Marcia on “The Brady Bunch,” and Eve Plumb, who played middle sister Jan, is to blame for the cancellation of a Brady Bunch reunion appearance, RadarOnline.com reports. The Brady kids were set to appear on…

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S.F. will try again to reduce gay HIV rates by 50%

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by .

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After not reaching their goal to reduce new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men by 50 percent by 2008, San Francisco health officials will try again. In the city’s recently published 2010 HIV Prevention Plan, the overall goal is to reduce new HIV infections by 50 percent by 2015….

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Ford sorry for backing federal marriage amendment

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by .

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*VIDEO after the jump*: Harold Ford Jr.

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Catholics End DC Foster-Care Program Over Gay Marriage

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Gay In Phoenix.

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The Archdiocese of Washington’s decision to drop its foster care program is the first casualty of the District of Columbia’s pending same-sex marriage law that will obligate all outside contractors dealing with the city to recognize gay couples. Its decision, posted late Tuesday on the archdiocese’s Web site, announced that the archdiocese had ended its 80-year-old program Feb.

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Last ditch effort to block D.C. marriage law blocked

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by .

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A D.C. Superior Court judge Friday denied a Maryland minister’s request for a temporary injunction to prevent the city’s same-sex marriage law from taking effect March 3

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Appeals court rejects black lesbian firefighter’s $6.2m award

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by .

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A California appellate court has reversed a $6.2 million verdict against the city of Los Angeles in a discrimination lawsuit filed by a black lesbian firefighter.

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Blaming D.C. gay marriage law, Catholics shutter foster care

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by .

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The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has ended its 80-year-old foster-care program in the District rather than license same-sex couples, the first fallout from a bitter debate over the city’s move to legalize same-sex marriage. Catholic Charities, which runs more than 20 social service programs for the District, transferred its entire…

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