Choi and other DADT-repeal activists arrested for civil disobedience

Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo lead a crowd of protesters away from an HRC-sponsored rally and toward an act of civil disobedience at the White House photo via CNN by AmericaBlog

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Item: Texas Baptists upset over ‘affirming’ church

     ::: A Dallas Baptist church recently made a slight change to its website which now declares that the church is “a vibrant mosaic of varied racial identities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and denominational backgrounds.

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Report—LGBT boomers expand definition of ‘family’

A second major report focusing on aging LGBT people was released today. Yesterday, the LGBT advocacy group SAGE released a report that addresses the needs of older populations in general, including members of the WWII generation who now face issues with care facilities.

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Item: Election of LA lesbian bishop approved

   ::: The Episcopal Church gave final approval Wednesday to the election of Mary Glasspool to become a bishop for the Diocese of Los Angeles.

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Donor nations warn Malawi ahead of verdict on gay couple

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A group of major donor nations and international bodies that supports Malawi, said in a report released Tuesday that its members are was concerned by rights abuses in the poor southern African country, particularly a crackdown on LGBT people.

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Video: Daily Show spit-takes on Catholic news

The Catholic church has offered up enough spit-take news items in the past week that we were grateful to see it all summarized by the only ones who could really do it all justice: Jon Stewart and the crack staff of the Daily Show.

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Report on LGBT aging calls for law changes

LGBT senior citizens face unique social and financial problems, and lawmakers could help them by modifying Social Security and Medicaid rules, according to a national report released Wednesday in Chicago at a national conference on aging.

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Alt-prom offers pour in, but ACLU calls for official MS dance

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Last week’s cancellation of the high school prom by Itawamba County (MS) Board of Education was “shortsighted”, said the editorial board for the regional newspaper that serves the area in northwestern Mississippi.

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Boulder lesbian parents have faith in ‘more loving, inclusive world’

Source: National Catholic Reporter, KUSA 9News, Boulder Daily Camera, Public Eye The Boulder lesbian couple whose children have been barred from enrolling next year at their parish grade school agreed to an interview this week with National Catholic Reporter and also released a statement on the case to all media.

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Item: PA senate to vote on marriage discrimination; blogger vows outings

    ::: A key committee of the Pennsylvania state senate is expected to vote tomorrow on bill that could start the process of amending the commonwealth’s constitution to define marriage as a special right of heterosexual couples, PennLive reports.

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