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Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink backs adoption by gays, lesbians

Florida is the only state with an outright ban on adoption by lesbians and gay men

Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer and the leading Democratic candidate for governor, told the state's largest gay rights group Sunday that homosexuals should be allowed to adopt if it's in the children's ``best interest''.

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10-year old won't pledge allegiance to a country that discriminates against gay citizens

Will Phillips - an elementary school student - refuses to say the pledge of allegiance in school because of discrimination against gay people.

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Honouring The Rage

As social justice minded people, we may bristle at homophobia, sexism, racism or ableism, however; what we often fail to do is honour the rage, if it manifests in a way that makes us uncomfortable.

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The Universal Notebook: Marriage is a gay inevitability

"Mainers vote down gay-marriage law" screamed the banner headline on the Portland Press Herald. The cover photograph, however, was of Frank Schubert, the California carpetbagger who led the Yes on 1 campaign, exulting in victory.

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Colombia: Gay adoption still prohibited

The Colombian Constitutional Court clarified that same-sex couple adoption is still prohibited, following the ruling of an Antioquian court that granted joint maternal custody to a lesbian couple.

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Recession and Financial Mismanagement May Claim Distinguished LGBT Newspapers

Southern Voice and David Atlanta have both shut their doors as the downturn in the news media's economy strikes the smaller, minority directed newspapers hardest.

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Obama's Gay-Rights Record: Patience Vs. Protest

It's been just under ten months since Barack Obama took the oath of office. So why isn't America a shiny, lavender-hued Shangri-La where LGBTs serve openly in the military, same sex marriage is the law of the land, AIDS funding has grown to meet actual needs, and heterosexuals erupt in applause as you swish your way down the street? Some say Obama .

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South Boston arson deaths highlight domestic violence in same-sex relationships

Acia and Sophia Johnson died in South Boston house fire in April, 2008, law enforcement officials allege resulted from a spat between their mother and her girlfriend.

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Get Ready for Some Daytime TV Man-on-Man Action

While some soaps are currently facing backlash from viewers over their gay storylines, "One Life to Live" has been quietly continuing on its "journey" of telling the story of Kyle (Brett Claywell) and Oliver's (Scott Evans) relationship.

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Lesbians 'are best mums'

TRADITIONAL family supporters raised the alarm yesterday after UK government research claimed that lesbians made the best parents.

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Gay Marriage Lost, But It's Not Losing

Opponents of same-sex marriage waxed triumphant recently when voters in Maine rejected a measure allowing gays to wed.

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Ex-pastor Ted Haggard holds home prayer meeting

Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard held a prayer meeting at his home Thursday evening, saying the living room event was the beginning of his resurrection three years after he was forced to resign amid a sex scandal involving a male prostitute.

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Film documents Mormon role in marriage debate

Reed Cowan's reasons for making a film about the Mormon church's activism against gay marriage in California are personal.

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So Did Obama's Domestic Policy Chief Endorse Gay Marriage Or Not?

Is it that big a deal when a senior Obama administration comes out in support for gay marriage? Yup! Which is why the comments of Melody Barnes, the president's domestic policy director, are causing such a kerfuffle.

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Ban on Anti-Gay Hate Speech Denounced as 'Thought Crimes' in UK

A proposed law against hate speech in the U.K. has led to charges that a class of "thought crimes" would be created unless religiously motivated hate speech remained protected from the threat of prosecution.

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Argentine Judge Allows Gay Marriage, Sets Latin American Precedent

An Argentine judge has granted a homosexual couple permission to marry, setting a precedent that could pave the way for the Catholic country to become the first in Latin America to allow same-sex marriage.

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Steve Marmel: The Mormon Church Takes a Baby Step

The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment.

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Alabama legislator seeks to block same-sex benefits

Alabama legislator is picking up support for his bill to stop the state's public universities from offering employee benefits to same-sex couples.

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Dan Manjovi' s 'Somethin's Comin' My Way' on the soundtrack for Lionsgate film Precious

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dan Manjovi 212.864.4131 / 917.568.7920 dan@danmanjovi.

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Double Standard? Feds Seize Muslim Property... But is the Vatican Guilty too?

Federal Attorneys in Manhattan filed a civil complaint in the federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million in assets of the Alavi Foundation, which describes itself as a charitable foundation, and a company, Assa.

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