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Power struggle complicates NY bid for gay marriage

Yahoo Gay News / Reuters via Yahoo! News  Nov 26 08

New York is close to becoming the first U.S. state to pass legislation making gay marriage legal but, like many political issues in the state capital Albany, it has fallen victim to a power struggle.

Weighing the Arguments Against Gay Marriage

Yahoo Gay News / Time Magazine  Nov 26 08

Arguments against gay marriage tend to fall into three broad categories: it is a threat to tradition; it is a threat to children; and it is a threat to heterosexual marriage.

Pc sacked for 'sinful gay sex' e-mail

Yahoo Gay News / BBC News  Nov 26 08

A Norfolk Police officer is sacked for sending e-mails to colleagues suggesting gay sex was "sinful".

Sean Penn Shines as Murdered Gay Leader in ‘Milk’: Rick Warner

Yahoo Gay News / Bloomberg  Nov 26 08

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- After gay activist Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were killed by a former city official in 1978, about 30,000 people marched in a candlelight vigil to honor the victims.

Florida judge allows gay man to adopt foster children, calls ban illegal

Yahoo Gay News / Sun-Sentinel  Nov 26 08

A Miami trial judge's ruling allowing a gay man to adopt two foster children appears headed for the Florida Supreme Court and a test that could overturn the last complete ban of gay adoption in the nation.

'Milk' tells moving story of gay activist

Yahoo Gay News / Detroit Free Press  Nov 26 08

Harvey Milk, the first openly gay American voted into major public office, liked to joke that he'd never make it to 50.

Gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk remembered 30 years on

Yahoo Gay News / AFP via Yahoo! News  Nov 25 08

In life, Harvey Milk was a pioneer for gay rights. In death, he became one of the movement's martyrs.

Florida Gay Adoption Ban Is Ruled Unconstitutional

Yahoo Gay News / New York Times  Nov 25 08

A Florida law that has banned adoptions by gay men and lesbians for over three decades is unconstitutional, a judge ruled on Tuesday.

Judge Rules Against Florida Gay Adoption Ban

Yahoo Gay News / Fox News  Nov 25 08

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal protection rights for the children and their prospective gay parents.

Florida Judge Rules Against Gay Adoption Ban

Yahoo Gay News / NPR  Nov 25 08

A Miami judge rules that there is no rational, scientific or moral reason that sexual orientation should be a barrier to adopting children, finalizing the adoption of two siblings by their gay foster father.

Miami judge opens door to gay adoption

Yahoo Gay News / AFP via Yahoo! News  Nov 25 08

A Miami judge defied a Florida gay adoption ban Tuesday, ruling in favor of a male couple's right to adopt two children they have raised over the past four years, according to local press reports.

'Australia' Star Hugh Jackman Laughs Off Gay Rumors, Wants To Take Wolverine To Japan

Yahoo Gay News / Vh1  Nov 25 08

Hugh Jackman talks about the persistent rumors that he's gay and plans for Wolverine's future beyond "X-Men Origins.

Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban

Yahoo Gay News / AP via Yahoo! News  Nov 25 08

Florida's strict law banning adoption of children by gay people was found unconstitutional Tuesday by a state judge who declared there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.

Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban

Yahoo Gay News / Orlando Sentinel  Nov 25 08

A Miami Dade Cirucut judge ruled today that a gay man and his partner should be able to adopt the two foster children they have raised for four years.

Miami judge rules against Fla. gay adoption ban

Yahoo Gay News / USA Today  Nov 25 08

A Miami judge has struck a blow against a Florida law banning adoptions of children by gay people.

Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban

Yahoo Gay News / The Charlotte Observer  Nov 25 08

(By CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer) Florida's strict law banning adoption of children by gay people was found unconstitutional Tuesday by a state judge who declared there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.

Miami judge rules against Fla. gay adoption ban

Yahoo Gay News / The State  Nov 25 08

A Miami judge has struck a blow against a Florida law banning adoptions of children by gay people. Miami Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled Tuesday there was "no rational basis" for prohibiting gays from adopting children.

Miami judge rules against Fla. gay adoption ban

Yahoo Gay News / AP via Yahoo! News  Nov 25 08

A Miami judge has struck a blow against a Florida law banning adoptions of children by gay people.

Gay-rights film is likely to entertain and outrage

Yahoo Gay News / International Herald Tribune  Nov 25 08

The convergence of "Milk," which portrays the American gay-rights battles of 30 years ago, and a looming new culture war over homosexual marriage across the United States, has raised unusual expectations around plans to release the film.

Miami judge to rule on Fla. gay adoption ban

Yahoo Gay News / Florida Today  Nov 25 08

MIAMI — A Miami judge is expected to rule on a challenge to a Florida law banning adoption of children by gay people.

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