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Reid rips LDS Church's Prop. 8 support

Topix Gay News  Oct 13 09

In a meeting with gay-rights activists last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized the LDS Church for backing a ballot measure banning same-sex marriage in California, saying the leaders of his faith should have stayed out of the contentious political fight.
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Item: Mormon Senate leader criticizes church’s Prop. 8 support

Qnews  Oct 13 09

   ::: In a private meeting with LGBT activists who were in DC for the National Equality March, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) reportedly criticized the Latter Day Saints church for backing Proposition 8, the ballot measure banning same-sex marriage in California, Salt Lake Tribune reports.
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'Our fight for full equality'

Washington Blade National News  Oct 09 09

'Our fight for full equality' National Equality March and rally set for Sunday By Amy Cavanaugh Friday, October 09, 2009 National Equality March organizers announced this week that U.
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Rep. Jared Polis Can Pound Beer Through Phallic Apparatus Like the Rest of 'Em

Queerty  Aug 18 09

After a, uh, rousing debate on the biology of homosexuality last night, Stephen Colbert challenged the media to not write a headline that pairs the phrases "Rep.
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Wake up, Democrats - the angry crowds aren't real

America Blog  Aug 12 09

AP: Jeers and taunts drowned out both Specter and McCaskill on occasion Tuesday. President Barack Obama was treated more respectfully at his town hall meeting in New Hampshire.
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The State: "Sanford's mental state questioned"

America Blog  Jul 02 09

The State newspaper, based in Columbia, SC, has had excellent coverage of all things related to Mark Sanford.
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Country’s pioneer lesbian elected official will make rare speech Saturday

Qnews  Jun 18 09

Source: Philadelphia Gay News (via Windy City Times), OutHistory.org, Palm Beach Post

  Elaine Noble circa 1974 via Boston Globe   Noble and her partner now raise their two horses in Florida via Boston Globe After a brutal campaign in 1974, Elaine Noble became the first out gay or lesbian person elected to a state-level office when she won a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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Gay rights activist calls for march on Washington

Google HIV News / The Associated Press  Jun 07 09

Gay rights activist calls for march on WashingtonThe Associated Press... gay elected official, who was shot and killed by a fellow member of the Board of Supervisors in 1978.
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