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UK’s United Reformed Church Slams Uganda’s Antigay Death-Penalty Bill

Truth Wins Out  2 hours ago

The United Reformed Church of the United Kingdom said Wednesday that it is “appalled” at the “draconian measures” in Uganda’s proposed antigay death penalty.
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Canada Slams Uganda’s Antigay Death-Penalty Bill

Truth Wins Out  2 hours ago

As Uganda continues to move toward passage of a death penalty against that nation’s LGBT and HIV-positive citizens, Canadian minister of state for foreign affairs Peter Kent said earlier this week that “Our position is that the proposed Uganda law is reprehensible, vile and hateful and it’s appalling that such legislation would be brought to [.
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Fury at Uganda proposal for gay executions

Google Gay News / guardian.co.uk  7 hours ago

Globe and Mail Fury at Uganda proposal for gay executionsguardian.co.ukThe suggested legislation would apply to sex between gay men or lesbian women in which one person has HIV.
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Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill Denounced In Canadian House of Commons

Gay News Bits  11 hours ago

Late Thursday, in the House of Commons, during question period, both the NDP and the Conservative Party strongly denounced Uganda’s pending anti-gay legislation that would make homosexuality a crime.
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SHOCK: John Ensign + Mark Sanford's Religious 'Family' Is Backing Uganda's Gay Hate

Queerty  15 hours ago

The C Street home housing the Christian power broker group The Family, where Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov.
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The Commonwealth and Uganda – Business As Usual?

Gay News Bits  less than a day ago

On Friday, November 27th, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) takes place in Trinidad and Tobago — chaired by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni — Will the Commonwealth suspend Uganda for its pending hate legislation or will it be business as usual? For weeks now I’ve been wondering when Canada would speak out against the [.
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Lessons From a Lynching

Gay Agenda  less than a day ago

Losing the anti-LGBT repressive social climate, rather than preventing Sally from marrying Sue, is the main reason why anti-gay leaders oppose equal rights legislation.
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United Reform Church first to speak out on Uganda's anti-gay bill

Pink News  less than a day ago

The United Reform Church has become the first major Christian denomination in the UK to criticise Uganda's proposed anti-homosexuality bill.
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Poll: Marriage Support Drops In NJ

Joe My God  2 days ago

Things continue to look bad in the post-Maine climate. New Jersey voters are split on whether to legalize gay marriage, but more people now oppose it than support it, a poll found on Wednesday.
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Australian prime minister tipped to veto civil unions

Pink News  3 days ago

Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd will overturn legislation allowing legally-binding civil partnership ceremonies in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), it has been reported.
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Aussie P.M. Challenged By Party On Gay Marriage

GCN.ie  4 days ago

Kevin Rudd, the prime minister of Australia, has been challenged by his party to pass legislation allowing gay marriage.
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Even in death, same-sex couples face extra tax burden, study finds

Qnews  4 days ago

Unless Congress acts before the end of the year to renew the law the federal estate tax will disappear for one year in 2010 before returning with a much higher tax rate in 2011.
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Australian prime minister challenged on gay marriage by party

Pink News  5 days ago

Kevin Rudd, the prime minister of Australia, has been challenged by his party to pass legislation allowing gay marriage.
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Back To The Middle Ages

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  5 days ago

Jamie Kirchick wants to stop sending PEPFAR money to Uganda, which has introduced legislation that would make homosexuality a crime punishable by death: When a government actively encourages homophobia, the effect reverberates throughout society.
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Health Bill Could Reduce Deficit

HIVPlusMag.com  5 days ago

Projection is the biggest cost savings of any legislation to come before the House or Senate this year.
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Warnings from right and left as Aussie PM mulls veto of civil unions ceremonies

Qnews  5 days ago

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday gave the strongest hint yet that civil unions legislation recently passed by Australia Capital Territory (ACT) would be scuttled by the federal government, but stopped short of confirming the legislation would be overturned, Canberra Times reports.
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Item: PA senator tries to shore up LGBT support with 3 co-sponsorships

Qnews  6 days ago

    ::: Sen. Arlen Specter (D,PA)—who was previously (R,PA) when he campaigned for his senate seat—has signed on in the past month as a co-sponsor of three important LGBT-related bill.
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Democrats’ Stealthy Saturday Strategy: Another weekend vote on Obamacare

Gay Patriot  6 days ago

Having used creative bribery (with our tax dollars), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apparently has all sixty Democrats on board for a cloture vote to begin debate on his 2,074-page health care bill.
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Florida Competitive Workforce Bill Filed To Add Anti-Discrimination Protections Statewide

Bilerico  Nov 21 09

I applaud the filing of the Competitive Workforce bill in the Florida House of Representative. House bill 391, filed by Rep.
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Featured Music Vid: Stupid Callous Homophobic Hateful Legislation

Gay News Bits  Nov 20 09

This week’s featured music video has Shelly Goldstein singing a comic parody about gay marriage equality.
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