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Scottish presbytery 'broke gay moratorium' by accepting gay man for training

Pink News  4 days ago

A Church of Scotland court has upheld a complaint that a presbytery broke the moratorium on gay clergy by nominating a gay man for training as a minister.
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First Look At Levi Johnston In Playgirl

MANHUNT  4 days ago

After posting that pistachio commercial, I had put into a place a moratorium on Levi Johnston-related content until those damn Playgirl photos showed up.
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T-Mobile cautiously resumes Sidekick sales at lower prices

EnGadget  5 days ago

After a protracted "let's be absolutely certain we're in the clear" period, T-Mobile has gone ahead and lifted its self-imposed moratorium on Sidekick sales following that little meltdown you may have heard about.
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A New LGBT Advocate Is Emerging in the US Senate

Straight Not Narrow  Nov 03 09

From New York's Gay City News:"For himself, I think, he’s going to take all the time he believes he needs in order to be successful, because it’s all about being successful.
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Massachusetts: Asylum Is Denied

Google Gay News / New York Times  Oct 26 09

The Associated Press Massachusetts: Asylum Is DeniedNew York TimesBy AP The Massachusetts husband of a gay Brazilian man said his spouse had been denied asylum that would allow them to be reunited in the United States.
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Friday Morning Open Thread

America Blog  Oct 02 09

Good morning.The President is on his way back from Copenhagen after pitching Chicago for the 2016 Olympics.
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Provincetown cemetery full

Wicked Gay Blog  Sep 28 09

"It’s not a good time to die in Provincetown if you want to be buried in the town cemetery.

Officials say there are only a handful of unsold plots available, and it will be eight months to a year before a new three-acre site can be cleared and prepared for additional burials.
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Episcopalians coping with impending schism

Washington Blade Opinion  Aug 28 09

Episcopalians coping with impending schism The split in the church is about more than gay rights — it's about money.
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Michelangelo Signorile: "Why I'm Marching" (October 10-11)

Straight Not Narrow  Aug 26 09

Michelangelo Signorile is a leading gay journalist and activist who hosts a show Monday-Friday on Sirius Satellite Radio's OutQ from 2-6 PM (eastern).
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Episcopalians nominate gay clergy for bishop

Washington Blade National News  Aug 07 09

Episcopalians nominate gay clergy for bishop Nominations announced two weeks after the Episcopal General Convention voted on issue By Staff & Wire Reports Friday, August 07, 2009 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two Episcopal priests in same-gender relationships are among the nominees for assistant bishop of Los Angeles, officials said Sunday.
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Episcopal Church considers lesbian for Bishop of Minnesota (Pioneer Press)

Yahoo Lesbian News  Aug 04 09

Just three weeks after the Episcopal Church lifted a de facto moratorium on approving gay bishops, a Chicago priest in a committed same-sex relationship has been named one of three nominees for Bishop of Minnesota.
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Two gay priests among nominations for LA bishop

Pink News  Aug 03 09

Two gay Episcopal priests are among the six nominated candidates for the role of assistant bishop of Los Angeles.
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Episcopal Dioceses Nominate Gay Leaders

Yahoo Gay News / The Advocate via Yahoo! News  Aug 03 09

Episcopal Church leaders in Los Angeles and Minnesota have nominated openly gay and lesbian candidates for assistant bishop and bishop positions, following a recent vote by the church at its general convention to end a moratorium on promoting gay men and lesbians, reports The New York Times.
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Gays moving their way up the ranks in Episcopal Church

GaySocialites  Aug 03 09

The gays are movin' on up in the Episcopal Church. Church leaders in Los Angeles nominated two openly gay priests as assistant bishops on Sunday, just a few weeks after the Episcopal Church ended a de facto moratorium on.
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Episcopal Church Picks Gay Priests for Promotion

Google Gay News / New York Times  Aug 02 09

Boston Globe Episcopal Church Picks Gay Priests for PromotionNew York TimesBy THE NEW YORK TIMES Only weeks after the Episcopal Church ended a de facto moratorium on promoting gay men and lesbians into the church hierarchy, .
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Self-Made Schism

Independent Gay Forum  Jul 29 09

by Paul VarnellFirst published in the Chicago Free Press on July 23, 2009

Recently, delegates to the Episcopal church's triennial general conference voted to allow the ordination of gay bishops, a vote that overturned a de facto moratorium on ordaining gay bishops that was approved three years ago.
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Gillibrand to Get Hearings on Don"t Ask-Don' t Tell Repeal

Topix Gay News  Jul 27 09

After deciding last week there was not sufficient support in the Senate for her amendment to the 2010 Defense funding bill that would have put an 18 month moratorium on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", Sen.
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Will Senate Hearings on DADT Do More Than a Finger-Pointing Report Aimed at Gay Inc.?

Queerty  Jul 27 09

So New York's Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's Don't Ask Don't Tell moratorium push isn't going to work out.
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Dallas Episcopal diocese will not bless same-sex couples or consider a gay bishop

Qnews  Jul 24 09

The Episcopal bishop of Dallas doesn’t plan to bless the unions of gay or lesbian couples in the churches of his diocese and the Diocese of Dallas will not consider the appointment of a partnered gay or lesbian bishop, he wrote in a letter to clergy at the 74 churches and 20 schools in his diocese.
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DADT bill dropped in Senate

Bilerico  Jul 24 09

Kirstin Gillibrand isn't going forward with her amendment to suspend/end DADT discharges:

The New York senator who once said she was considering an amendment to a defense bill mandating a stay on discharges under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has decided against introducing the measure after determining there aren't enough votes for passage, according to her office.
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