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Candidates challenged on gay rights
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican presidential candidates are being challenged on gay rights. In a nationally televised debate Sunday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was queried on comments he made in 1994 saying he would be a voice for...Tags: Rick Santorum, Justice and Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Minority Groups, Politics
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Court orders immediate halt to gay military ban
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has barred further enforcement of the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Wednesday the "don't ask, don't...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups
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Uganda court rules media cannot 'out' gay Ugandans
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's High Court has ruled the media should not publish the names and photos of gay Ugandans following a vitriolic campaign which urged citizens to hang those featured. Justice Kibuuka Musoke ordered Uganda's Rolling...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Elections, Gays and Lesbians
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Gay football fans want separate Euro 2012 seating
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A group of gay Polish football fans has called on the organizers of the 2012 European Championship to set aside separate seating in the stands for gay men and lesbians to protect them from possible aggression. But other gay...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians
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French president signs gay marriage into law after wrenching national debate
Associated PressPARIS (AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate....Tags: Justice and Rights, Nicolas Sarkozy, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Belgium
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Crowds break up gay rights rallies in Georgia, Russia
ReutersTBILISI/ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Large crowds of anti-gay protesters broke up homosexual rights rallies in Georgia and Russia on Friday, underlining deep hostility in the former Soviet bloc. Priests and thousands of Georgians pushed their way...Tags: Justice and Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Minority Groups, Christianity, Homophobia
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Crowds break up gay rights rally in Georgia
ReutersBy Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 17 (Reuters) - Priests and thousands of other Georgians broke through police barricades and forced gay rights activists to flee on Friday, cutting short their rally to mark the international day against homophobia....Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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Gay South Korean film director to marry in bid to pry open closet
ReutersSEOUL (Reuters) - A gay South Korean film director is set to symbolically marry his long-term partner, saying he aims to pry open the closet in this conservative Asian country where homosexuality is still taboo and gays have been subjected to hate crimes....Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Celebrities
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For Minnesota gay marriage sponsors, it's personal
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1. "What a day for Minnesota!" the Democratic governor...
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Brazil judicial panel paves way for gay marriage
ReutersBRASILIA, May 15 (Reuters) - Brazil has taken a big step towards joining Argentina and Uruguay as the first Latin American countries to legalize gay marriage, even though the Brazilian Congress has dragged its feet on the issue. A panel that oversees the...Tags: Justice and Rights, Labor Legislation, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Minority Groups
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Brazilian notary publics must register same sex unions as marriages
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian notary publics must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. The council that oversees the country's judiciary said in a...Tags: Social Issues, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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Russia's gays fear more violence after brutal murder
ReutersBy Thomas Grove and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - They beat him. They shoved beer bottles in his anus. They tried to set him on fire. Then they crushed his head with a heavy stone. A 23-year-old man in Russia's southern city of Volgograd...Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, AIDS, Minority Groups, Politics
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