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More lawsuits for the Indiana State Fair
MISHAWAKA – Two new lawsuits have been filed connected to this summer's stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Attorneys say the wrongful death and injury suits are on behalf of a Chicago couple who entered into a civil union last June. Seven...Tags: Minority Groups, Trials, File Sharing, Gays and Lesbians
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Toby Keith weighs in on gay marriage, military
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Toby Keith says gay marriage doesn't bother him and trying to stop it wastes time and money. The country superstar tells "CMT Insider" airing Saturday on CMT that he doesn't see the reason behind getting into people's...Tags: Minority Groups, Toby Keith, Gays and Lesbians, The Associated Press
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NYC offices open on a Sunday for gay marriages
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City clerks' offices will be open on Sunday, July 24, to perform the first gay marriages under a new state law. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office says the offices will open at 8:30 a.m. to receive marriage license...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Minority Groups, New York City, Judges, Justice System
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Gay marriage raises prospect of NY adoption boom
NEW YORK (AP) — Adoption lawyers say they're getting ready for a potential baby boom as same-sex couples emboldened by New York's new gay marriage law take the next step and try to adopt children. New York will allow same-sex marriages beginning...Tags: Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Vermont, New York
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Gay and lesbian service members sue government
BOSTON (AP) — A group of gay active and retired military personnel who are married sued the federal government Thursday for the same benefits as straight military couples, arguing it's a matter of justice and national security. The lawsuit filed in...Tags: Minority Groups, Gary Ross, Trials, Family, Leon Panetta
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Most states likely to spurn gay-marriage bandwagon
As hundreds of gay couples became newlyweds in New York over the weekend, their well-wishers included many far-flung gays aware that their own states may never willingly allow same-sex marriage. In all, 30 states have adopted constitutional amendments...Tags: Minority Groups, Human Rights Campaign, Gays and Lesbians, California, Utah
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Gay marriage opponents sue to overturn NY law
GENESEO, N.Y. (AP) — Opponents of New York's gay marriage law are suing to overturn it one day after weddings began. A representative of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and a rabbi say in a lawsuit filed Monday in state court that New York'...Tags: Minority Groups, Republican Party, Trials, Family, Crime, Law and Justice
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Perry backs a constitutional limit on marriage
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he supports a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to a man and a woman, though just last week he said New York's gay marriage law is fine with him. In an interview Saturday with The Associated...Tags: Minority Groups, Executive Branch, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Labor Day
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Census: Indiana same-sex households grew 61 percent
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The number of gay and lesbian households in Indiana jumped 61 percent during the past decade, and about a quarter of those same-sex couples are raising children, new U.S. Census Bureau figures show.
The data released Thursday...Tags: Minority Groups, Church and State Relations, Population and Census, Gays and Lesbians, Sex
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Democrats push repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats who back gay marriage have decided now is the time to repeal a federal law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The Democrats may satisfy their gay marriage supporters, but the bill won't get...Tags: Minority Groups, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Family, Patrick Leahy
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Methodist clergy face discipline over gay unions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church says it will continue to enforce church rules against clergy officiating at same-sex unions. The bishops announced their plan Thursday in response to petitions signed by...Tags: Anglicanism, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Detroit prayer event puts Muslim community on edge
DETROIT (AP) — A group that counts Islam among the ills facing the nation began a 24-hour prayer rally Friday evening in an area with one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States.
The gathering at Ford Field, the stadium where the...Tags: Council on American-Islamic Relations, Minority Groups, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gays and Lesbians
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