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Ind. BMV renews fight over gay youth group plates
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicles has extended its battle over specialty auto license plates for a group that counsels gay and lesbian youth, ordering an administrative law judge to review her findings that the agency improperly...
Tags: Judges, Auction Service, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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US whites now losing majority in under-5 age group
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, America's racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, the government said Thursday. It's a historic shift that shows how young people are at the forefront of sweeping changes by...
Tags: Family, Human Interest, Brookings Institution, Social Issues, Immigration
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Gay marriage vote may come to Michigan in 2016
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gay rights advocates are eyeing a 2016 ballot drive to overturn Michigan's constitutional ban on gay marriage. Recent polls show a majority of Michigan voters now support legalizing same-sex marriage. Statewide gay rights...Tags: Elections, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Gay Rights, Marriage
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Records sealed over FW-SB Catholic Diocese in vitro lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has given a Catholic diocese in northern Indiana permission to keep some records under seal as lawyers prepare for a possible trial over a former teacher's claim that she was fired because she had in vitro...
Tags: Judges, Litigation, Trials, Lawyers, Justice System
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Judge: Ind. BMV improperly revoked gay group's license
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicles improperly revoked a gay-youth advocacy group's specialty license plate last year and should reinstate that plate by late June, an administrative law judge has ruled. Tuesday's ruling says the...
Tags: Judges, Auction Service, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Interest, Politics
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Local church responds to discrimination accusations
WSBT-TVNORTH LIBERTY-- Reports of discrimination against Cub Scout and Boy Scout groups around the country are beginning to surface. This comes less than a week after the Boy Scouts of America lifted its longtime ban on allowing gay kids to be members. An...Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Social Organizations, Religion and Belief, Youth Organizations
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Local church responds to accusations, says it will continue to welcome Cub Scouts
WSBT-TVNORTH LIBERTY-- Reports of discrimination against Cub Scouts and Boy Scout groups around the country are beginning to surface. This comes less than a week after the Boy Scouts of America lifted its longtime ban on allowing gay kids to be members. An...Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Social Organizations, Religion and Belief, Youth Organizations
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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Career and Workplace, Ted Cruz, Chuck Schumer
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Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago:...
Tags: Family, Marriage, Politics, Government, Mark Dayton
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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that...Tags: U.S. Senate, Family, Marriage, Politics, Al Franken
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Purdue probes possible hate crime after protest
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University police were investigating a possible hate crime Tuesday stemming from a protest march over racial tension the day before. A placard left as part of a display at a building housing university...
Tags: Racism, Students, Hate Crimes, Teaching and Learning, Purdue University
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Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing to bar them as adult leaders. The...
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