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Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Media Industry, USA Today, Religion and Belief
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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: Barack Obama, Elections, Employees, Chuck Schumer, Washington, DC
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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: Elections, Government, Don Lee, Democratic Party, Politics
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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: Barack Obama, Elections, Civil Rights, Washington, DC, Defense of Marriage Act
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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: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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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...
Tags: Clubs and Associations, Elections, Civil Rights, Lifestyle and Leisure, Religion and Belief
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Ex-prosecutor's novel explores assault biases
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — What's in a name? Well, if it's "Sally," or "Mary," or "David," or "Steve," there can be a lot of assumptions, just based on the name and the gender the name suggests. But what about the name "Sandy"? What if you've never...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Literature, Assault, Justice System
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Same-sex marriage: Which Supreme Court case is more important?
CBS NewsIn two different cases this week, the Supreme Court will consider the powerful question of what it means to be married. On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry -- a case considering the constitutionality of California's gay...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Internal Revenue Service, Civil Rights, Elections, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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Influential pediatricians group backs gay marriage
CHICAGO (AP) — The nation's most influential pediatrician's group has endorsed gay marriage, saying a stable relationship between parents regardless of sexual orientation contributes to a child's health and well-being. The American Academy of...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Arts and Culture
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Some patients won't see nurses of different race
DETROIT (AP) — It's been called one of medicine's "open secrets" — allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race. In the latest example, a white man with a swastika tattoo insisted that black nurses not be...
Tags: Nursing, Civil Rights, Detroit Free Press, Colleges and Universities, Social Issues
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Amid Boy Scout turmoil, other groups hope to grow
NEW YORK (AP) — With the Boy Scouts of America entangled in a furor over its ban on gays, lesser-known youth organizations across the ideological spectrum see an opportunity. They wonder if the turmoil might prompt some families to give them a...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Civil Rights, Protestant Convention, Girl Scouts of the USA, James Black
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Opponents denounce call for anti-gay prom in Indiana
SULLIVAN, Ind. (AP) — A quiet Indiana community known for its parks and corn festival has become the latest setting for the debate over gay rights and bullying after several area residents, including some high schoolers, proposed holding a non-...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Television Industry, Religion and Belief, Television Stations
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