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Amazon Joins Starbucks, Google, Microsoft In Supporting Gay Marriage

OIA Staff — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:58:18 +0000

Internet retailer Amazon on Wednesday became the latest high-profile Washington-based company to endorse an effort to legalize gay marriage in the state, the Seattle Times reported. “Amazon is joining other Pacific Northwest companies, including Microsoft, Starbucks and Nike, in support of Washington state’s marriage equality bills,” Amazon said in a statement. “The spirit of these [...]

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NOM Pledges Opposition To Gay Marriage In Maine

OIA Staff — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:50:47 +0000

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) on Thursday pledged to work against a proposed referendum that would legalize gay marriage in Maine. Shortly after supporters in Maine announced they would return to the ballot box this November, NOM, the nation’s most vociferous opponent of the institution, pledged to work against the effort. “NOM intends to [...]

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Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich Blast Gay Marriage At New Hampshire GOP Debate

OIA Staff — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:48:11 +0000

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich criticized gay marriage during Saturday night’s Republican debate in New Hampshire. The issue came up when a Yahoo! News reader asked, “Given that you oppose gay marriage, what do you want gay people to do who want to form loving, committed, long-term relationships? What is your solution?” Romney and Gingrich [...]

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Gay marriage within reach in Wash. Legislature

OIA Staff — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:51:05 +0000

The Washington state Legislature is on the verge of having enough support to approve gay marriage, with votes continuing to realign in the state Senate, according to a tally by The Associated Press. via. Read the full article @ Gay marriage within reach in Wash. Legislature Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on [...]

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A Third Of Gay Marriages in Canada May Be Invalid

OIA Staff — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:52:18 +0000

Since Canada legalized same-sex marriage in 2004, some 15,000 gay and lesbian couples have jumped the broom. But now a lawyer for the Canadian government is claiming up to a third of those marriages may be invalid because they were between foreigners who couldn’t wed in their native countries. via. Read the full article @ [...]

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Michele Bachmann Hits Ron Paul, Mitt Romney On Gay Marriage

OIA Staff — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:21:08 +0000

Michele Bachmann has criticized Ron Paul and Mitt Romney on gay marriage in a final pitch to social conservatives in early caucus state Iowa, The New York Times reported.During a Council Bluffs appearance, Bachmann attempted to use her record opposing marriage equality and abortion to distance herself from her GOP presidential rivals.“Mitt Romney has defended [...]

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More Than 100K Sign Petition to Reconsider Gay Marriage in Maine

OIA Staff — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:23:08 +0000

Gay-rights activists in Maine gathered more than 35,000 signatures on Election Day to support a 2012 ballot imitative that would allow same-sex couples to get marriage license, reported Equality Maine . via. Read the full article @ More Than 100K Sign Petition to Reconsider Gay Marriage in Maine Read more articles @ our blogBecome a [...]

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NH Lawmaker Drops Same-Sex Marriage Amendment

OIA Staff — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:23:46 +0000

The sponsor of a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage has decided not to pursue the measure next year to clear the way for a debate over repealing New Hampshire’s law legalizing the unions. via. Read the full article @ NH Lawmaker Drops Same-Sex Marriage Amendment Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on [...]

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Gay Marriage Repeal Bill Clears New Hampshire House Panel

OIA Staff — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:17:18 +0000

A bill that would repeal New Hampshire’s gay marriage law cleared a House committee on Tuesday. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill with an 11 to 6 vote. If approved, the bill, introduced by Rep. David Bates, a Republican from Windham, would repeal the state’s gay marriage law. via. Read the full article @ [...]

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Voters Less Likely To Support Anti-Gay Presidential Candidates

OIA Staff — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:26:42 +0000

Voters are less likely to support presidential candidates who favor gay marriage bans, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll found. Forty-two percent of respondents said they would be less likely to support a candidate who favors a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, while 25 percent said they would be more likely to support such a [...]

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Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Faces Pivotal Hearing

OIA Staff — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:07:58 +0000

California’s same-sex marriage ban faces its next legal test Tuesday when the state’s highest court attempts to shed light on whether the voter-approved measure’s backers have legal authority to appeal the federal ruling that overturned Proposition 8. The California Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an hour of arguments on that question, which could prove [...]

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Rick Perry Signs Pledge against Same-sex Marriage

OIA Staff — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:36:59 +0000

Rick Perry signed a pledge Friday to back a federal constitutional amendment against gay marriage. The move is a reversal from only a month ago when the Texas governor said he supported individual states’ rights and that he was fine with New York’s approval of same-sex marriage. The pledge by the National Organization for Marriage [...]

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Country Singer Chely Wright Marries Gal Pal

OIA Staff — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:22:25 +0000

Country singer Chely Wright has tied the knot with Lauren Blitzer, the woman she met shortly after coming out as a lesbian last year, Us Magazine reported Aug. via. Read the full article @ Country Singer Chely Wright Marries Gal Pal Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow us on Twitter

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First Gay Marriage is Seen as Frist Step in Cuba

OIA Staff — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:18:32 +0000

Havana, Cuba – On a sweltering, rainy afternoon in Havana Ignacio Estrada, a gay man who is also HIV positive, and Wendy Iriepa, a transgendered woman, became the first gay couple to be legally married in Cuba. The couple said their marriage was a present to Fidel Castro who celebrated his 85th birthday on the [...]

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Are There Wedding Bells for Bert and Ernie?

OIA Staff — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:48:38 +0000

Thousands of same-sex couples have been married in New York since gay marriage was legalized in the Empire State in July. Now an online petition is pushing to have one more twosome join the line at City Hall — Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie. That’s right — the muppets. Chicago resident Lair Scott started an [...]

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NYC Expands Gay Weddings to Include All Applicants

OIA Staff — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:09:47 +0000

New York City is expanding its same-sex marriage plans for Sunday so all 823 couples who entered the city’s nuptial lottery will have the chance to wed on the first day gay marriage is legal, the mayor’s office said Thursday. Initially, city officials had projected that about 2,500 couples might show up at the city [...]

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NJ Couples Seeking Same-sex Marriage

OIA Staff — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:11:31 +0000

Seven gay and lesbian New Jersey couples, along with many of their children, are going to court to try to force the state to recognize gay marriage. The families say in their legal complaint that the state’s civil union law designed to give gay couples the same legal protections as married couples has not fulfilled [...]

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Minnesota Gay Marriage Ban Amendment On 2012 Ballot

OIA Staff — Wed, 25 May 2011 00:17:32 +0000

Minnesota lawmakers on Saturday night approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, sending it to voters for their approval, the Star-Tribune reported. After roughly five hours of often emotional debate, House members voted 70 to 62 in favor of Republican Representative Steve Gottwalt’s amendment, which seeks to define marriage as a heterosexual union in the [...]

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Gallup Confirms: For First Time, Most Americans Favor Gay Marriage

OIA Staff — Wed, 25 May 2011 00:16:18 +0000

Confirming what several other national polls have found in the last few months, the latest Gallup poll says that a majority of Americans support legal gay marriage for the first time. According to the poll, 53 pecent of Americans believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as [...]

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The Nuptial News – General Gayety

OIA Staff — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:19:12 +0000

On these shores, the struggle for same-sex marriage has been as wobbly as a tipsy bride. Look at Rhode Island. Hopes were high that Little Rhody would become the sixth state to allow gay marriage. But House Speaker Gordon Fox announced the legislation wouldn’t pass the Senate, so he was backing civil unions instead. Rhode [...]

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Navy Changes Its Mind on Gay Marriages

OIA Staff — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:44:04 +0000

The Navy opened a can of worms when it announced its chaplains could officiate gay marriage ceremonies. Conservatives groups, who were never fans of DADT repeal, pounced on the memo. Well the squids have decided to walk back their original plans. A Washington Post article described Navy Chief of Chaplains Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd’s [...]

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Andrew Cuomo Hopeful New York Will Legalize Gay Marriage

OIA Staff — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:45:44 +0000

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that he’s “optimistic” that lawmakers will approve a gay marriage bill. “I’m optimistic that marriage equality will pass,” Cuomo told reporters, the New York Daily News reported. “I think it is long overdue. I’ve been talking about that issue for a year. I know it’s failed before, but [...]

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How to Stay Single and Still Love Yourself – life beyond therapy

OIA Staff — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:09:11 +0000

I like to read foreign newspapers for their different points of view. Recently, in the Sunday (London) Times, reporter Joseph Dunn wrote, “There comes a point in every adult’s life when he or she must check out of Guyland…This is the place in a man’s life when he lives singly and without responsibility. It’s also [...]

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California Gay Marriage Ban Stands during Appeal

OIA Staff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:04:09 +0000

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday left in place a ban on gay marriage in California , denying requests to allow same-sex weddings during a lengthy appeals process. via. Read the full article @ California Gay Marriage Ban Stands during Appeal Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow us on Twitter

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Indiana Senate panel OKs resolution to ban gay marriage

OIA Staff — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:37:43 +0000

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-3 Wednesday to pass a resolution amending Indiana’s Constitution to ban gay marriage. The resolution now goes to the full Senate, where it has passed five times in the past. The vote was along party lines, with Democrats against. via. Read the full article @ Indiana Senate panel OKs resolution [...]

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HRC Poll: Voters Oppose Republican Defense of DOMA

OIA Staff — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:23:23 +0000

Washington – American voters oppose the Defense of Marriage Act(DOMA) – the law that forbids the federal government from recognizing legally married same-sex couples – as well as efforts by the House Republican leadership to intervene in court cases defending the law, according to new polling released today by the Human Rights Campaign in partnership with [...]

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Celebrities ask President Obama to speakout for marriage equality

OIA Staff — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:48:39 +0000

The New York-based group Freedom to Marry says Anne Hathaway [pic] and Martin Sheen are among a group of actors, athletes and business leaders urging President Barack Obama to support marriage rights for same-sex couples. R&B singer Mya and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey also signed an open letter calling on the president to back gay [...]

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Maryland Gay Marriage Bill Clears House Panel

OIA Staff — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:22:35 +0000

A bill that would make Maryland the sixth state to legalize gay marriage has cleared a House panel after two members altered their position on the issue, the Washington Post reported. via. Read the full article @ Maryland Gay Marriage Bill Clears House Panel Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow us [...]

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New Hampshire Delays Gay Marriage Repeal Bill

OIA Staff — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:37:28 +0000

New Hampshire lawmakers won’t be voting on bills to repeal the state’s gay marriage law until next year. The House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Thursday to hold onto two bills that would repeal the law that has been in effect a little over a year. via. Read the full article @ New Hampshire Delays Gay Marriage [...]

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New Hampshire Speakers Claim Gay Marriage Leads To Disease, Polygamy

OIA Staff — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:55:04 +0000

Opponents of gay marriage at a Thursday hearing in New Hampshire said they fear the institution because it leads to disease and polygamy. Supporters of the state’s year-old gay marriage law greatly outnumbered opponents during a hearing to consider two bills that aim to end the institution in the state. According to the Nashua Telegraph, [...]

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80-year-old Iowa Grandmother Speaks in favor of Gay Marriage

OIA Staff — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:12:25 +0000

80 year old grandmother speaks about her gay son, his marriage and the effect the gay marriage debate is having on her and her family. via. Read the full article @ 80-year-old Iowa Grandmother Speaks in favor of Gay Marriage Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow us on Twitter

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Indiana GOP to Push for Constitutional Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage

OIA Staff — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:34:57 +0000

Indiana Republican lawmakers are resuming their push for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Opponents say the amendment isn’t needed because Indiana law already bans gay marriage, but supporters worry that courts could overturn that law. via. Read the full article @ Indiana GOP to Push for Constitutional Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage Read more articles @ [...]

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Zach Wahls Becomes Internet Sensation after Defending Gay Parents in Iowa State House

OIA Staff — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:17:13 +0000

Iowa’s Zach Wahls, the 19-year-old son of two lesbian moms who testified before the State House as they moved to let voters ban gay marriage, has set the Internet on fire. Here he is on MSNBC’s The Last Word. via. Read the full article @ Zach Wahls Becomes Internet Sensation after Defending Gay Parents in [...]

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Maryland: Majority Support Marriage

OIA Staff — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:48:26 +0000

According to Annapolis-based pollster Gonzales Research, 51 percent of Maryland residents support gay marriage. Endorsements break down along party lines, with 65 percent of Democrats and 52 percent of independents favoring same-sex marriage, while only 24 percent of Republicans back the concept. via. Read the full article @ Maryland: Majority Support Marriage Read more articles [...]

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Wyoming House Approves Gay Marriage Recognition Ban Bill

OIA Staff — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:45:45 +0000

Lawmakers in the Wyoming House on Monday approved a bill that seeks to outlaw the recognition of out-of-state gay marriages, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reported. Wyoming bans gay and lesbian couples from marrying but state law also recognizes any valid marriage performed outside its borders. Social conservatives worry that a legal challenge could use the loophole [...]

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New York’s Thomas Duane To Introduce Gay Marriage Bill

OIA Staff — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:41:28 +0000

New York State Senator Thomas Duane will introduce a gay marriage bill “within weeks,” the New York Daily News reported. Duane said he’ll press for a vote before the end of June. “I think everyone is aware that we have to make the lives of New Yorkers better in every way – economically, as well [...]

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Supreme Court expected to rule on Gay Marriage in D.C.

OIA Staff — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:10:48 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce an opinion Tuesday on whether to allow voters to repeal the Washington D.C. equal marriage law. Jackson v. the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics is scheduled to be discussed at a private conference among the Justices on Friday, according to the Washington Blade. via. Read the [...]

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Hillary Clinton Still Believes In Marriage Discrimination

OIA Staff — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:36:17 +0000

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is still at odds with her ex-President husband’s about-face in favor of gay marriage. “Well, I share his experience because we obviously share a lot of the same friends, but I have not changed my position [on gay marriage],” via. Read the full article @ Hillary Clinton Still Believes [...]

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New Mexico AG Gary King Concludes Gay Marriages Likely Valid

OIA Staff — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:24:32 +0000

New Mexico Attorney General Gary King announced on Wednesday that the out-of-state marriages of gay and lesbians couples are likely valid in New Mexico, the AP reported. “Without an identifiable adverse public policy in this area, we conclude that a court addressing the issue would likely hold … that a valid same-sex marriage from another [...]

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Hopes for the New Year – General Gayety

OIA Staff — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:10:03 +0000

As 2010 draws to a close, I’m looking ahead. Here are some of my hopes for the LGBT community in 2011, along with a few predictions. I hope next year the Pope will reveal a new attitude toward gays. I predict he won’t. Now for a bolder prediction concerning Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, [...]

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Gay E-Marriage Annulled: Wedding Couple Disappointed and Fearful – dot429

OIA Staff — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:16:00 +0000

dot429 EXCLUSIVE When Mark Reed and Dante Walkup celebrated their wedding in an e-marriage ceremony on October 10, 2010, they thought they had uncovered a loophole in the laws that prohibit gay marriage. The ceremony, officiated by Washington, D.C. Reverend Sheila Alexander-Reid over Skype, took place in Texas and included over 80 guests. Reed and [...]

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Gay Marriage by Skype Ruled Invalid

OIA Staff — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:03:29 +0000

Mark Reed-Walkup and Dante Walkup, of Texas, are the first same-sex couple in the U.S. to use Skype to become legally married. But now their marriage has been ruled unacceptable. From a letter sent to their DC-based pastor: “The return is invalid because it has come to the attention of the court that the subject [...]

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Betty White On Gay Marriage: Mind Your Own Business

OIA Staff — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:04:02 +0000

In a cover story for this week’s Parade magazine, the 88-year-old White talks about the issue of gay marriage. “I don’t care who anybody sleeps with,” she says. “If a couple has been together all that time – and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones – I think it’s [...]

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Obama’s First Sit-Down With Gay Bloggers: Stop Being So Disappointed In Me

OIA Staff — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:41:45 +0000

Sitting down for a 45-minute chat with progressive and gay bloggers, President Barack Obama insisted the gay community should not be disappointed with him. He refused to answer the question about whether he believed DADT is unconstitutional. He did, however, hint that maybe he’ll come out for gay marriage. Q So I have another gay [...]

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‘If You’re Not for Gay Marriage, Don’t Marry a Gay Person’

OIA Staff — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:10:20 +0000

With just one week between now and the Nov. 2 election, Fight Back NY is releasing a new video message from the fabulous Whoopi Goldberg. The group is currently targeting State Senator Frank Padavan. Supporting Fight Back New York’s critical work in this last week is “a no-brainer,” she explains. http://www.fightbackpac.com/whoopi VIA. Read the full [...]

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Judge dismisses anti-gay marriage ad suit

OIA Staff — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:00:21 +0000

A federal judge has rejected a challenge to New York’s election law brought by an anti-gay marriage group that’s drafted political ads in support of Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor. The Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage argued last week it wanted to run ads for Paladino without reporting donors’ names or adhering [...]

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NH paper won’t print gay marriage notices

OIA Staff — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:13:25 +0000

New Hampshire’s largest newspaper is defending its decision to refuse to publish marriage notices for gay couples after one couple getting married tried to include their announcement. The New Hampshire Union Leader of Manchester says it has a constitutional right to choose what to print. The full statement: “This newspaper has never published wedding or [...]

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Did Missy Elliot Got Married?

OIA Staff — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:31:43 +0000

Sources in Atlanta say that closeted rapper Missy Elliot married her girlfriend of about a year, artist Sharaya. The women were engaged while they were on a world tour together. Congrats to the happy couple! VIA. Read the full article @ Did Missy Elliot Got Married? Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow [...]

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NOM’s Maggie Gallagher: No Blood on Her Hands for LGBT Teen Deaths

OIA Staff — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:28:42 +0000

National Organization for Marriage’s Maggie Gallagher says she and other anti gay marriage activists are not responsible for the recently reported stories of LGBT teens committing suicide. Speaking to the statistic that “LGBT teens are four times as likely as other students to attempt suicide,” Gallagher says the “it’s homophobia pulling the trigger” narrative isn’t [...]

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Carl Paladino: Gay ‘Option’ Not ‘As Valid’ As Straight

OIA Staff — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:57:08 +0000

New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is once again at the center of controversy, this time for remarks he made over the weekend that homosexuality isn’t an “equally successful or valid option” to heterosexuality. But he went much further than just saying he opposed, and that his opponent supported, gay marriage. Paladino said: … [...]

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