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Haynes: Marrying gay rights and religious freedom
Winners and losers in the battle over gay marriage in New York can agree on at least one thing: Without robust protections for religious groups, the law legalizing same-sex marriages would not have passed.
Eleventh-hour negotiations between Republican...Tags: Marriage, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Rhode Island, Same-Sex Marriage
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Haynes: As gay rights advance, should religious groups get accommodation?
When rights claims collide, what’s the collateral damage to society?
That’s the painful question this week out of Illinois, site of the latest conflict between gay-rights laws and religious convictions.
When the state’s new civil-...Tags: Boston, Illinois, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Services
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Discrimination, Same-Sex Marriage
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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...
Tags: Karen Clark, Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Government
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Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?
Six months after Maryland, Maine and Washington voters endorsed same-sex marriage at the ballot box, two more states have adopted laws allowing gay couples to marry, and a third is poised to join them. On Tuesday, lawmakers in Delaware adopted a same-...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Marriage, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate
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Openly gay athlete Jason Collins is what 'we've all been waiting for'
National political leaders, gay rights groups and entertainment icons on Monday spoke in support of Jason Collins, the first active professional athlete to come out as gay. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native, who helped lead Harvard-Westlake School to...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Baltimore Ravens, Civil Rights, National Football League, U.S. Supreme Court
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Essay: Collins' coming out could accelerate gay acceptance
There was a time, in 1947 and before, when the mere presence of an African-American on a Major League Baseball team was enough to shake the game and the nation alike. Six years after Jackie Robinson smashed the sport's color barrier that year, still...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Social Movements
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Iowa court: Married same-sex parents must be on birth certificate
Iowa parents in same-sex marriages must be allowed to have both their names listed on their newborn’s birth certificate, the state’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled. Officials with the state’s Department of Public Health have...
Tags: Marriage, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Same-Sex Marriage
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2 L.A. high schools, 2 views of Jason Collins
At Harvard-Westlake, a private high school in the shadows of the Hollywood Hills, players from the basketball team heaped praise on the alumnus who this week became the first active NBA player to announce that he is gay. "We have a lot of pride in him,"...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, High School Sports, High Schools
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Gay rights and the religious exemption
Obstacles to legal equality for gay and lesbian Americans are crumbling fast. Congress has repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prevented gay service members from being open about their sexuality. Nearly a dozen states have legalized same-...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Discrimination, Same-Sex Marriage
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Gay NBA player Jason Collins feels the love; will goodwill continue?
Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in a major U.S. professional team to come out as gay, is receiving widespread support for his announcement. The reaction to his news Monday was swift. President Obama, who just last year announced his...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, National Football League, Human Rights, Same-Sex Marriage
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, National Football League, Same-Sex Marriage, Jeff Locke
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