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Bill That Would Let Gay Parents Adopt Children Together Was Rejected
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A proposal to let gay parents adopt children together in Louisiana was rejected Tuesday by a Senate judiciary committee, a move expected to kill the bill for the legislative session. Senators on the Judiciary A Committee voted 3-1 against the bill, siding with opponents from Catholic, Baptist and other church groups who argued the adoptions would encourage immoral …

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New CDs
New releases from Melissa Etheridge, Roky Erickson with Okkervil River, and Jacky Terrasson.

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New CDs: Releases this week include Melissa Etheridge’s ‘Fearless Love’ and Hole’s ‘Nobody’s Daughter’
“Fearless Love,” Melissa Etheridge’s often resplendent 10th studio album, is all about familiar subjects: the futility of denial, the uselessness…

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Hawaii lawmakers OK civil unions, send bill to gov
A bill allowing same-sex civil unions that prompted some of Hawaii’s biggest protests is headed to the governor after the state House of Representatives gave it final legislative approval Thursday.

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President’s directive is victory for LGBT families
As Lisa Pond lay dying from a brain aneurysm in a Florida hospital, Janice Langbehn and their young children were kept from Pond’s side.

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In conservative Turkish city, Iranian gays find uneasy refuge from persecution
KAYSERI, Turkey - The salmon-coloured building has seen better days. Paint peels from the mouldy facades. Pieces of cardboard, newspaper and plastic cover the many missing windows - not worth replacing, because the neighbourhood kids, who know this as “the gay building,” will just smash them again.

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Secret Gardens of the East Bay
S GARDEN TOUR Secret Gardens of the East Bay Spring showers bring vibrant spring colors to gardens everywhere. View some of the best on the self-guided, 24th annual Secret Gardens of the East Bay tour. The 11 gardens on this year’s tour feature a carefully…

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It’s time to go, Kylie
Kylie Northover suggests its time the almost 42-year-old pop star exits stage left.

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Teen charged in violent Edmonton assault
A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with an assault on a 31-year-old woman who says the attack was a hate crime.

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Alvin McEwen: When Defending Anti-Gay Lunacy, Personal Attacks Are the Order of the Day
In my post earlier this week regarding the Traditional Values Coalition’s Andrea Lafferty expressing pride with TVC being designated as an anti-gay hate group, I…

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Potential clouds over Fla. Senate front-runner
Now that Republicans have made him the U.S. Senate front-runner, Marco Rubio is trying to weather potentially damaging revelations about his credit card use, double billing for airfare and murky

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Sexual orientation topic of seminar
Christ Episcopal Church in downtown Springfield will present Sexual Orientation and the Church: A Collaborative Discussion 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today

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Gay student won’t return to high school
The mother of a gay teenager says her daughter won’t return to Jackson County High School after an incident in which she claims three other girls tried to kill her.

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Pa. incumbent: Foe feigning bisexuality for votes
The old tactic of dragging out an opponent’s sexual skeletons for political gain is being turned on its head in the City of BrotherlyLove.

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