May 1 2010

Bill allowing gay couples to adopt fails in Senate committee

Bill allowing gay couples to adopt fails in Senate committee
BATON ROUGE — 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.

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Apr 30 2010

Bill That Would Let Gay Parents Adopt Children Together Was Rejected

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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Apr 30 2010

Hawaii lawmakers OK civil unions, send bill to gov

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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Apr 26 2010

Three Dollar Bill

Three Dollar Bill
“Richard Burnett is a faggot.” Those words were scrawled on my high school locker door in big block letters by some bully with a black marker. And I was terrified because I was a faggot.

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Apr 7 2010

GLSEN, Sirdeaner Walker Launch Petition to Support Federal Anti-Bullying Bill One Year after Son’s Suicide

GLSEN, Sirdeaner Walker Launch Petition to Support Federal Anti-Bullying Bill One Year after Son’s Suicide
Find the Petition Here (http://www.stopstudentbullying.org/carl.cfm) and Call to Action Here (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110188802343561) (PRWeb Apr 6, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/anti-bullying/safe_schools/prweb3837694.htm

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Mar 20 2010

Bullying bill OK’d in House, 148 to 0

Bullying bill OK’d in House, 148 to 0
The Massachusetts House, after an emotional debate, unanimously approved a bill yesterday that seeks to curtail bullying in schools and in cyberspace, mirroring similar legislation passed last week by the Senate.

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Mar 15 2010

Portugal: President Sends Gay Marriage Bill to Court for Review

Portugal: President Sends Gay Marriage Bill to Court for Review
Portugal President Anibal Cavaco Silva has forwarded a gay marriage bill approved by Parliamentarians to the nation’s Constitutional Court, Lisbon’s Diario de Noticias reported. Cavaco Silva asked the court to review the constitutionality of 4 out of 5 of the bill’s articles.

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Feb 20 2010

Bill would help California count gays

Bill would help California count gays
Equality California is sponsoring legislation to add questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to government forms.

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Feb 17 2010

Julius Kaggwa: Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill Doubly Endangers LGBT Community and Human Rights Activists

Julius Kaggwa: Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill Doubly Endangers LGBT Community and Human Rights Activists
My personal experiences speak to the harassment that affects LGBT Ugandans every day, and the passage of this bill will weaken Ugandan democracy and ruin the lives of countless individuals.

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Feb 17 2010

Obama condemns Uganda anti-gay bill as ‘odious’

Obama condemns Uganda anti-gay bill as ‘odious’
United States President Barack Obama on Thursday denounced as “odious” a proposed anti-gay law in Uganda that has drawn international condemnation.

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Jan 29 2010

News conference set on anti-discrimination bill

News conference set on anti-discrimination bill
A controversial bill to extend statewide anti-discrimination protections to gays and lesbians apparently now only calls for a…

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