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Delaware Senate poised to pass marriage equality law today

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
May 7th, 2013

DOVER, Dela. – The state Senate today will debate a marriage-equality bill, and all signs point to passage in the Democratic-controlled upper chamber.

The Democratic-controlled General Assembly voted 23-18 on April 23 to pass HB 75, and Gov. Jack Markell, a Democrat, has promised to sign the bill into law if approved.

Bishop warns Catholics against attending "immoral" gay weddings

LGBTQ Nation Staff
May 6th, 2013

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin issued a warning to Catholics this week that are not free to “endorse or ignore immoral or destructive behavior,” and advised against attending any gay weddings now that same-sex marriage has been legalized in Rhode Island.

Harvard professor apologizes for anti-gay remarks at financial conference

LGBTQ Nation Staff
May 6th, 2013

A Harvard professor has apologized for anti-gay remarks when he said famed British economist John Maynard Keynes‘ philosophy was flawed and suggested he didn’t care about future generations because he was gay and didn’t have children.

Undecided lawmakers take opposite sides on Minnesota marriage equality bill

LGBTQ Nation Staff
May 4th, 2013

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two freshman Democratic state representatives from socially conservative districts took opposite sides in their support for legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota, the latest among undecided lawmakers weighing their personal feelings against their political future.

President Obama says he supports including gays in immigration bill

LGBTQ Nation Staff
May 4th, 2013

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — President Barack Obama said Friday he supports recognizing gay unions in a broad immigration bill pending in Congress but won’t say whether he would sign legislation that fails to do so.

School agrees to allow gay-straight alliance one day after ACLU files suit

LGBTQ Nation Staff
May 3rd, 2013

OCALA, Fla. — Just one day after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against a Florida school district for denying students from forming a gay-straight alliance, the school board ended months of delays and said it will allow the club to meet.

Canadian real estate agent under fire for distributing anti-gay flyer

LGBTQ Nation Staff
May 3rd, 2013

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — A Canadian real estate agent has come came under fire for distributing a flyer that promotes “traditional” families and cited a controversial study by a University of Texas researcher that criticizes same-sex parents.

Andrew Ciastek, a sales representative for RE/MAX, distributed the flyers — which said “traditional family is the best for the future of the kids” — to hundreds of homes in this western Toronto suburb.

Iowa high court rules children born to married lesbian couples have two birth parents

SDGLN Staff
May 3rd, 2013

DES MOINES, Iowa - Tthe Iowa Supreme Court today built upon its ruling in Lambda Legal's landmark case, Varnum v. Brien, which ordered that same-sex couples and their families be treated equally under Iowa law, and ordered the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) to provide an accurate two-parent birth certificate to all children born to lesbian married parents in Iowa.

The Court was unanimous in ordering the State to treat children of lesbian couples as having two parents at birth.

Catholics protest Detroit Archbishop's statements on gay marriage, communion

Kate Abbey-Lambertz - Huffington Post
May 3rd, 2013

DETROIT -- Most of the people carrying signs and rainbow flags while marching slowly along the sidewalk in front of the Archdiocese of Detroit on Thursday afternoon didn't fit the typical profile of a church protester. A majority of the group of 30 or so sign-holders were in their 50s and much older -- and they called themselves Catholics.

Screen Scene: In praise of “House Of Cards” and a new source for quality shows

Kurt Niece - SDGLN Visual Arts Critic
May 3rd, 2013

Good writing can improve a silly plot, but writing alone can’t save a series from bad casting or acting. Nothing torpedoes a production quicker than actors you simply don’t care about.

Love them, hate them; do anything but be indifferent to them. Actors who don’t register with the audience kill a film project quicker than a 32 round magazine in an assault rifle.

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