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Resolution urges Brazil's registrars to provide civil marriage to same-sex couples

BRASALIA, Brazil – The National Council of Justice (CNJ) voted 14-1 today to approve a resolution urging registrars across Brazil to register civil marriage of same-sex couples, according to Globo.com.

Famed DJ Peter Rauhofer dies at age 48

NEW YORK – Internationally known DJ, remixer, producer and label owner Peter Rauhofer has died of complications related to brain cancer, his manager reported on Facebook today. He was 48.

Here is the Facebook message:

Today the music industry has lost one of its true heroes.

With a heavy heart I must now report that Peter Rauhofer has lost his battle with brain cancer.

He passed quietly today and is survived by his mother, Helga, who resides in Austria.

Anglican bishop accused of discriminating against gay man

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- The Anglican Bishop of Auckland is being taken to the Human Rights Tribunal over allegations he is discriminating against a gay man who wants to become a priest.

Right Reverend Ross Bay has been accused of preventing a gay man entering the Anglican Church's training or discernment program for priests because he is unmarried and in a sexual relationship with his male partner.

Bay denies the allegation.

Italy’s PM yanks post from deputy minister following anti-gay remarks

MILAN — Italy’s premier has removed the equal opportunities deputy minister from her post after she said gays invited discrimination by "ghettoizing" themselves.

Realtor fired after distributing anti-gay flyer promoting "traditional" families

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — A Canadian real estate agent who distributed anti-gay marketing flyers promoting “traditional” families as “best for the future of the kids” has been terminated, according to his employer.

Andrew Ciastek, a sales representative for RE/MAX, was terminated for “poor judgment on his personal marketing,” said Christine Martysiewicz, director of internal and public relations for RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada.

Vatican exiles anti-gay cardinal who sexually abused priests

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Friends of the cleric have said he has been told by Rome to shelve his plans to retire to a church-owned cottage in East Lothian and instead leave the country.

The Herald understands Cardinal O'Brien was given the news yesterday afternoon, three days after being photographed moving his personal belongings from his official residence in Edinburgh to the residence in Dunbar where he had been spending regular weekends over the past few years.

Legally married lesbian parents told to split up or son will be expelled from school

(Editor's note: Same-sex marriage is legal in South Africa.)

MPUMALANGA, South Africa -- An Mpumalanga lesbian couple has been told to split up, or their son will face expulsion from school, it was reported on Wednesday.

Legally married Samantha (27) and Kally Mabe (26) told The Star newspaper that they were called to a meeting with the principal of Secunda Highveld Christian School and were told their homosexuality was problematic.

They were also accused of falsifying the information stating their sexual orientation in the school's application letter.

Zimbabwe group calls for banning gay organizations

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- A local pressure group, Africa Against Western Influence and Interference, has called on authorities to ban gay and lesbian groups in the country, saying their existence was unconstitutional and un-African.

The organization was formed two years ago with the aim of investigating and understanding the involvement of western countries in African affairs.

Its focus is on organizations funded and working with western countries.

Three more Brazilian states allowing same-sex marriage

Justices in the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Paraíba and Santa Catarina have ruled to authorize marriage equality for same-sex couples, bringing the total to 14 of the country’s 27 states to legalize same-sex marriage.

The ruling by the Corregedor Geral de Justiça caps a month where five state justices in Brazil ruled in favor of same-sex marriage.

Death penalty on way in Ethiopia for gays?

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- An anti-gay organization that held a recent workshop on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues in Ethiopia is reporting that the death penalty against gay people in Ethiopia may be on the horizon.

The workshop reportedly looked with the social "evils" and "disastrous" effects of homosexuality in Ethiopia, and was led by United for Life Ethiopia, a Western Evangelical Christian organization with local representation.

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