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• UK: Christians to Attend Organized Prayers Against Marriage Equality Bill

  
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  The anti-gay group Christian Concern is organizing prayer meetings against the marriage equality bill later this month. Pink News reports : The Adamantly homophobic group Christian Concern, has organised the intermittent prayer meetings to take place outside Parliament on the two days of the bills third reading. ...
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• After Marriage Equality, What Else Needs to be Done?

  
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  This past week, there has been a massive media flurry about marriage equality, with both Delaware and Rhode Island both passing marriage equality laws and the Minnesota House voting to legalize same-sex marriage. News networks have been lauding the progress made by the LGBTQ movement, and to be fair, I was pretty ...
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• Hate speech or religious freedom debated at Chicago Heights marriage rally (video)

  
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  CHICAGO HEIGHTS - Saturday at a rally outside State Rep. Anthony DeLucas district office, opponents and proponents of gay marriage faced off on whether a root issue is a choice between religious freedom and hate speech. Gay rights advocate Mark...
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• Delaware, USA: Gay Couple Reflects on Marriage Equality Victory

  
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  Photo by Ashley Dawson As Delaware gets ready to celebrate the weddings of gay and lesbian couples across the state, one couple, Douglas and Corey Marshall-Steele, reflects on the fight. Delaware State News reports : In 2004, Douglas created his website as a resource and outlet for lesbian, gay, bisexual and ...
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• Whose Turn Is It To Tell America’s 3 Million Homeless And Foster Children Gays Can’t Marry?

  
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  If you believe that LGBT people should be allowed to adopt children, you are logically required to believe that LGBT people must be afforded the right to marry. And if you care about this nation’s two million children who are homeless or in foster care, you have no moral ground to be against either. The 1138 ...
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• US: Minnesota Senate vote on equal marriage bill imminent

  
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  The US state of Minnesota could soon become the twelfth to legalise equal marriage, as on Monday its Senate will vote on a measure to legalise it. Leaders in the Senate have also already said they had already gathered enough votes to pass the bill. If the bill passes in the Senate on Monday, Democratic Governor Mark ...
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• Illinois, USA: Protest Gets Rowdy Outside Representative’s Office

  
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  Protesters gathered outside State Rep. Jim Durkin’s office in Western Springs yesterday, hoping to sway him to vote against the marriage equality bill. The Huffington Post reports : A protest against the same-sex marriage bill awaiting a vote in the Illinois House stayed relatively peaceful Saturday afternoon, ...
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• Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill

  
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  Christians are being encouraged to attend organised prayer meetings near the Houses of Parliament this month, in order to oppose the equal marriage bill, and to coincide with its third reading. The Adamantly homophobic group Christian Concern, has organised the intermittent prayer meetings to take place outside ...
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• U.S. Catholic Bishops Step Up Anti-Gay Efforts

  
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  While we continue to see sex abuse scandals exploding around the world - e.g., Australia and now Africa -  involving sexual predator priests and a Vatican orchestrated conspiracy to cover up crimes and protect child rapists what do the U. S. Catholic bishops focus their efforts on?  Stopping gay marriage and placing ...
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• Independent: Same-Sex Marriage causes fundamental harm to society

  
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  http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-05-12/opinions/same-sex-marriage-causes-fundamental-harm-to-society-1570406404/ Sunday, 12 May 2013, 08:00 , by C. Gwendolyn Landolt In March this year, as a visitor from Canada to Malta, I was greatly impressed by your beautiful country, its magnificent harbours and ...
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• Catholic kicks against gay marriage, amnesty

  
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  Director of Catholic Communications Commission, Catholic Diocese of Ilorin, Rev Fr. Pius Ogunyebi, has said the Catholic Church is opposed corruption, gay marriage and granting of amnesty to the Boko Haram sect. He stated that gay marriage was unscriptural and negated African lifestyle, adding that corruption was ...
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• Minnesota, USA: State Senator Vicki Jensen Confirms Yes Vote for Marriage Equality

  
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  Despite being urged by constituents, including a local mayor, to vote against gay marriage, Minnesota state Senator Vicki Jensen is sticking to her guns. The Owatonna Prople’s Press reports : On Saturday morning, Owatonna Mayor Tom Kuntz asked Sen. Vicki Jensen if he and others could convince her to vote no on a ...
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• Seriously?

  
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  Our semi-regular round-up of the crazy (and often unintentionally hilarious) things that anti-gay folks are saying about marriage equality and the LGBT community. Let’s start in Delaware, where pro wrestler Jay Briscoe threatened violence to marriage equality supporters via twitter. Queerty reports: “The ...
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• Marriage rally in Chicago Heights Saturday brings out both sides (video)

  
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  CHICAGO HEIGHTS - Saturday morning, activists concerned about the passage of gay marriage in Illlinois met face to face with opponents of gay marriage in front of State Rep Anthony DeLucas district office. Andy Thayer, co-founder of the Gay Liberation...
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• Has The Mormon Church Backed Off Its Opposition to Marriage Equality?

  
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  The Mormon Church has been strangely quiet over the last year or so as marriage equality bills and laws have begin passing across the USA. Mother Jones reports : But after the Mormon involvement in Prop. 8 was fully exposed, the backlash was severe–and apparently unexpected. The church became a target for public ...
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• Nevada, USA: Assembly Takes Up Marriage Equality Bill

  
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  Last month the Nevada State Senate passed a bill that would start the process to repeal the state’s ban on gay marriage. This week, the Assembly took up the bill. Equality on Trial reports : In the midst of all these exciting developments, while the state of Nevada may not currently be making national news on ...
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• Australia: Christian Labor Candidate Would Push for Marriage Equality, If Elected

  
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  A Pentacostal Christian, Michael Pilbrow, running in the ALP has made marriage equality a top priority if he gets elected – with the state registering couples and churches equally and churches issuing marriage certificates. Gay Star News reports : Pilbrow, a Pentecostal Christian, told the Goulburn Post that he ...
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• Illinois, USA: Governor Pat Quinn Demands Marriage Equality Vote

  
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  As other stats quickly pass Illinois by on the marriage equality vote, the Governor is getting impatient with the State House. Think Progress reports : In remarks Thursday, he called for the Illinois House of Representatives to follow the state Senate’s lead and enact marriage equality. Quinn, who endorsed ...
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• My Comments on D-I-V-O-R-C-E and USCCB Bulletin Insert Attacking Marriage Equality

  
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  Heres a quick weekend footnote to comments I made this week about the U.S. Catholic bishops and the topic of divorce: in the posting Ive just linked, I wondered why the Catholic bishops want to continue pursuing an expensive, high-profile campaign against marriage equality when the biggest threat to the stability of ...
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• Lawmaker Cries on House Floor, Upset Gays Might Be Able to Marry: My Heart Breaks for Minnesota

  
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  Tears were shed for equality in Minnesota this week, but some were not of the joyful kind. One Minnesota lawmaker is taking the states expected passage of marriage equality very hard . "My heart breaks for Minnesota," said a Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover. "It’s a divisive issue that divides our state,” she said, ...
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