Gay Rights
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Child placement to gay couples may be forbidden in Va.
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A House of Delegates committee has advanced a bill that would allow private, faith-based child placement agencies to discriminate against prospective parents based on their sexual orientation.
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D.C. Council proposes bill making it easier for gay couples to divorce
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A proposed bill would let gay couples who married in Washington get divorced even if they no longer live in the city.
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Winner of U.S. Supreme Court landmark gay rights case dies
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The Texas man whose case led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that granted privacy rights to gay men and lesbians has died at age 68.
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Frank Kameny memorials planned in D.C.
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Memorials are being planned for early gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny who died last week.
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Frank Kameny, gay rights pioneer, dies at 86
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Frank Kameny, who became a pioneer in the gay rights movement after he was fired from his job as a government astronomer in 1957 for being gay, has died at his home in Washington. He was 86.
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Obama to headline gay rights dinner
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President Barack Obama is the keynote speaker tonight at an annual dinner for the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group.
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Gay marriage supported by slight majority of Americans, poll says
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Support for legal recognition of same-sex marriage has shifted in recent years, from a narrow majority opposed in 2009 to narrow majority support now. Fifty-three percent of Ameicans polled say they're in favor of legalizing gay marriage.
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Should same-sex couples in Virginia be allowed to adopt?
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A new public comment period has begun on whether Virginia should allow state-licensed groups to reject prospective adoptive and foster parents because of their sexual orientation.
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Va. board reconsiders gay adoption
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Virginia's Board of Social Services is to decide whether to reconsider its decision to adopt new regulations that would allow state-licensed groups to discriminate against prospective adoptive and foster parents based on their sexual orientation.
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O'Malley to push for gay marriage in Maryland
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Governor Martin O'Malley said Friday that he will sponsor same-sex marriage legislation in the 2012 session.
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Court orders government to take stand on gay troop ban
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A federal appeals court that has called for the immediate halt of the military's ban on openly gay troops issued an order Monday requiring the U.S. government to state whether it will continue to defend the policy's constitutionality in court.
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Gay rights documents on display at Library of Congress
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Documents from gay rights history are on display for the first time at the Library of Congress as part of an exhibit on the nation's constitutional history.
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