Saturday, May 16, 2009

LGBT News Headlines (T26T-5)


MiamiHerald.com

RNC chief: Gay marriage will burden small business
The Associated Press
(AP) â€" Republicans can reach a broader base by recasting gay marriage as an issue that could dent pocketbooks as small businesses spend more on health care and other benefits, GOP Chairman Michael Steele said Saturday. Steele said that was just an ...
Steele: 'Gay marriage will burden small business' Tips-Q GLBT News
Letter: Writer wrong on GOP, gay issues 2TheAdvocate
RNC Chairman Michael Steele Opposes New Marriages? Politics Daily
Think Progress - Lez Get Real
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Mass. couples cheer gay marriage, 5 years later
Chicago Tribune, United States
By DENISE LAVOIE | AP Writer BOSTON - Every year, the couples who led the fight for gay marriage in Massachusetts get together privately to celebrate both their own weddings and the marriages of thousands more couples who followed them. ...

Gay advocates have a proposition for Obama
Los Angeles Times, CA
Pressure is building on hot-button issues: same-sex marriage, lobbying for a gay Supreme Court justice and 'don't ask, don't tell.' By Andrew Malcolm and Johanna Neuman With more states enacting same-sex marriage laws, pressure is growing on President ...

Dallas Voice

Chief Kunkle 'open to the suggestion' of a full-time LGBT liaison ...
Dallas Voice, TX
I'd contacted Harvey at the beginning of the week to find out what Chief David Kunkle thinks about the idea of making DPD's LGBT liaison position full time. Here's what Harvey said: “I apologize for not getting back with you sooner. ...
Police liaison may go full time Dallas Voice
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California Majority Report

California Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender ...
California Majority Report, CA
More progressive support for next Tuesday's ballot initiatives: on Friday, the Legislative LGBT Caucus today announced their endorsement of Propositions 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E and 1F. "Propositions 1A-1F will ratify more than $30 billion in new tax and ...

Sen. Ways and Means cuts LGBT earmarks
Bay Windows, MA
by Ethan Jacobs LGBT advocates fear that a Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) budget proposal released by the Senate Ways and Means Committee May 13 could mean that programs serving the LGBT community will be hit with substantial cuts. The proposal eliminated all ...
Tax talk heats up Burlington Union
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Roslindale Neighbors: Tea dance for the GLBT community revived in ...
Jamaica Plain Gazette, MA
A tradition for the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender (GLBT) communityâ€"the Sunday tea danceâ€"has come back this spring to Roslindale Village. Roslindale residents Rick Ward and his partner Harrison Carmichael often remembered the anticipation of Sunday ...

Examiner.com

Denver third-grader shares his thoughts about the marriage ...
Examiner.com
Mindy Barton, legal director of the GLBT Center of Colorado, confirmed his statement. "This is Ethan's rally. The Center has really been in the background on a lot of this," Barton explained. “Ethan contacted me at my office at The Center in January ...
Denver 3rd-Grader Holds Equal Rights Rally at Capitol Saturday Public News Service
Baseball, soccer, gay-marriage rally: one Denver nine-year-old's ... Westword
Third-Grader Organizes Gay Marriage Rally TheDenverChannel.com
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Cultural Sponge continues to prove their commitment to the GLBT ...
1888 Press Release (press release), TXPhoenix-Mesa, AZ (1888PressRelease) May 15, 2009 - Cultural Sponge continues to prove their commitment to the GLBT community by donating over $15000 in design services to Phoenix Pride 2009. Over 30000 people attended Phoenix Pride weekend on April 18 ...
According to GOP Chair Michael Steele, Republicans can reach a broader base by using same-sex marriage as an issue that could financially hurt people as small business would be forced to spend more on health care and other benefits. Earlier today Steele said that was just an example of how the GOP can rebuild and find [...]
From The Olympian: Riot police broke up several gay rights demonstrations in Moscow on Saturday, hauling away scores of protesters hours before the capital hosted a major international pop music competition. No injuries were reported, but the detentions could damage Russia’s desire to be seen as a modern nation as it holds the finals of the Eurovision [...]
New comprehensive effort to broaden, diversify, and deepen religious support for marriage equalityWASHINGTON â€" The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, announced today a new strategic partnership with California Faith for Equality (CFE), a statewide group established to educate, support and mobilize California’s faith communities on LGBT [...]

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