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With gay marriage on cusp of approval in state, Lynx star Augustus excited for MN wedding source: The Washington Post posted: 5/10/13 12:00:00 AM It looks like Seimone Augustus could get her Minnesota wedding after all. The Minnesota Lynx star has been planning to marry fiancée LaTaya Varner, but she wasn’t sure she would be able to do it in her adopted home state because gay marriage was not legal. That could change by as early as next week. The Minnesota House passed a measure to legalize gay marriage on Thursday and there is optimism among supporters that it will pass the Senate and be signed into a law by Tuesday. “It’s just Police arrest 2 in beating of 2 gay men in NYC source: SFGate/San Francisco Chronicle posted: 5/10/13 12:00:00 AM Two men were arrested in connection with the beating of two gay men in Manhattan early Friday and police are investigating whether there is a link to an earlier anti-gay attack in the same area on Sunday. Friday's attack happened at 5 a.m. after two gay men tried to enter an after-hours billiard club and were denied entry, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The two were approached by a group of about five men who shouted anti-gay slurs and be Key vote puts Minnesota in line to become 1st Midwestern Legislature to pass gay marriage law source: The Washington Post posted: 5/9/13 12:00:00 AM A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its Legislature. The 75-59 vote was a critical step for the measure, which would allow same-sex weddings beginning this summer. It’s a startling shift in the state, where just six months earlier voters turned back an effort to ban them in the Minnesota Constitution. The state Senate plans to consider the bill Mo Most Americans support lifting ban on gay Boy Scouts source: The Washington Post posted: 5/9/13 12:00:00 AM A wide majority of Americans support the Boy Scouts of America’s proposal to admit gay scouts for the first time, and most oppose the organization’s plans to continue to bar gay adults from serving as scout leaders, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The century-old group’s National Council will gather later in May to vote on the plan, unveiled last month, which would allow gay scouts but maintain a ban on gay scout masters. In splitting the decision, the group may be trying to Quinn calls on House to send him gay marriage bill source: Chicago Tribune posted: 5/9/13 12:00:00 AM Gov. Pat Quinn called on the Illinois House to send him legislation to legalize gay marriage, saying lawmakers had plenty of time to make up their mind on the issue. The state Senate passed the measure on Valentine's Day, and the governor has said he's ready to sign it. “It's time to vote,” Quinn said Thursday. “Illinois passing marriage equality into law, I think, sends a great signal to the people of our state and the people of America. So it's important to Illinois (that) the House of R Charlie Crist endorses gay marriage source: The Washington Post posted: 5/9/13 12:00:00 AM Another step in Charlie Crist’s political evolution is complete. On Wednesday night, the former Florida governor endorsed gay marriage. “I most certainly support marriage equality in Florida and look forward to the day it happens here,” the Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat wrote on his Facebook page. He congratulated Delaware on becoming the 11th state to legalize gay marriage. Crist, who became a Democrat in December, is considered a potential candidate against Gov. Rick Scot Minnesota House set to vote on gay marriage bill source: Chicago Tribune posted: 5/9/13 12:00:00 AM The Democratic-led state Legislature in Minnesota is expected to begin a final push on Thursday toward making it the 12th U.S. state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples and the third this month after Delaware and Rhode Island. Leaders in Minnesota's state House of Representatives have scheduled a vote for Thursday to advance a bill recognizing same-sex marriage, which would be followed by a vote in the state Senate on Monday, party spokesmen have said. Democ Minnesota, Illinois poised to join coastal states that have adopted gay marriage legislation source: The Washington Post posted: 5/8/13 12:00:00 AM Just six months after Minnesota voters turned back an effort to ban gay weddings, lawmakers are poised to make the state the first in the Midwest to pass a law allowing them. The startling shift comes amid a rapid evolution of public opinion nationally in the debate over marriage. But with Minnesota and possibly Illinois set to broaden the definition to include same-sex couples, coastal states may soon have some company in enacting changes. In November, voters unexpectedly defeated a measu Gov. Dayton wary of Vikings cutting Kluwe source: SFGate/San Francisco Chronicle posted: 5/8/13 12:00:00 AM Gov. Mark Dayton has joined the list of those wondering if the Minnesota Vikings cut veteran punter Chris Kluwe solely for performance purposes. Dayton says "I don't feel good about" the Vikings cutting Kluwe, an eight-year veteran who is being replaced by rookie Jeff Locke. Kluwe earned a reputation over the last few years as an outspoken advocate for several civil rights and social issues, most notably for gay marriage. Vikings GM Rick Spielman said during the draft he supports Kluwe's r Delaware, Continuing a Trend, Becomes the 11th State to Allow Same-Sex Unions source: The New York Times posted: 5/7/13 12:00:00 AM Delaware on Tuesday became the 11th state to permit same-sex marriage, the latest in a string of victories for those working to extend marital rights to gay and lesbian couples. The marriage bill passed the State Senate by a vote of 12 to 9 Tuesday afternoon. “It’s a great day in Delaware,” said Gov. Jack Markell, a Democrat, who signed it within minutes of passage before an overjoyed crowd of activists. “I am signing this bill now because I do not intend to make any of you wait one mome |
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