LGBTQ & Human Rights - Page 29 of 30
March 30th, 2012
Religious activists rallied in San Francisco on March 23 to protest a new federal requirement that would force insurers of religious-affiliated institutions to provide free contraception for employees.
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February 23rd, 2012
The model of "Christianity as masculinity" has developed into a sort of religious trend of late, as if to counteract rapid social changes in gender and sexual identity.
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February 16th, 2012
Catholic and evangelical Protestant church leaders are getting ready to fight U.S. president Barack Obama on birth control mandates for employers, despite a mandate to exempt religious organizations.
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February 13th, 2012
On Monday, 13 February, Washington State legalized gay marriage when Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law a marriage equality bill passed by the state Legislature.
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February 6th, 2012
In a surprising about-face, the breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood after a national outcry.
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January 25th, 2012
On 23 January, at a packed Senate committee hearing in the Washington state Capitol in Olympia, the Legislature legalized same-sex marriage across the state.
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October 5th, 2011
The legalization of same-sex marriage in New York has not meant that all hurdles have been cleared for same-sex couples. In fact, things are beginning to get sticky.
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August 3rd, 2011
Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests from around the globe are challenging the ban on ordaining women and married men as priests, but some say the ban should stay in place.
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July 29th, 2011
Lady Gaga, the openly bisexual singer of "Born This Way", "Judas", and other major hits revealed her plans to become an ordained minister of the ULC in an interview on KISS FM.
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