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Andrew Shirvell Ordered to Pay Millions for Defaming Gay Student

The Michigan assistant attorney general who lost his job after tormenting a gay student body president has been ordered to pay $4.5 million in damages, local news media reports. Andrew Shirvell was fired in 2010 after repeatedly harassing gay University of Michigan student Chris Armstrong via blog postings. He was even accused of stalking him — which […]

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Shooting at Family Research Council

A security guard at the D.C. headquarters of the Family Research Council, the ultraconservative anti-gay Christian lobbying group, was shot today by an unnamed gunman. “The police are investigating this incident,” FRC president Tony Perkins said in a statement. “Our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today. Our concern is for him and

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MSNBC Host Thomas Roberts To Marry

MSNBC host Thomas Roberts is set to become the first openly gay news anchor to get married. The New York Observer reports: Mr. Roberts says his late-September wedding to Patrick Abner, of Merck Pharmaceuticals’ HIV/AIDS division, and his public persona as a gay man, are unlikely to hurt his career at MSNBC—not least because, unlike

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Retired Navy Captain Seeks To Address Republicans About Marriage Equality

Captain Joan Darrah, USN (ret) has written a letter to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell asking to be allowed to address the Republican Party platform committee in support of marriage equality and the freedom to marry when the committee meets in Tampa next week. She wants to explain to the platform committee how supporting marriage equality

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Democrat Committe Approves Marriage Equality Plank Unanimously

The Democratic Party’s Platform Committee unanimously approved language expressing support for marriage equality at its meeting Saturday in Detroit, sending the proposal on for ratification at the national convention next month in Charlotte, N.C. A DNC source told The Advocate that the full committee accepted the language revealed on Thursday without controversy, and approved an amendment

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Prop 8 Organizers Face $49K in Fines

More than $1 million in contributions to the organizers behind 2008’s ballot initiative to ban marriage equality in California were not properly reported to state authorities. The California Fair Political Practice Commission ordered ProtectMarriage.com: Yes on 8 to pay $49,000 in fines after failing to report some of the contributions received for the campaign. ProtectMarriage.com

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