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TWO CHARGED IN SOUTH SEATTLE ALLEGED ANTI-GAY ATTACK
seattlepi
Felony hate crime charges have been filed against two men accused in an alleged anti-gay attack outside a South Seattle community center.
At about 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 3, Seattle police were called to the Filipino Community Center in the 5700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way South following a report of a fight. Arriving at the center, officers were told a man had been attacked during a community celebration there.
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GAY DIVORCE CASE DRAWS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ATTENTION
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has intervened in a first-of-its-kind Travis County same-sex divorce case, arguing that the women involved, who were married in another state, may not be legally granted a divorce because Texas law defines marriage as between a man and a woman. > Full Story. [2/16/10]
NEW MEXICO DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS BILL KILLED BY SENATE COMMITTEE VOTE
A bill that would have allowed Domestic Partnerships providing basic legal protections and recognition of same-sex couple relationships and their families under New Mexico law was tabled by a 7 to 4 vote during a New Mexico Senate Finance Committee hearing this evening, effectively killing the bill for this legislative session. While the domestic partnerships bill had the strong backing of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, for nearly three weeks fierce debate has raged over the legislation. Several Republican lawmakers said that if the bill passed it would almost certainly lead to a lawsuit to bring same-sex marriage to the state > Full Story. [2/16/10]
WHY IS OK REP. JASON NELSON CHANGING JUST 1 WORD OF A LAW BANNING...
Jason Nelson, the Republican Oklahoma state rep - who does not have gay face! - introduced HB 3408, called "An act relating to marriage" which would make it a felony for a minister of the gospel to solemnize a marriage not recognized by the state. Apparently their 2004 constitutional amendment codifying marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution, banning civil unions and other legal protections for gay and lesbian people, and punishing any issuance of a marriage license to a same-sex couple weren't enough to "protect marriage." Now we have to throw ministers in jail for 1 to 5 years just to make quadruple sure.
> Full Story. [1/28/10]
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