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Boy Scouts to study ban on gay leaders
(CNN) — The Boy Scouts of America, indicating its ban on openly gay members will remain in effect, said it will consider a resolution asking that local units be allowed to determine their own...
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Same-sex couple banned from renting Moline reception hall
A same-sex couple from Davenport, Iowa says they were banned from possibly renting a Moline, Illinois reception hall because they are gay. The manager of the University Club in downtown Moline...
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University Club’s manager resigns
The liquor manager of The University Club in Moline, who wouldn’t allow a gay couple to rent out the venue, has reportedly resigned. We first told you about the story last week. Taylor Shumaker, who’s...
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Critics and fans respond to Oreo Facebook post
Tens of thousands of Facebook users expressed their views after Oreo posted a photo on Facebook in support of gay rights. The photo of an Oreo cookie with layers of rainbow-colored filling was posted...
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Anderson Cooper tells Daily Beast ‘I’m gay’
(CNN) — In a lengthy e-mail message to the Daily Beast’s Andrew Sullivan that was posted to the site on Monday, CNN’s Anderson Cooper comes out publicly as gay. Sullivan, who says he has counted Cooper...
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Boy Scouts reaffirm ban on gays
A committee from the Boy Scouts of America has reaffirmed the organization’s ban on gay members and leaders. The committee, made up of executives and volunteers from the organization, met for about two...
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Chick-fil-A’s marriage stance causing a social storm
(CNN) — The fact that Chick-fil-A is a company that espouses Christian values is no secret. The fact that its 1,600 fast-food chicken restaurants across the country are closed on Sundays has long been...
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Paris Hilton defends ‘gay guys’ comment
By Alan Duke CNN (CNN) — Paris Hilton’s comments about gay men who use a cell phone app for sexual hook ups were expressions of concern about the dangers of unprotected sex, not homophobic slurs, her...
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Controversy and change sparked by man’s year of pretending to be gay
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Timothy Kurek’s motivation to spend a year pretending to be gay can be boiled down to a simple conviction: it takes drastic change to alter deeply held religious beliefs. The...
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Gay Scout’s request for Eagle rank rejected
(CNN) — A gay California Boy Scout’s application for Eagle rank was rejected by a Scout council, an official with the organization said Tuesday. In response, the Scout’s parents pledged to press their...
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Boy Scouts reconsiders policy against gay membership
(CNN) — The Boy Scouts of America is considering changing its longstanding policy against allowing openly gay members, according to a release from the organization. The organization, which has 2.7...
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Debate surges over Boy Scouts policy on gay membership
(CNN) — A fresh debate over the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gays sprang to life after word that the organization’s leaders could be on the verge of a landmark change this week. Word of the...
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Boy Scout leaders put off vote on gay membership
IRVING, Texas (CNN) — No vote will be held this week on a proposal that would allow local Boy Scout troops to decide whether to welcome gay members and leaders. The organization’s executive board said...
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Carly Rae Jepsen drops Boy Scouts performance over gay rights
(CNN) — “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen is the latest act to drop out of the Boy Scouts of America’s upcoming Jamboree because of the organization’s ban on openly gay members. The Canadian...
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QC reacts to first openly-gay NBA player
A current NBA player has announced that he is gay, making him the first active, openly homosexual athlete in the four major American pro team sports. Monday, Quad City activists cheered the news and...
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Lutherans elect first openly gay bishop
(CNN) — For more than two decades, the Rev. R. Guy Erwin couldn’t officially be a priest in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. On Friday, he was elected a bishop. Erwin’s election signals a...
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New Jersey to outlaw gay conversion therapy for minors
(CNN) — New Jersey will become the second state to forbid gay conversion therapy for minors when Gov. Chris Christie signs legislation into law Monday banning the highly controversial practice, CNN...
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Pope says church cannot interfere with gays
(CNN) — Pope Francis said the church has the right to express its opinions but not to “interfere spiritually” in the lives of gays and lesbians, expanding on explosive comments he made in July about...
View ArticleHenry County Board member apologizes for Facebook posts
CAMBRIDGE, Illinois – A Henry County Board member publicly apologized for the first time for homophobic comments he made on social media during a radio contest. Jacob Waller made a statement during...
View ArticlePulse gunman’s widow found not guilty
(CNN) — Noor Salman, the widow of the gunman in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub shooting, sobbed Friday as she was acquitted of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and of...
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