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Attorney: "Hands Off Management" Led to Troubled April 3 Election
Channel 2 NewsA report from attorney Dan Hensley blames former Municipal Clerk Barbara Gruenstein's "hands off management strategy" for several of the problems in the April 3 Anchorage election in which more than half of the city's polling places ran out of ballots. ...Tags: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Politics, Justice and Rights, Elections
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Czech president under fire after blocking academic who is a gay rights activist
Associated PressPRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and hinting that it is because the man is a gay rights activist. In what is normally a...Tags: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Justice and Rights
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French president signs gay marriage into law after wrenching national debate
Associated PressPARIS (AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate....Tags: Civil Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Judges, Francois Hollande
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Civil Rights, Mexico, Politics, Media Industry, Discrimination
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For Minnesota gay marriage sponsors, it's personal
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1. "What a day for Minnesota!" the Democratic governor...
Tags: Karen Clark, Civil Rights, Government, Politics, Justice and Rights
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Brazilian notary publics must register same sex unions as marriages
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian notary publics must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. The council that oversees the country's judiciary said in a...Tags: Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Brazil, Family
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Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?
Six months after Maryland, Maine and Washington voters endorsed same-sex marriage at the ballot box, two more states have adopted laws allowing gay couples to marry, and a third is poised to join them. On Tuesday, lawmakers in Delaware adopted a same-...Tags: Civil Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Republican Party, Elections
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Openly gay athlete Jason Collins is what 'we've all been waiting for'
National political leaders, gay rights groups and entertainment icons on Monday spoke in support of Jason Collins, the first active professional athlete to come out as gay. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native, who helped lead Harvard-Westlake School to...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Civil Rights, Basketball, Sports, Chris Kluwe
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Essay: Collins' coming out could accelerate gay acceptance
There was a time, in 1947 and before, when the mere presence of an African-American on a Major League Baseball team was enough to shake the game and the nation alike. Six years after Jackie Robinson smashed the sport's color barrier that year, still...Tags: Civil Rights, NAACP, Magic Johnson, University of Chicago, Jackie Robinson
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Iowa court: Married same-sex parents must be on birth certificate
Iowa parents in same-sex marriages must be allowed to have both their names listed on their newborn’s birth certificate, the state’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled. Officials with the state’s Department of Public Health have...
Tags: Civil Rights, Health Organizations, Politics, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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2 L.A. high schools, 2 views of Jason Collins
At Harvard-Westlake, a private high school in the shadows of the Hollywood Hills, players from the basketball team heaped praise on the alumnus who this week became the first active NBA player to announce that he is gay. "We have a lot of pride in him,"...
Tags: Civil Rights, Sports, Basketball, High School Sports, Justice and Rights
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Gay rights and the religious exemption
Obstacles to legal equality for gay and lesbian Americans are crumbling fast. Congress has repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prevented gay service members from being open about their sexuality. Nearly a dozen states have legalized same-...
Tags: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Politics, Justice and Rights, Employment
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