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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: Sports, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians, High School Sports
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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 Congress has repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prevented gay service members from being open about their sexuality.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: Discrimination, Employment, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, American Civil Liberties Union
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Gay NBA player Jason Collins feels the love; will goodwill continue?
Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in a major U.S. professional team to come out as gay, is receiving widespread support for his announcement. The reaction to his news Monday was swift. President Obama, who just last year announced his...Tags: Russell Simmons, Sports, Football, Minority Groups, Human Rights
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: St. Louis Blues, Sports, David Stern, Chris Culliver, Super Bowl
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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: Brendon Ayanbadejo, Russell Simmons, Bill Clinton, Discrimination, Sports
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Federal Election Commission rules against married same-sex donors
WASHINGTON — Married same-sex couples cannot make joint contributions to federal candidates as opposite-sex couples are permitted to do, the Federal Election Commission said Thursday, a decision that gay rights advocates said reinforced their case...
Tags: Marriage, Elections, Federal Election Commission, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights
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Dent one of three House GOP lawmakers to support Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Call Washington BureauFor the second time in less than six months, just three House Republicans signed their names to gay rights legislation. And one of them is again Lehigh Valley Rep. Charlie Dent. Dent added his name Thursday to a bill making it illegal to discriminate...Tags: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Employment, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Allentown
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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that...Tags: Marriage, Carl Levin, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Elections, Al Franken
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Simmons may opt for sick time bill that kills local wage rules too
State Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, said he may abandon his bill that would block local governments from adopting mandatory sick time benefits, such as one pending in Orange County, and go for something broader. Instead, Simmons said he may...
Tags: Orlando, Gainesville, Justice and Rights, Don Gaetz, Red Lobster
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Gay rights group uses football player's celebrity status to help raise cash
Sun SentinelUtilizing celebrity to raise money, the Equality Florida gay rights group is holding a fundraiser featuring Brendon Ayanbadejo, the former Baltimore Raven and former Miami Dolphin. Ayanbadejo, a Fort Lauderdale resident who’s been outspoken on...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Civil Rights, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Minority Groups, Justice and Rights
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Former Miami Dolphin joins growing ranks of advocates for same-sex marriage in Florida
Another sign of the culture's rapidly changing views on the issue of same-sex marriage came Tuesday with a push for gay marriage in Florida — from Brendon Ayanbadejo, a former Miami Dolphin who was a linebacker for the 2013 Super Bowl champion...
Tags: Brendon Ayanbadejo, Marriage, Elections, Sports, Baltimore Ravens
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Scouting's too-timid offer to gays
Americans are turning a corner on gay rights, and slowly but surely, they seem to be dragging the Boy Scouts along behind them. Leaders of the organization recently proposed dropping its ban on openly gay Scouts, while continuing to prohibit gay adults...
Tags: Youth Organizations, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Clubs and Associations
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