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News | Somethin’s Happening Here: Salt Lake City’s gay-rights movement may have reached a tipping point.
Jul 28 2011, 4:06 PM EDT (view original item)Posted // November 19,2008 - California’s Proposition 8 woke a sleeping gay army in Utah. So says Jacob Whipple, organizer of the first of several Salt Lake City rallies that followed passage of the ballot measure banning gay marriage.

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This year's Twin Cities Pride tilts back toward activism, advocacy
Jun 24 2011, 1:05 AM EDT (view original item)When it started in 1972, Twin Cities Pride was a gay-rights protest march. Now, it's a big, corporate-sponsored mainstream summertime festival.

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Honoring a trailblazing politician
Jun 13 2011, 1:12 AM EDT (view original item)THE WEDGE — In commemoration of a former state Senate president who was one the first openly gay male legislators in the U.S., a local activist group wants his name and political legacy to live on in a Southwest park.

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Why Gay Rights Activists Are Winning—And What the Left Can Learn
Sep 26 2011, 12:30 PM EDT (view original item)Nothing seems to provoke Obama more than being challenged by the progressive base. Maybe that's why it's working.

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Gay-Rights Advocates Press Retail Giants to Cut Ties to Charity Marketer
Sep 26 2011, 10:59 AM EDT (view original item)The firm, Charity Giveback Group, earns commissions from companies to which it steers online customers, a routine arrangement in the world of Internet shopping.

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Advocates Press Companies to Drop Affiliation with Conservative Christian Marketing Group
Sep 26 2011, 10:53 AM EDT (view original item)NYT reports that retailers from Disney Store to Wal-Mart have been pressured by LGBT activists to disavow business ties to Charity Giveback Group, an online shopping site that donates a portion of purchases to groups including Family Research Council.

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Miami Republican likely only one to back repeal of DOMA
Sep 26 2011, 11:40 AM EDT (view original item)Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - a Republican - is joining 124 House Democrats to back the Respect for Marriage Act.

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Project now standing tall
Sep 26 2011, 10:26 AM EDT (view original item)THE top tier of Albury’s new mega-car park is now in place at Volt Lane and it should be open within two months.

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Matt Baume's Marriage News Watch 9/26/11
Sep 26 2011, 9:51 AM EDT (view original item)Holy cow. Where to begin? Dustin Lance Black's play about Prop 8 hit Broadway for an incredible night. The tapes of the Prop 8 trial might actually get released.

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The Decline of the Populist Left and the Rise of the Tea Party
Sep 26 2011, 12:22 PM EDT (view original item)The national conversation has shifted to austerity politics and deficit spending in spite of a strong case for stimulus and expanded monetary policy. The popular sentiment is anti-government instead of anti-Wall Street. Tax hikes on the rich have become almost unthinkable in Washington, and calls of class warfare have been leveled at anyone who suggests ...

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The Decline of the Populist Left and the Rise of the Tea Party
Sep 26 2011, 12:18 PM EDT (view original item)The national conversation has shifted to austerity politics and deficit spending in spite of a strong case for stimulus and expanded monetary policy. The popular sentiment is anti-government instead of anti-corporate-greed. Tax hikes on the rich have become almost unthinkable in Washington, and accusations of class warfare have been leveled at anyone who suggests otherwise.

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Retraction: Filipino President Does NOT Support Gay Marriage
Sep 26 2011, 10:06 AM EDT (view original item)Malacanan Palace has denied that Philippines President Benigno Aquino III supports same-sex marriage, following widespread media reports last week that he had.

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