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ORLANDO: Towing Company Owner Busted For Targeting Gay Days Attendees
Via Orlando’s WKMG-TV: Orange County deputies arrested on Friday the owner of a towing company who they say was illegally towing vehicles during the annual Gay Days celebration and appeared to target its attendees. The owner of ASAP Towing, Jason Combs, 44, has been charged with grand theft, failure to release vehicle, failing to maintain records, failure to post towing …
Read More »TORONTO: LGBT Activists Attacked By Rob Ford Supporters At “Ford Fest 2014”
Via CBC News: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s annual Ford Fest drew more than a thousand supporters to a park in the city’s east end, but the event was marred by some tense moments as LGBT activists were jeered at and told to go home by some supporters. Ford drew heat from the LGBT community again recently after he remained seated …
Read More »FLORIDA: Hate Group Attacks GOP House Rep For Backing Same-Sex Marriage
Earlier this week freshman GOP House Rep. David Jolly became the eighth sitting Republican member of Congress to endorse marriage equality. And the Florida Family Policy Council is ever so pissed at him. When you agree with this lower court’s opinion, you also agree with his irresponsible claim that citizens in your district who passed the marriage amendment were motivated …
Read More »FLORIDA: Miami-Dade County Judge Strikes Down Marriage Ban, Stays Ruling
Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights: Today, a state trial court in Miami issued a decision striking down Florida’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples and ordering Miami-Dade County to allow same-sex couples to marry. The court stayed the order pending appeal. The case was brought by Equality Florida Institute and Catherina Pareto and Karla Arguello, …
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Seventh Circuit Court Sets August 26th As New Date For Indiana And Wisconsin
Via the Associated Press: The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Friday on its online docket that it has rescheduled oral arguments for both states’ appeals of federal court decisions for Aug. 26. Federal judges in Indiana and Wisconsin overturned each state’s gay marriage ban in separate rulings. When both states appealed, the 7th Circuit Court combined the cases …
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Israel Rejects Kerry’s Cease Fire Plan
ALASKA: State Supreme Court Allows Partners To Access Survivor Benefits
Via press release from Lambda Legal: The Alaska Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that the same-sex partner of a person killed on the job should have access to the protection of Alaska’s workers’ compensation law. This is a wonderful ruling for same-sex couples in Alaska who have built lives and raised families together but were at risk because they were …
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