Via The New York Times
Episcopals’ First Openly Gay Bishop Speaks
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
ANAHEIM, Calif. – This week, gay-rights advocates at the Episcopal Church convention here chalked up two major victories – moves that both liberals and conservatives agree are probably a turning point in their church’s history.Earlier in the week, the church voted to open the [...]

Posted Via Metro news
What is marriage?
A hearing on a possible Constitutional Amendment in West Virginia that would define marriage as between one man and one woman is scheduled for Tuesday at the State Capitol.
Attorney Stephen Skinner with the group Fairness West Virginia says state law already does that adequately in the form of the Defense [...]

Via Washington Blade
Va. court rules against dismissed gay employee
Employee claimed firing based on sexual orientation
By: Chris Johnson
A Virginia court has determined that a state employee who alleged he was fired for being gay has no recourse in the state legal system.
The Circuit Court of the City of Martinsville made the decision despite a 2006 executive [...]

Via OnTop Magazine
Leahy Fifth Senator To Flip On Gay Marriage
By Carlos Santoscoy

Senator Patrick Leahy

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy is the fifth senator to publicly flip on the issue of gay marriage this year.
Leahy, a Democrat, is the current chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee and the fourth most senior U.S. senator.
In an interview with Vermont [...]

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