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Bryan Fischer: The Boy Scouts are now the ‘Boy Sodomizers of America’
LGBTQ Nation | 24 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
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Queerty | 24 May 2013 | 7:22 pm
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Yes, the Boy Scouts' Decision Is a Victory
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| D.C. gay marriage law survives legal challenge |
| by Ryan Watkins | ||||
| January 18, 2011 10:55 | ||||
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The United States Supreme Court today refused to hear an appeal from opponents of marriage equality aiming to overturn the District of Columbia’s same-sex marriage law. It was at least the second time in the last year that opponents have tried to overturn the Religious Freedom & Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act through the Supreme Court. A similar challenge also failed in 2010. The most recent challenge stems from a lawsuit filed by Bishop Harry Jackson against the Washington D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics after the board refused to put the question of same-sex unions before the district’s voters. The board said that such an initiative would permit discrimination. According to the Associated Press, the court did not issue a statement on its decision. In 2009, then D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty signed the measure recognizing same-sex marriage.
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