Maryland marriage bill passes senate
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- Published on Friday, 25 February 2011 06:33
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Maryland’s senate passed the bill that will allow same sex marriages within the state. The measure, which passed with Republican support allows churches to determine whether or not they will marry same sex couples. Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has not yet signed the bill into law at the time of writing. O’Malley said he will sign the bill into law if it passes, according to the Washington Post.
Although the measure passed the senate, it has yet to go through the House of Delegates. The second chamber does not yet have enough votes to pass. Legislation allowing same-sex marriage in Maryland comes shortly after the decision of the Obama administration to force the Department of Justice to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act.
Similar measures did not pass in Maine and California, although the governor of Hawaii recently signed a bill allowing heterosexual and homosexual couples to enter into civil unions. Hawaii was the seventh state to recognize such unions in the United States. Civil unions grant people who enter into them the same civil rights afforded to married couples.
Anonymous, WBC not on war footing
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- Published on Thursday, 24 February 2011 10:41
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Internet Hacker and activist group Anonymous will not go to war with the Westboro Baptist Church after all, as reported here. The initial press release, according to the group’s official website did not come from a member and the group reaffirmed its commitment to first amendment rights.
A statement issued on Anon News warned members of the media to wait for the group to get its paperwork and order and not every member of the group will agree with any single items posted on Anon News. The profanity-laden missive dismisses the Westboro Baptist Church’s official response and encourages Anonymous members to send male prostitutes to the church in Kansas.
Don't Tell tackles issues of LGBT service members
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- Published on Sunday, 20 February 2011 00:17
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Anonymous, Westboro Baptist Church prepare for war
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- Published on Monday, 21 February 2011 14:19
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Internet hacker activist group Anonymous has made an open declaration to the members of the Westboro Baptist Church. A warning from Anonymous demands that WBC stop its funeral protests and shut down its controversial websites God Hates Fags and God Hates the Media.
“We give you a warning: Cease & desist your protest campaign in the year 2011, return to your homes in Kansas, & close your public Web sites. Should you ignore this warning, you will be met with the vicious retaliatory arm of ANONYMOUS: We will target your public Websites and the propaganda & detestable doctrine that you promote will be eradicated; the damage incurred will be irreversible, and neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover," warns the official release from Anonymous.
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Bring your LGBT teen to church day this Sunday
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- Published on Saturday, 19 February 2011 12:35
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Sunday, February 20 marks Bring Your Gay Teen
The one official religious statement about Asexuality in existence comes from the Jesuits, who accuse an Asexual person of not being a person. Asexuals often take offense when they come across the statement, but the entire passage does not use the same definition Asexuals use when describing their orientation.