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		<title>Illinois Lawmakers Introduce Gay Marriage Legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill to legalize marriage equality. State Representatives Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago), Greg Harris (D-Chicago) and Deb Mell (D-Chicago), introduced the legislation. Called &#8220;The Religious Freedom and Marriage Equality Act&#8221;, the legislation seems to closely mirror that which was so successful in New York by making it expressly clear that, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Erases Mother From Stillborn&#8217;s Death Certificate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Lambda Legal has filed a lawsuit against the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) on behalf of a married lesbian couple after one of their names was purposefully erased from the death certificate of their stillborn baby. The couple, Jenny and Jessica Buntemeyer, met in 2008 and fell in love while both serving in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rev. Al Sharpton Supports Marriage Equality (VIDEO)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Reverend Al Sharpton has made a video for the Human Rights Campaign&#8217;s Americans for Marriage Equality drive. In the video, Sharpton says that as a baptist minister he doesn&#8217;t have the right to &#8220;impose his beliefs&#8221; on anyone else, and so if gay and lesbian couples want to marry &#8220;that&#8217;s their business.&#8221; Watch it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Petersburg Advances Fines for &#8216;Promotion&#8217; of Homosexuality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; St. Petersburg&#8217;s legislature approved Wednesday a bill imposing fines for the so-called &#8216;promotion&#8217; of homosexuality. This is the legislation&#8217;s second reading. It must now be approved a third time before it becomes law. The legislation virtually abolishes the right of freedom of assembly in terms of gay pride parades and also seems to preclude in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Gay Minnesota Groups Face Campaign Donations Scrutiny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Minnesota for Marriage, the coalition group supporting a constitutional amendment to codify a ban on same-sex marriage in the state, is now facing the media spotlight after it emerged that the group&#8217;s leader may have solicited for funds through another group and by not disclosing those donations violated Minnesota&#8217;s stringent campaign finance rules. The core of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ellen Fires Back at &#8216;Haters&#8217; One Million Moms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Ellen DeGeneres has hit back at conservative group One Million Moms for trying to get her fired, simply because she&#8217;s gay, from being a JC Penney spokesperson. Responding during a segment for her day time talk show, Ellen said that she had thought the story would blow over but noted that One Million Moms, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda Once Again Revives &#8216;Kill The Gays&#8217; Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; In a move that will likely surprise no one, lawmakers in Uganda have once again introduced the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009. The legislation, which President Obama once called &#8220;odious&#8221;, was dubbed the &#8220;Kill the Gays&#8221; bill for its death penalty provision for repeat offenders. However, the draft legislation is said to have been modified to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/causes/uganda-once-again-revives-kill-the-gays-bill.html</link>
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		<title>GOP Presidential Hopefuls React to Prop 8 Ruling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; And they ain&#8217;t happy. Former senator Rick Santorum, fresh from Tuesday night&#8217;s sweeping caucus victories, took to Twitter to voice his displeasure regarding the 9th Circuit upholding that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. He wanted his social media followers to know that under a Santorum presidency he wouldn&#8217;t be letting activist judges follow the Constitution make such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/causes/gop-presidential-hopefuls-react-to-prop-8-ruling.html</link>
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		<title>Proposition 8 Supporters to Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Proposition 8 supporters have announced they will appeal the 9th Circuit&#8217;s decision upholding that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional directly to the Untied States Supreme Court. The 9th Circuit on Wednesday handed down a 2:1 decision in favor of upholding District Court Judge Vaughn Walker&#8217;s 2010 ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. Supporters of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/causes/proposition-8-supporters-to-appeal-to-u-s-supreme-court.html</link>
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		<title>Ex-Gay Leaflets Distributed With School Report Cards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Kids at Rockville&#8217;s Albert Einstein High School, Maryland, on February 1 took home their report cards, but some parents were shocked to find that alongside their kids&#8217; grades there was also a leaflet telling their kids how being gay is a choice and that it is possible to change. Via Fox News: The flyer [...]]]></description>
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