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When It Comes To Celebrating Marriage Equality, No Two Weddings Are The Same
Special to CTgetsMarried.com“I now pronounce you husband and wife” is no longer the only phrase that can legally issue couples into wedded life in Connecticut. The words can now be “husband and husband” or “wife and wife.” Although those three...Tags: Marriage, Social Issues, NPR, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Gays and Lesbians
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Help Available For Gay And Lesbian Teens
FOX CTLGBTQ Spirit Day is a day to remember all those young people who took their lives because of their sexual orientation. They were bullied at school, in their communities or at home because of their sexual orientation and in honor of them people across...Tags: Bullying, YouTube, Gays and Lesbians, Suicide, Environmental Issues
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Here Arrive the Grooms
Special to CTgetsMarried.comWith same sex marriages legal in Connecticut, many gay male and lesbian couples have been tying the equality knot. After 29 years together, Garrett Stack and John Anderson of Woodbridge had a church wedding in 2009. “There is nothing traditional...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Colleges and Universities, Gays and Lesbians, John Anderson, New Britain
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Eco-friendly Ridgefield Inn, a Haven for Weddings
Special to CTgetsMarried.comThe two Pakistani brides dressed in traditional native costumes looked lovingly at each other as Justice of the Peace Barbara Simkins pronounced them married. “They looked absolutely magnificent,” says Simkins, who with her fiancé Natacha...Tags: Marriage, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Gays and Lesbians, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Human Interest
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Getting Help For Bullied Gay Teens
FOX CTIn the past two weeks there have been a series of teen boys who have committed suicide because they were bullied at school because their classmates believed that they were gay. Their names were Seth Walsh, Justin Aaberg, Billy Lucas , and Asher Brown....Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Gays and Lesbians, Apple iPhone, Teen-agers, Twitter, Inc.
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Ex-Scout James Dale: Boy Scouts should accept gay leaders
NEW YORK -- A former Boy Scout whose decision to fight his ouster from the organization for being gay went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court says the group's vote to permit gay youth but not gay Scout leaders is a "bit of a step backward." James...Tags: Social Organizations, Elections, Gays and Lesbians, Michael Bloomberg, Boy Scouts of America
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A Word, Please: Decimating the sticklers
The English language is flexible, forgiving and fun. But don't tell that to some people. There's a large contingent of sticklers who think that every language choice has just one right answer. Many are victims of superstitions that ran rampant in...Tags: Theft, Pies and Tarts
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A giant leap for gay Boy Scouts?
Pardon me if I'm encouraged -- but not enthused -- by the decision of the Boy Scouts of America to lift its century-old ban on gay scouts. I just can't get that excited about the fact that an organization that holds a deep-seated distrust in gay men...
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's...
Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Social Organizations, Gays and Lesbians, Jesus Christ
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Boy Scouts of America votes to end century-old ban on gay scouts
ReutersGRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-...Tags: Civil Rights, UPS Inc., Intel Corp., Social Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice
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