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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: Annapolis, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Family
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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: Conservation, YouTube, Bullying, Environmental Issues, Suicide
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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: Constitutional Issues, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), West Hartford, Gomez (music group), John Anderson
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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: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Ridgefield, Family
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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: Twitter, Inc., Suicide, Fox Broadcasting Company, Apple iPhone, Minority Groups
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After months of debate, Boy Scouts' ban on openly gay youth lifted
In an emotionally charged vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in local districts, more than 61...
Tags: Elections, Protestant Convention, Religion and Belief, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Boy Scouts of America
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Gay community in Orlando applauds Scouts decision
The Boy Scouts of America's decision to lift the ban on gay Scouts is a big step in the right direction, gay community leaders said Thursday. "It's the right thing to do. It shows the Boy Scouts are moving into the 21st century and away from archaic...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Boy Scouts of America, Youth Organizations, Christianity, Roman Catholicism
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Boy Scouts' vote to allow openly gay members, but not leaders, ending century-long ban
The Boy Scouts of America approved a historic policy shift Thursday, allowing gay youths as members for the first time in the organization's 100-year history. But the highly anticipated vote by 1,400 members of the Scouts' executive committee stopped...
Tags: Allentown, Elections, Protestant Convention, Religion and Belief, Boy Scouts of America
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Boy Scouts of America lifts ban on gay youth
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In a highly anticipated vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. The resolution was adopted with more...
Tags: Protestant Convention, Elections, Washington, DC, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Voting
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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: Elections, Religion and Belief, Intel Corp., Civil Rights, Gay Rights
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