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		<title>With Rhode Island, 50 Million Americans Will Now Live in Marriage Equality States</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Lincoln Chafee to immediately sign the bill at historic ceremony on steps of State Capitol WASHINGTON – Yesterday the Rhode Island state House passed marriage equality legislation, putting the Ocean State on track to become the tenth state in America where gay and lesbian couples can legally marry.  The legislation, which passed with bipartisan support, will [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Boy Scouts New Resolution Bans Gay Parents &amp; Employment</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Boy Scouts of America Executive Committee proposed a resolution that would establish a nondiscrimination policy ending the longstanding discriminatory ban on gay Scouts, while keeping discriminatory practices in place for gay and lesbian parents, Scout leaders, and in employment. The resolution, which proposes a policy that, “no youth may be denied membership [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Transgender Acceptance Timeline into the Future: What Will it Be Like?</title>
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		<title>MassEquality Statement on John Kerry&#8217;s Confirmation as Sec. of State</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Sen. John Kerry was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as US Secretary of State. MassEquality Executive Director Kara Suffredini offered the following statement in response: “We congratulate Sen. John Kerry on this remarkable honor. Sen. Kerry served for 28 years in the United States Senate and amassed a lengthy record in [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Quiet Power: Gay Money in the 2012 Election</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston and Cambridge score 100; Northampton &#38; Provincetown not so. In this first of its kind nationwide evaluation of LGBT inclusion in municipal law and policy finds cities need to do more to protect LGBT employees and citizens WASHINGTON — A new report on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality in America’s cities by the [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<description><![CDATA[First of its kind nationwide evaluation of LGBT inclusion in municipal law and policy finds cities need to do more to protect LGBT employees and citizens WASHINGTON — Many U.S. cities lack sufficient protections for LGBT people, even in some the “bluest” states with progressive reputations.  That’s according to a new report by the Human Rights [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>NOM Sees 1/3 Decline in Contributions for 2011; 2 Donors Provided 75 Percent of Funding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT&#8211; I’ve often thought I should write a column called, “Weird Things Lawyers Do,” to explain to normal people why attorneys, like me, spend so much time arguing about meaningless points. If you read any of the Prop 8 federal trial transcripts you may have noticed that a lot of that [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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