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Scouting's misstep
At age 19, when I was an assistant scoutmaster, I was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America for being gay. The very group that had taught me the value of self-respect since I was 8 years old now told me that there was something fundamentally wrong...
Tags: Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Youth Organizations, Boy Scouts of America
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Cut poverty, not food stamps
Your editorial (“Worry about food stamp growth, not junk food,” Editorials, May 20) seemingly defends personal liberties of hungry Americans before the attacking the food stamp program as a wasteful expenditure. Indeed, enrollment in the...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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L.A. elections may be decided by older, white voters, poll shows
Tuesday's elections will sweep in new leadership for Los Angeles' 3.8 million residents, but the races are likely to be decided by an older, whiter and more educated fraction of the city's population. Latinos, the city's dominant ethnic group and a...
Tags: Voting, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Elections, Polls
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Appeals court strikes down Arizona ban on abortions at 20 weeks
Reuters(Reuters) - A federal appeals court struck down an Arizona law on Tuesday that bans abortions from 20 weeks gestation, saying it violated "unalterably clear" U.S. Supreme Court rulings that women have a right to terminate pregnancies until a fetus is...Tags: Women's Health, Civil Rights, Laws, Justice System, Government
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Boy Scouts lift ban on openly gay youth
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In an emotionally charged vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in...Tags: Religious Events, Video Supplies and Services, Youth Organizations, Elections, Politics
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Senator pulls same-sex proposal for U.S. immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - An influential Democratic senator on Tuesday withdrew a proposal to allow U.S. citizens to petition for their same-sex spouses to immigrate to the United States, in an effort to maintain support for a broad immigration bill....Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System, Immigration
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O.C. hate crimes fall; attacks based on sexual orientation rise
The number of reported hate crimes in Orange County fell by 21% last year, even though such crimes based on sexual orientation almost doubled, according to a report released Thursday. The Orange County Human Relations Commission found that 61 hate...Tags: Hate Crimes, Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Judaism
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Famed baseball-collector Zack Hample succeeds at The Cell
RedEyeZack Hample was more than nervous. In fact, had the record-setting baseball collector been in his hometown of New York City, he would have taken a U-turn. It doesn't matter if he already had tickets. He'd bite the bullet. But he couldn't do that...Tags: Baseball, Wrigley Field, U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball
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Orlando area group packs thousands of meals for Oklahoma tornado victims
Working to the pulsing beat of dance music, dozens of volunteers filled thousands of small plastic bags with lentils, rice and dehydrated vegetables at the Feeding Children Everywhere warehouse in Longwood Tuesday night. When mixed with water, each...
Tags: Banking, Winter Springs, Campbell (Osceola, Florida), Judaism, Bank of America Corp.
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Florist challenges demand to provide flowers for same-sex wedding
A tempest in a flowerpot over whether a Washington state florist should have to provide bouquets to a same-sex wedding has taken a new turn with a countersuit filed by the shop owner claiming her religious freedoms gave her the right to refuse. In an...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Civil Rights, Marriage, Justice System, Justice and Rights
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Rapid City man backs embattled alderman
RAPID CITY, S.D. - Rapid City Alderman Bill Clayton has been in the spotlight for months now after he allegedly made racist comments to a local TV reporter in August. At Monday night's Rapid City Council meeting, one man came forward to speak on...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Racism, Justice and Rights
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Girl raises more money for charity after lemonade stand shut down at Indianapolis speedway
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 10-year-old girl has raised much more money for a charity than she expected after her lemonade stand was shut down at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Morgen Morris says she had a line of customers during Saturday's...Tags: American Heart Association
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