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Gay NBA player Jason Collins feels the love; will goodwill continue?
Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in a major U.S. professional team to come out as gay, is receiving widespread support for his announcement. The reaction to his news Monday was swift. President Obama, who just last year announced his...Tags: Basketball, Human Rights, National Basketball Association, Social Issues, Chris Culliver
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: Wade Davis, Boston Celtics, National Hockey League, Minnesota Vikings, Barack Obama
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Openly gay athlete Jason Collins is what 'we've all been waiting for'
National political leaders, gay rights groups and entertainment icons on Monday spoke in support of Jason Collins, the first active professional athlete to come out as gay. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native, who helped lead Harvard-Westlake School to...
Tags: Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Supreme Court, Basketball, Bill Clinton, National Basketball Association
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Dent one of three House GOP lawmakers to support Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Call Washington BureauFor the second time in less than six months, just three House Republicans signed their names to gay rights legislation. And one of them is again Lehigh Valley Rep. Charlie Dent. Dent added his name Thursday to a bill making it illegal to discriminate...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Social Issues, Violence Against Women Act, Career and Workplace
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Federal Election Commission rules against married same-sex donors
WASHINGTON — Married same-sex couples cannot make joint contributions to federal candidates as opposite-sex couples are permitted to do, the Federal Election Commission said Thursday, a decision that gay rights advocates said reinforced their case...
Tags: Social Issues, Civil Rights, Family, Federal Election Commission, Marriage
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Gay rights group uses football player's celebrity status to help raise cash
Sun SentinelUtilizing celebrity to raise money, the Equality Florida gay rights group is holding a fundraiser featuring Brendon Ayanbadejo, the former Baltimore Raven and former Miami Dolphin. Ayanbadejo, a Fort Lauderdale resident who’s been outspoken on...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians
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Former Miami Dolphin joins growing ranks of advocates for same-sex marriage in Florida
Another sign of the culture's rapidly changing views on the issue of same-sex marriage came Tuesday with a push for gay marriage in Florida — from Brendon Ayanbadejo, a former Miami Dolphin who was a linebacker for the 2013 Super Bowl champion...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Human Rights, Fox Sports (tv network), Social Issues, Family
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Simmons may opt for sick time bill that kills local wage rules too
State Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, said he may abandon his bill that would block local governments from adopting mandatory sick time benefits, such as one pending in Orange County, and go for something broader. Instead, Simmons said he may...
Tags: Don Gaetz, Olive Garden, Amusement and Theme Parks, Altamonte Springs, Red Lobster
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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that...Tags: Human Rights Campaign, Gun Control, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements
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Scouting's too-timid offer to gays
Americans are turning a corner on gay rights, and slowly but surely, they seem to be dragging the Boy Scouts along behind them. Leaders of the organization recently proposed dropping its ban on openly gay Scouts, while continuing to prohibit gay adults...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Social Issues, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations, Civil Rights
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Senate candidate seeks ruling on contributions by gay couples
WASHINGTON — While they await a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, gay rights advocates are taking their fight to a new arena: campaign finance law. A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts who supports gay marriage has...
Tags: Lawyers, Judges, Parties and Movements, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Column: Time for a sports hero to speak up
"Now is the time . . . " — Martin Luther King, August 28, 1963 Brendon Ayanbadejo is wrong. It is painful to say that. Ayanbadejo’s heart is in a good place and the advice he gave last week on MSNBC’s "The Ed Show" was practical...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Heroism, Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights, Chris Culliver
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