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Q&A: How will same-sex marriage ruling be enforced across the U.S.?

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:41:27+00:00 June 29th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

The Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the U.S. raised many questions over the status of marriage in the country.

Some states are refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Religious leaders and business owners are wondering what effect the legalization might have on their practices.

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Next frontier for gays is employment and housing discrimination

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:41:27+00:00 June 29th, 2015|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

Even as a lesbian in a conservative Southern state, Katrina Martir managed to thrive in central Kentucky. She married — in another state — is raising an adopted child with her wife and recently started her own consulting business.

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With Same-Sex Decision, Evangelical Churches Address New Reality

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:41:27+00:00 June 29th, 2015|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

WEST CHICAGO, Ill. — The tone of the worship service was set at the start. An opening prayer declared it “a dark day.” The sermon focused on a psalm of lament. In between, a pastor read a statement proclaiming the church’s elders and staff “deeply saddened.”

In

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Supreme Court clears way for same-sex marriage nationwide

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:41:27+00:00 June 26th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

Declaring that gay unions deserve equal respect and dignity under the law, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry nationwide without regard to their state’s laws.

The 5-4 opinion, written by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, will stand as a landmark in civil rights law and culminates a two-decade struggle

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Schools Fear Impact of Gay Marriage Ruling on Tax Status

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:41:27+00:00 June 24th, 2015|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

Conservative religious schools all over the country forbid same-sex relationships, from dating to couples living in married-student housing, and they fear they will soon be forced to make a wrenching choice. If the Supreme Courtthis month finds a constitutional right to

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Firing of Seton Hall Priest Highlights a Catholic Debate on Gay Believers

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:22+00:00 June 1st, 2015|Education, LGBTQ+|

When the Rev. Warren Hall called a reporter for the gay sports website Outsports.com last week to discuss his firing as director of Seton Hall University’s campus ministry, there was a certain logic to his move.

Father Hall was, after all, both a sports fan

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When Students Are Disowned Over Sexuality or Gender, Some Colleges Lend Them a Hand

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:23+00:00 May 27th, 2015|Education, LGBTQ+|

When they encounter a student who has unexpectedly dropped out of class, or who is showing the strain of working multiple jobs, professors and administrators sometimes hear a distressing explanation: My parents cut me off, and I’m not sure what I’m going to do.

Often a thread connects their stories: The students are lesbian, gay, bisexual,

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Maligned Study on Gay Unions Is Shaking Trust

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:23+00:00 May 26th, 2015|Education, LGBTQ+|

He was a graduate student who seemingly had it all: drive, a big idea and the financial backing to pay for a sprawling study to test it.

In 2012, as same-sex marriage advocates were working to

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Boy Scouts president’s call to end gay leader ban draws mixed reaction

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:23+00:00 May 22nd, 2015|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

Robert M. Gates, the president of the Boy Scouts of America, urged the group on Thursday during its annual meeting in Atlanta to end its ban on gay leaders, saying the prohibition “cannot be sustained.”

“I truly fear that any other alternative will be the end of us as a national movement,” said Gates, former CIA

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7 things to know about LGBT movement’s next frontier: transgender rights

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:23+00:00 May 12th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

Transgender issues are the next frontier of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement. A string of high-profile cases, such as a Kansas judge’s decision to allow Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to change her name to Chelsea and Olympian Bruce Jenner’s televised coming out as a transgender woman, coupled with a series of gay

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