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12-23-2013, 06:37 PM
The Morning Pride: December 23, 2013
Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us k**w what stories you’re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @TPEquality (https://twitter.com/tpequality).
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- Same-*** marriages will resume this morning in Utah, though Judge Robert Shelby will hold a hearing at 9:00 AM to consider imposing a stay.
- Republican lawmakers in New Mexico are **w considering a constitutional amendment (http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/12/n-m-gay-marriage-opponents-vow-to-push-for-constitutional-ban/) banning same-*** marriage to overrule the state Supreme Court’s ruling for marriage equality.
- Clerk Donna Carpenter and Deputy Clerk Janet Collins of Roosevelt County, New Mexico quit their jobs (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mexico-clerk-quits-gay-marriage-ruling-21293540) to avoid being associated with same-*** marriages.
- The Navajo Nation has clarified that same-*** marriage is still banned within the tribe (http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/12/navajo-nation-official-n-m-court-ruling-has-**-effect-on-tribes-gay-marriage-ban/), despite the change for New Mexico.
- Republicans in **rth Carolina are turning to the anti-gay Alliance Defending Freedom (http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/12/gop-lawmakers-seeking-outside-help-to-defend-n-c-gay-marriage-ban/) for extra help defending the state’s constitutional amendment banning all same-*** unions against a lawsuit.
- The CDC has clarified that its National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program will cover eligible transgender patients (http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/ncte-commends-cdcs-clarified-breast-cancer-screening-policy/).
- The Washington, DC City Council unanimously passed a bill to support the needs of LGBT homeless youth (http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=8785).
- The Methodist pastor who was defrocked for officiating his own son’s same-*** marriage has been offered a job in California (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/methodist-disciplined-for-officiating-at-sons-same-***-wedding-joins-dc-congregation/2013/12/22/42a594a4-6b39-11e3-aecc-85cb037b7236_story.html), though it would **t include clerical status.
- The Privacy for All Students coalition that is challenging California’s protections for transgender students has **w sued the state (http://www.transadvocate.com/conspiracy-pji-front-group-sues-california-because-county-******s-were-closed-on-holiday.htm) claiming that **t all counties were counting signatures they collected toward a referendum, even though they turned in some of those signatures late.
- In response to the Duck Dynasty controversy, openly gay Houston, Texas Mayor Annise Parker (http://www.lonestarq.com/mayor-annise-parker-calls-phil-robertson-redneck-wingnut-whose-views-completely-irrelevant/) said, “What some redneck wingnut has to say about the GLBT community is completely irrelevant.”
- Geraldo Rivera doesn’t believe that “cocksucking faggot” is an anti-gay slur (http://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/12/20/foxs-geraldo-rivera-ccksucking-fggot-isnt-a-hom/197364).
- Cuba has reportedly passed (http://blabbeando.blogspot.com/2013/12/historic-cuba-protects-workers-from.html) a law banning employment discrimination based on ***ual orientation (protections the U.S. still doesn’t have nationwide).
- Scotland’s Equal Opportunities Commission has rejected amendments (http://dot429.com/articles/3712-marriage-equality-amendment-fails-to-pass-in-scotland) to the marriage equality referendum that would have allowed religious organizations to discriminate against same-*** couples.
- The Indian government has asked its Supreme Court to review its recent decision (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25461691) reinstating the colonial-era sodomy law.
- Gay activist Dmitri Isakov has been fined about $120 (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/world/europe/russian-court-convicts-gay-rights-advocate.html) under Russia’s “gay propaganda” law for holding up a sign that read, “Being gay and loving gays is **rmal. Beating gays and killing gays is criminal,” making him the third person punished under the law.
- Fort Bragg has hosted its first same-*** commitment ceremony (http://www.fayobserver.com/military/article_342cdab0-6a88-11e3-83ea-0019bb30f31a.html), between Maj. Daniel Toven and his partner Johnathan Taylor:
The post The Morning Pride: December 23, 2013 (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/23/3099581/morning-pride-december-23-2013/) appeared first on ThinkProgress (http://thinkprogress.org).
Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us k**w what stories you’re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @TPEquality (https://twitter.com/tpequality).
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pride-Flag-Banner-2.jpg
- Same-*** marriages will resume this morning in Utah, though Judge Robert Shelby will hold a hearing at 9:00 AM to consider imposing a stay.
- Republican lawmakers in New Mexico are **w considering a constitutional amendment (http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/12/n-m-gay-marriage-opponents-vow-to-push-for-constitutional-ban/) banning same-*** marriage to overrule the state Supreme Court’s ruling for marriage equality.
- Clerk Donna Carpenter and Deputy Clerk Janet Collins of Roosevelt County, New Mexico quit their jobs (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mexico-clerk-quits-gay-marriage-ruling-21293540) to avoid being associated with same-*** marriages.
- The Navajo Nation has clarified that same-*** marriage is still banned within the tribe (http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/12/navajo-nation-official-n-m-court-ruling-has-**-effect-on-tribes-gay-marriage-ban/), despite the change for New Mexico.
- Republicans in **rth Carolina are turning to the anti-gay Alliance Defending Freedom (http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/12/gop-lawmakers-seeking-outside-help-to-defend-n-c-gay-marriage-ban/) for extra help defending the state’s constitutional amendment banning all same-*** unions against a lawsuit.
- The CDC has clarified that its National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program will cover eligible transgender patients (http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/ncte-commends-cdcs-clarified-breast-cancer-screening-policy/).
- The Washington, DC City Council unanimously passed a bill to support the needs of LGBT homeless youth (http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=8785).
- The Methodist pastor who was defrocked for officiating his own son’s same-*** marriage has been offered a job in California (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/methodist-disciplined-for-officiating-at-sons-same-***-wedding-joins-dc-congregation/2013/12/22/42a594a4-6b39-11e3-aecc-85cb037b7236_story.html), though it would **t include clerical status.
- The Privacy for All Students coalition that is challenging California’s protections for transgender students has **w sued the state (http://www.transadvocate.com/conspiracy-pji-front-group-sues-california-because-county-******s-were-closed-on-holiday.htm) claiming that **t all counties were counting signatures they collected toward a referendum, even though they turned in some of those signatures late.
- In response to the Duck Dynasty controversy, openly gay Houston, Texas Mayor Annise Parker (http://www.lonestarq.com/mayor-annise-parker-calls-phil-robertson-redneck-wingnut-whose-views-completely-irrelevant/) said, “What some redneck wingnut has to say about the GLBT community is completely irrelevant.”
- Geraldo Rivera doesn’t believe that “cocksucking faggot” is an anti-gay slur (http://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/12/20/foxs-geraldo-rivera-ccksucking-fggot-isnt-a-hom/197364).
- Cuba has reportedly passed (http://blabbeando.blogspot.com/2013/12/historic-cuba-protects-workers-from.html) a law banning employment discrimination based on ***ual orientation (protections the U.S. still doesn’t have nationwide).
- Scotland’s Equal Opportunities Commission has rejected amendments (http://dot429.com/articles/3712-marriage-equality-amendment-fails-to-pass-in-scotland) to the marriage equality referendum that would have allowed religious organizations to discriminate against same-*** couples.
- The Indian government has asked its Supreme Court to review its recent decision (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25461691) reinstating the colonial-era sodomy law.
- Gay activist Dmitri Isakov has been fined about $120 (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/world/europe/russian-court-convicts-gay-rights-advocate.html) under Russia’s “gay propaganda” law for holding up a sign that read, “Being gay and loving gays is **rmal. Beating gays and killing gays is criminal,” making him the third person punished under the law.
- Fort Bragg has hosted its first same-*** commitment ceremony (http://www.fayobserver.com/military/article_342cdab0-6a88-11e3-83ea-0019bb30f31a.html), between Maj. Daniel Toven and his partner Johnathan Taylor:
The post The Morning Pride: December 23, 2013 (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/23/3099581/morning-pride-december-23-2013/) appeared first on ThinkProgress (http://thinkprogress.org).