Thursday 25 April 2013

GAY MARRIAGE The Church of England needs a compromise on gay marriage. Here it is spectator.co.uk 25 Apr 13 NI Justice Minister David Ford has stepped down as a Presbyterian elder while the church authorities investigate his support for gay marriage newsletter.co.uk 25 Apr 13 Rhode Island on track to be 10th state with gay marriage abcnews.go.com 25 Apr 13 How will France be reconciled after this nasty war over gay marriage? guardian.co.uk 25 Apr 13 Colombia Senators reject controversial gay marriage bill buenosairesherald.com 25 Apr 13 UK
	Stonewall and Keshet UK work together to tackle homophobic bullying in Jewish schools. Hebrew Some People Are Gay. Get Over It! posters used to promote equality keshetuk.org stonewall.org.uk 25 Apr 13
	Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher is written with a sense of mischief - she tried to discredit her party leader (and rival) Edward Heath by hinting in an interview that he was gay metro.co.uk 25 Apr 13
	Gary McFarlane The relationship counsellor who was dismissed over his beliefs on homosexuality has launched an appeal after unsuccessfully taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights thisisbristol.co.uk 25 Apr 13
GAY PRIDE Berlin Pride will not give Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats their normal float at this year's gay CSD in protest against the party's opposition to same-sex marriage thelocal.de 25 Apr 13 Gay groups ask Seattle's Space Needle to fly gay-pride flag seattletimes.com 25 Apr 13 SEX - LIFE Consistent decline in partner numbers in US gay men in last decade, but no change in condom use aidsmap.com 25 Apr 13 USA There are still 29 US States where you can be fired for being gay businessinsider.com 25 Apr 13
	"Reagan's Big Tent Isn't What it Used to Be" Log Cabin Republicans has a full-page ad in Politico calling on the Republican Party to grow the proverbial "big tent" by dropping its opposition to granting equal rights to the LGBT community logcabin.org 25 Apr 13

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