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NEWS UPDATE
April 23rd, 2014
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>> Lawsuit challenges GA marriage ban
Labmda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in Atlanta challenging Georgia's constitutional ban on marriage equality.
Full Story:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/georgia-gay-marriage-ban-courts-105896.html
>> Anti-marriage sentiment fades
Few conservatives want to defend blatant bias against or unsubstantiated generalizations about gays.
Full Story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/04/21/anti-gay-marriage-sentiment-fading/
>> Tech group to work with Log Cabin
Trade associations want lawmakers who recognize the economic value of hiring the best and brightest minds, regardless of sexual orientation.
Full Story:
http://www.GeorgiaLogCabin.org/news/Consumer-Electronics-Association-CEA-Gay-Republicans/201404211500.shtml
>> GA GOP candidates for US Senate debate
Georgia Republican candidates for nomination to the US Senate sparred for the penultimate time ahead of the May 20th Georgia primary.
Full Story:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/203926-gopers-spar-in-georgia-primary-debate
>> SC mayor fires lesbian police chief
A South Carolina mayor fired a veteran police chief because she's a lesbian.
Full Story:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/18/sc-town-fights-firing-of-lesbian-police-chief-by-mayor-who-says-gays-are-worse-than-drunks/
>> Muslim cabbies refuse gay advertising
Roughly 25 Muslim drivers dispatched to the Cleveland, Ohio airport are refusing to drive cabs with Gay Games advertising.
Full Story:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/18/muslim-drivers-at-cleveland-airport-refuse-to-drive-cabs-with-gay-games/
>> Who's leading GA GOP US Senate primary?
Perdue, Kingston, and Handel hold the top 3 slots in polls for Republican nomination to the US Senate.
Full Story:
http://www.newsmax.com/politics/georgia-senate-republicans-poll/2014/04/17/id/566297/
>> Next GOP generation pushing for marriage
The Republican Party has seen enormous gains in support for LGBT equality in recent years.
Full Story:
http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2014/04/next-gop-generation-pushing-marriage-equality-plat.html
>> Will the GOP tone down its opposition to marriage?
A coalition of conservatives has launched an initiative to keep anti-marriage language out the 2016 Republican Party platform.
Full Story:
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/04/16/new-campaign-aims-strike-anti-gay-language-gop-platform/
>> OK marriage gets appellate court hearing
Oklahoma marriage equality case gets a hearing at the federal appellate level.
Full Story:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/round-court-takes-oklahoma-gay-marriage-case-23351044
>> Judge delays OH marriage ruling
A federal judge stayed his ruling ordering Ohio to recognize marriages of gay or lesbian couples who wed in other states.
Full Story:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/16/judge-stays-most-ruling-ordering-ohio-to-recognize-out-state-gay-marriages/
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