Jason Collins marches in 2013 Boston Pride parade (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/osoHJdAnu2M Jason Collins,  The NBA player, who made history in April as the first male U.S. athlete in a major professional sport to come out as gay, marched in the 2013 Boston Pride Parade on Saturday alongside his former Stanford University roommate, Congressman Joe Kennedy (D-Mass), reports Huff Post Gay Voices. After the parade, Kennedy tweeted…

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Speaker John A. Pérez, Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin lead first-ever California National Guard contingent in L.A. Pride parade

LOS ANGELES — For the first time, a delegation from the California National Guard, led by its Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, took part in L.A. Pride, joining Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles), the first openly gay person elected official to lead a state house, in yesterdays Pride Parade. The California National…

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Republican Party to step up outreach to evangelicals

(CNN) — The Republican National Committee has brought on a director of evangelical outreach to massage the party’s complicated relationship with religious conservatives, GOP sources told CNN on Saturday. The party organization has hired Chad Connelly, a consultant and motivational speaker who, until this weekend, was the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Connelly…

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