Groupon releases marriage equality video (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/OIvz40H_Cq0 Chicago-based company, Groupon released an employee-produced video Friday showcasing their support of marriage equality in Illinois. NBC reports that the company also plans to bus employees to a marriage equality march and rally in the Illinois capital Springfield Oct. 22, designed to help secure passage of the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act.    

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HRC denounces anti-transgender op-ed by Southern Baptist Convention official

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today denounced an anti-transgender op-ed by Russell D. Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.  The op-ed, which stems from California AB 1266, legislation ensuring transgender students in California’s schools are treated fairly, says being transgender is “a revolt against God’s…

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Hawaii’s Congressional delegation united in supporting marriage equality

HONOLULU — Members of Hawaii’s Congressional delegation are uniting to express their support for marriage equality in Hawaii. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz and Reps. Colleen Hanabusa and Tulsi Gabbard released statements of support, each urging Gov. Neil Abercrombie and the state legislature to pass the freedom to marry in Hawaii without delay. “We’re…

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Haiti rejects violence against members of the gay and lesbian community

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — The government of Haiti has declared that it will not tolerate any acts of hatred or violence against individuals or groups and that it will vigorously prosecute all offenders. In a press statement released yesterday the government announced: In recent weeks several lamentable acts of intolerance and violence against members of…

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