Gay Dancers Prompt Finnish Lawmaker to Avoid Official Celebration

True Finns MP Pentti Oinonen said he would avoid the president’s annual
Independence Day reception next month over disgust at seeing gay couples
dancing there last year.

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Catholic Charities Groups End Ill. Suit

Catholic adoption agencies dropped from contracts with the state of Illinois because of their refusal to serve gay couples have ended their lawsuit against the state over the matter.

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French Mayor Defies Law, Marries Gay Couple

The mayor of the small French town of Cabestany officiated at the
marriage of two men Saturday, in defiance of national law, which allows
only civil unions, not marriage, for gay couples.

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Gay Couples Win Dream Weddings, But Lack Legal Standing

Three same-sex couples were winners in a New York hotel’s dream wedding contest, but two of them, including Florida’s Sheila Barnett and Melissa Patrick, won’t see their
marriage recognized at home.

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Will Anton Tanumihardja Be Deported? 

The Obama administration’s August announcement that binational gay couples may be considered lower-priority cases in the nation’s inundated immigration system will be put to the test Friday for one Indonesian man previously ordered deported.

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Gay Couples Seek to Become Adoptive Parents in South Florida

More than 100 LGBT couples in South Florida have pending adoption cases, one year following a state court’s ruling that gay couples have the right to adopt, the Sun Sentinel reports.

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Newlywed Lesbians on Tonight’s Cake Boss

Tonight’s episode of Cake Boss features Dee and Kate, a lesbian couple who were among the first gay couples married in New York.

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Census Data on Gay Couples a Testament to Progress

National figures released earlier this week show a greater willingness from gay and lesbian couples to stand up and be counted.

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What’s Next for Log Cabin After DADT?

R. Clarke Cooper, the executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans, says the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” might help gay couples everywhere lobby to tie the knot.

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Gay Couples in Almost Every U.S. County

It’s official: We truly are everywhere — at least in 99% of U.S.
counties, according to an analysis of 2010 U.S. Census data by the Williams
Institute. And that’s just those of us who are coupled.

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