Source: KOCO TV , Oklahoman Kern's anti-gay rant OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma lawmaker who made headlines in March for anti-gay rant was stopped from bringing a gun into the state Capitol on Wednesday, troopers said. Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, never made it past a checkpoint, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokesman said. The lawmaker was asked to return to her vehicle and secure the weapon, which she did, KOCO TV reports. "As soon as my purse went through the scanner and the uh, gentleman there said, 'Representive Kern,' I went, 'Aw, I forgot!'" she said. Kern. Full story...
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer , Toledo Blade A former University of Toledo employment administrator who was fired after writing a column about employment rules for a local publication is suing the university.
Source: Reuters , Times (London) , Catholic News Service Gay rights groups and newspaper editorials on Tuesday condemned the Vatican for its decision to oppose a proposed U.
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette , Blogging for Michigan , Pride Source KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- City commissioners are scheduled to vote tonight whether to implement an ordinance that would ban discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation.
Source: Bloomberg , CNN , Birmingham News The Birmingham mayor who refused to let city workers hang banners supporting Gay Pride Week in the city, is now in jail facing charges including conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering and filing false income tax returns.
Source: Xinhua , AFP , Daily Monitor , Reuters As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, experts say the fight against the disease has registered significant success, but remains stymied by inadequate treatment in poor countries and setbacks in finding an effective vaccine.
:: Florida governor Charlie Crist should expect a few uninvited guests outside his wedding in St.
Source: Florida court decision [pdf], Orlando Sentinel , St. Petersburg Times , Chicago Tribune , Miami Herald , OpEd News It's a contemporary Christmas tale that has all the tear-jerker elements required for the that literary genre.
Source: " href="http://www.denverpost.com/ci_11090768">Denver Post , Colorado Independent Boulder, CO -- Congressman-elect Jared Polis (D-Boulder) and his partner, Marlon Reis, are expected to join 100 or so other protesters at the Century Boulder Theatre Sunday afternoon to protest a donation given the the theater company's CEO to the Prop.
Source: Concord Monitor , Foster's Daily Democrat The lawmaker who sponsored New Hampshire's 2007 civil union says he believes that law was just one step in a process of gaining full equality for same-sex couples, and he plans to introduce legislation in January to allow gay and lesbian couples in the state to get marriage licenses.
Source: Oklahoma Daily , GayPolitics.com , New York Times Oklahoma is conservative. Very conservative.
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