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- A new Pew survey finds that Americans think politicians are talking too much about religion and that churches should keep out of politics.
- A bill that would protect transgender Marylanders from discrimination is expected to die in committee.
- Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is committed to being a leader on LGBT issues.
- The Tennessee “Don’t Have Sex” abstinence-only bill advanced out of the House Education subcommittee yesterday.
- Michigan state Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) will introduce legislation today to expand the state’s non-discrimination protections to sexual orientation and gender identity.
- What impact does Rick Santorum’s anti-LGBT rhetoric have on young people?
- A new documentary called What Do You Know? looks at conversations with kids ranging from ages 6-12 about gays and lesbians.
- Proposition 8 attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson have added their support to lowering the rating on the documentary Bully so more young people can see it.
- A Georgia high school removed the student council president because he wanted to make the prom more inclusive of same-sex couples.
- Dominican police have arrested two men on a gay cruise for “buggery.”
- The Malaysian government is training volunteers to promote an anti-homosexuality campaign.
- Jason Mraz is HRC’s latest American for Marriage Equality.
- In an interview with Piers Morgan last night, director Kevin Smith expressed support for his gay brother and challenged Rick Santorum’s opposition to pornography:
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