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– The Federal Election Commission is expected to vote Thursday to allow married same-sex couples to make joint political donations.
– The Missouri Supreme Court has asked to hear new arguments in a case regarding same-sex survivor benefits in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning the Defense of Marriage Act.
– Montgomery County, Pennsylvania is willing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples even though Pennsylvania law does not recognize them.
– Kalamazoo Township, Michigan has approved an LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance.
– Tina and David Long, who were featured in the documentary Bully, have been sued by the school they sued after their son committed suicide.
– The American Family Association’s new Christian coffee company, Thomas Street, proselytizes in Uganda and funds the AFA’s anti-gay message.
– Protesters in Haiti have threatened to burn down Parliament if same-sex marriage is legalized.
– Hundreds of police have been hired to help protect the first-ever gay pride parade in Montenegro.
– Italy’s lower house of Parliament has begun consideration of a bill that would outlaw homophobia.