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– According to the Williams Institute, a majority of Americans in every Congressional district support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
– President Obama signed into a law a bill allowing HIV-positive individuals to donate organs to each other.
– The city council of New Albany, Indiana voted 7–1–1 to oppose the proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
– The Council of Urban County, Kentucky — home to Lexington — voted unanimously Thursday night to offer domestic partner benefits to city employees.
– A group of United Methodist Church members in southeastern Pennsylvania called on Bishop Peggy Johnson to stop conducting trials against ministers who perform same-sex marriages, but she claims she “tried very, very, very hard” to avoid the trial against Rev. Frank Schaefer.
– Parents and kids protested the Myrtle Grove Christian School in Wilmington, North Carolina this past week to oppose its new policy prohibiting students with same-sex parents.
– A new study finds that gay male couples hoping to become parents experience psychological distress if they live in states that ban same-sex marriage and adoption.
– Uganda lawmaker Rev. Father Simon Peter Lokodo is claiming that 30 percent of students in various schools are gay to justify passing the “Kill The Gays” bill.
– Ikea removed a feature about a lesbian couple from its magazine’s publication in Russia in fear of the country’s law banning “gay propaganda.”