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– President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara served as witnesses for a same-sex wedding in Maine this past weekend.
– A bill that would allow adoption agencies free reign to discriminate has passed out of a Michigan House committee.
– Another lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage has been filed — this time in state court.
– The Times of Trenton Editorial Board has endorsed an override of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) veto of marriage equality legislation.
– LGBT homeless youth in Washington, DC are being forced into prostitution to survive.
– Providence College will reschedule a visit from John Corvino, but he will now have to debate anti-equality scholar Sherif Girgis, a protege of National Organization for Marriage founder Robert P. George.
– The ex-gay group People Can Change is trying to collect success-story testimonials from its members to help defend a lawsuit against Jewish ex-gay ministry JONAH.
– Bradlee Dean has lost all of his staffers for his anti-gay hate group, “You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International” ministry.
– The writer of Wednesday night’s season premier of Modern Family reveals how they arrived at this season’s story line for Cam and Mitchell (SPOILERS).
– The Pentagon highlights married same-sex couples that are now enjoying spousal benefits on military bases: