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Massachusetts counts two among Orlando dead

BOSTON – After the massacre of 49 people at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday, Bostonians gathered in solidarity to mourn the victims, including 53 wounded in what has been described as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. [perfectpullquote align="full" cite="" link=

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Transgenderism and the death of common sense

Sixty years ago, there were two universally known sex symbols in the West: Marilyn Monroe in America and Bridget Bardot in France. Most millennials have heard of Marilyn Monroe, if for no other reason than the scandals with the Kennedy brothers. But my admittedly anecdotal experience leads me to believe

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Catholic school settles case that pit gay rights against religious liberty

MILTON — An all-girls Catholic school has settled a lawsuit brought by the GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), alleging that the school violated state anti-discrimination law when it rescinded an offer of employment to a man married to his same-sex partner. The settlement between Fontbonne Academy in Milton and Matthew

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Student sues Missouri State for bouncing him based on morals

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri State University graduate student says in a federal lawsuit that the school kicked him out of a master's program three years after he said counseling gay couples violated his religious beliefs. Andrew Cash said he was removed from the master's

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Baker booted from LGBT gala

BOSTON — Call it punishment by association. A day after the Boston Globe reported that Gov. Charlie Baker would be speaking at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition along with several conservative leaders, the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, which had proudly billed Baker as one of its

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Supporters of religious exemption bill say debate isn’t over

ATLANTA (AP) — Conservative groups said Tuesday that Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal turned his back on people of faith by vetoing a "religious freedom" bill and vowed to press the issue in coming years. "This is not the end of this fight," said Virginia Galloway, who represents

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Georgia Governor vetoes religious exemptions bill

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has vetoed legislation allowing clergy to refuse performing gay marriage and protecting people who refuse to attend the ceremonies. The Republican rejected the bill on Monday, saying "I have examined the protections that this bill proposes to provide to the faith based community

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The savagely anti-Catholic sitcom

When Disney and ABC decided to make a sitcom based on the teenage years of hatemongering columnist Dan Savage, anyone could guess this was going to be a religion-bashing extravaganza. Now the show is here. It's called "The Real O'Neals," which is an odd