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Your Vote is Your Voice Community Survey

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NAACP backs "marriage equality"

Submitted by ONE Community on May 19, 2012 - 2:33pm
NAACP backs "marriage equality"

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) backed a resolution on Saturday in support of "marriage equality."

Although the civil-rights organization stopped short of coming out in support of same sex-marriage, it expressly opposes states' anti-same-sex laws.

"We have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law," Roslyn M. Brock, chair of the NAACP board of directors said in a statement.

The resolution passed by the organization's board of directors says "the NAACP has opposed and will continue to oppose any national, state, local policy or legislative initiative that seeks to codify discrimination or hatred into the law or to remove the Constitutional rights of LGBT citizens." Read more »

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Researcher apologizes for 'gay cure' study

Submitted by ONE Community on May 19, 2012 - 12:23pm

A prominent retired psychiatrist is apologizing to the gay community for a decade-old study that concluded some gay people can go straight through what's called reparative therapy.

Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, formerly of Columbia University, now says he no longer believes his work showed that.

For the study, Spitzer had interviewed 200 people who'd claimed some degree of change. The "fatal flaw" is that there is no way to judge the credibility of their accounts, Spitzer says in a letter he submitted last month to a journal that published his work in 2003. Read more »

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Lesbian couple can file for divorce in Maryland, court rules

Submitted by ONE Community on May 19, 2012 - 12:15pm

Maryland's highest court has ruled that a lesbian couple married out of state can legally file for divorce, even though Maryland's own same-sex marriage law does not take effect until next year.

The issue is whether states without legalized same-sex marriage can recognize gay or lesbian weddings outside their borders.

The appeal involved a Prince George's County couple, Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan.

"Maryland courts will withhold recognition of a valid foreign marriage only if that marriage is 'repugnant' to state public policy. This threshold, a high bar, has not been met yet," the seven state Court of Appeals justices said in their 21-page opinion. "The present case will be treated no differently. " Read more »

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No More Alphabet Soup

Submitted by ONE Community on May 18, 2012 - 5:05pm

About a year ago Boston Pride decided to do some organizational soul-searching. Who are we as a movement? Whom do we represent? Where is the movement going? And what is our role as an organization in providing leadership and guidance to our community, colleagues, and supporters? The process was both challenging and productive, and we ultimately came to a surprising but empowering conclusion, namely that it was time to remove the alphabet soup of letters -- L, G, B, T, Q, I, and so forth -- from our mission statement. Our mission statement would no longer be defined by categorizing and labeling members of the community with a particular letter they may or may not identify with. Read more »

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Statement from Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton Regarding Valley Metro

Submitted by ONE Community on May 18, 2012 - 4:53pm

Mayor Stanton has made a statement regarding Valley Metro concerns:

You may have heard recently concerns that RPTA “Valley Metro” took action that impeded the ability of people with HIV to receive a reduced-fare pass. As a member of the RPTA Board, I wanted to clarify that this was not the case and no one with HIV who applied for reduced fare was turned away. At today’s RPTA Board Meeting this was not only clarified, but staff will go the extra mile to ensure an HIV subheading under ‘chronic debilitative condition’ is listed to eliminate any confusion that might have existed.

Mayor Greg Stanton

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Law experts challenge Virginia lawmaker Bob Marshall on 'sodomy is not a civil right' comment

Submitted by ONE Community on May 18, 2012 - 12:14pm
Law experts challenge Virginia lawmaker Bob Marshall on 'sodomy is not a civil right' comment

Law experts are taking issue with a Virginia legislator’s comment that “sodomy is not a civil right” in explaining why he opposed a gay prosecutor’s bid to become a judge.

Virginia GOP delegate Bob Marshall spearheaded the effort to block Tracy Thorne-Begland, an openly gay prosecutor in Richmond, from becoming a judge, saying the attorney’s past activism and outspokenness on gay rights could bias his decisions on the bench.

The Virginia House of Delegates this week voted to reject Thorne-Begland’s bid to  become a general district court judge in Richmond.
Speaking Thursday on CNN’s “Starting Point,” Marshall expounded on his reasoning. Read more »

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PHOENIX MERCURY TIPS OFF 2012 SEASON WITH FAN FEST ON MAY 26

Submitted by ONE Community on May 18, 2012 - 12:08pm
PHOENIX MERCURY TIPS OFF 2012 SEASON WITH FAN FEST ON MAY 26

Mercury hosts the Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday, May 26 at US Airways Center. Tipoff set for 7 p.m.

The Phoenix Mercury will make its 2012 home debut on Saturday, May 26 when the team takes on the Los Angeles Sparks at US Airways Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m., with doors scheduled to open at 5:30 p.m.

Prior to the game, the Mercury is welcoming fans back for the 2012 season with a Fan Fest beginning at 4 p.m.  Fans are invited to US Airways Center’s Bud Light Paseo, which will be transformed into a block party featuring food trucks, inflatables, face painting, a DJ, performances by the Phoenix Mercury hip hop squad and more. The Fan Fest is free and open to the public. Read more »

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Census figures: Minority babies now in majority

Submitted by ONE Community on May 18, 2012 - 10:14am

WASHINGTON - For the first time in U.S. history, most of the nation's babies are members of minority groups, according to new census figures that signal the dawn of an era in which Whites no longer will be in the majority.

Population estimates show that 50.4 percent of children younger than 1 last year were Hispanic, Black, Asian or other minorities. That's almost a full percentage point higher than the 49.5 percent of minority babies counted when the decennial census was taken in April 2010. Census demographers said the tipping point came three months later, in July. Read more »

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