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MILWAUKEE, Dec. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, Northwestern Mutual scored 90 out of a possible 100 points in the recently announced 2014 Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index survey. (Logo:...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This morning, Cracker Barrel restaurant chain announced the reversal of a decision to remove some Duck Dynasty merchandise from its shelves following A&E Network's suspension of Phil Robertson. Family Research Council...

12/26/2013

(Houston, December 26, 2013) â€" Lambda Legal today filed a federal lawsuit against Houston Mayor Annise Parker and the City of Houston seeking to preserve spousal benefits, including health insurance, covering the same-sex spouses of city employees.

12/24/2013

(Phoenix, December 24, 2013) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona yesterday certified as a class action Lambda Legal's lawsuit on behalf of lesbian and gay Arizona state employees fighting a move by the Arizona Legislature to eliminate health care coverage for their families.

It may â€œfeelâ€ good to tuck a few bucks into the little red can as volunteers brave the cold to ring their bells on street corners to raise money for the Salvation Army, a 148-year-old Christian organization that serves people in need. But if youâ€™re gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender â€" or if you care a lick about equal rights â€" then you may want to reconsider where you donate your hard-earned ...

By Jennifer Dobner SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Gay and lesbian couples proceeded to exchange wedding vows in Utah for a fourth day as the federal judge who legalized same-sex marriage in the state refused on Monday to set aside his own decision while the issue remained under court review. U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby, who struck down Utah's ban on same-sex matrimony as unconstitutional late ...

On Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby denied a motion to block gay marriages in Utah while the state appeals his original ruling. For now, gay marriages can continue in the state. Shelby ruled on Friday that Utah's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional writing in the decision, "the stateâ€™s current laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry and, in ...

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