Excerpted from Major southern utility to provide domestic partner benefits, published Aug 19, 2006, by the pro-homosexuality 365Gay.com:

Progress Energy, one of the largest electric companies in the country, has agreed to extend full medical and life insurance benefits to the unmarried partners of its employees next year.

In a statement the company said the plan had been under review for three years – ever since a lesbian worker requested benefits for her same-sex partner.

Excerpted from Gays Plan to Challenge ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’, by Angela Cara Pancrazio, published Aug 20, 2006, in The Arizona Republic:

During the next couple of months, in more than 30 cities across the country, including Phoenix, younger gays will be challenging the 13-year-old policy in a nationwide campaign they have named Right to Serve. As they try to sign up at recruiting offices, they will also disclose their sexual orientation.

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The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, the nation’s largest gay and lesbian political action committee, announced today its endorsement of 13 more candidates, bringing the total number of endorsed candidates in 2006 to 77, the group’s largest-ever slate.

Excerpted from Five-State Campaign Promotes Parental OK for Club Participation, by Allie Martin, published Aug 23, 2006, by Agape Press:

For years, Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs have been formed in public schools nationwide, often without parental notification or input. That has prompted the Family Policy Network (FPN) to start a campaign that would require parental permission before children can participate in non-academic clubs.

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Excerpted from Beyond Marriage? Yes, Way Beyond, by Dr. Albert Mohler, published Aug 23, 2006 :

How far “beyond marriage” do they want society to go?

All the way to including “Queer couples who decide to jointly create and raise a child with another queer person or couple, in two households.” When this group says “beyond marriage” they mean it.

Excerpted from OSU Rated Among 100 Best Campuses for Gay Students, by Mary Ann Albright, published Aug 22, 2006, in Corvallis Gazette-Times:

Thanks to active clubs, supportive faculty and annual programs ranging from a “Guess the Hetero” game show to drag competitions to “Coming Out Week,” Oregon State University has been recognized as one of the nation’s top 100 campuses for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

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Excerpted from Judge Rules Against Georgia Tech’s Discriminatory Speech Code, by Jim Brown, published Aug 23, 2006, by Agape Press:

A federal judge has forced the Georgia Institute of Technology to repeal a controversial policy that bars students from engaging in so-called “acts of intolerance.” In March, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a lawsuit challenging the policy, claiming it censored the speech of religious and conservative students on campus.Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued an order that eliminated Georgia Tech’s speech code and replaced it with a new policy that ADF attorney David French says “respects the constitutional rights of students.” He is calling the court’s ruling “a tremendous victory” for free speech on college campuses.

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Excerpted from South Africa Cabinet Approves Same-Sex “Marriage” Bill, published Aug 24, 2006, by LifeSite News:

South Africa’s cabinet has approved a bill that would make South Africa the first nation on the African continent to legalize same-sex “marriage”.

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