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Council may rename street for gay activist
SAN DIEGO -- A proposal to rename a two-block street in Hillcrest in honor of slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk is scheduled to go before the San Diego City Council today. City officials believe Blaine Avenue, which contains a handful of houses and...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Milk (movie), Crime, Law and Justice, Harvey Milk, Gay Rights
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Sanders praises Obama on same-sex marriage
SAN DIEGO -- President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports marriages between gay and lesbian couples was hailed Monday by San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders. In an interview with ABC News, Obama said that he "concluded that for me, personally, it...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Social Issues, Family, Jerry Sanders
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Judge halts jury selection after prosecutor's questions about sexual orientation
SAN DIEGO -- A judge Tuesday dismissed an entire jury pool after lawyers for six same-sex marriage activists accused of trespassing complained that prosecutors had challenged a prospective juror based on his sexual orientation. Superior Court Judge...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Prosecution, Defendants, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Harvey Milk Street' waits for City Council OK
Fox 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO - A measure to rename a Hillcrest street after civil rights leader Harvey Milk is now awaiting city council's approval. Milk became an icon in the gay community in the 70's after being elected as the first openly gay official in California....Tags: Justice and Rights, Milk (movie), Crime, Law and Justice, Harvey Milk, Gay Rights
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Sanders leads push for gay marriage
SAN DIEGO -- Mayor Jerry Sanders will be a co-chair of "Mayors for the Freedom to Marry,'' a group of 70 mayors who support gay and lesbian marriage rights, an aide said Wednesday.
The group will have its first event Friday in Washington in connection...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Politics, Family, Lobbying
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Local gays, lesbians applaud Prop. 8 ruling
SAN DIEGO -- Tuesday's ruling by an appellate panel that Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, was unconstitutional, was hailed by Gov. Jerry Brown, Mayor Jerry Sanders and leaders of San Diego's gay and lesbian community.
"Today's...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Executive Branch, Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Justice System
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Appeals court rules Prop. 8 unconstitutional
SAN DIEG0 -- A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage as early as next year.
The 2-1 decision by a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...Tags: Trials, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Trials, U.S. Supreme Court
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Deployed troops make video to support gay teens
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- Some active-duty soldiers in Afghanistan have produced an online video to support young people struggling with their sexuality. In just five short days, the two-and-a-half-minute video clip featuring service members in Afghanistan has...Tags: Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, YouTube, U.S. Army, Defense
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Sanders joins gay-marriage coalition of mayors
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- Mayor Jerry Sanders will serve as a co-chair of "Mayors for the Freedom to Marry," a brand new initiative backed by 80 mayors aimed at changing the federal definition of marriage to include same-sex couples and forcing states to recognize...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Marriage, Washington, DC, Social Issues
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DADT repeal thrills former military personnel
Fox 5 News ReporterFormer sailor Sean Sala believes in equality, but he didn’t have faith his government did until Tuesday. “We say that everybody deserves an equal chance and everybody deserves to be treated equally, but we weren’t doing that,”...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Culture, Arts and Culture, Minority Groups
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Active-duty service members march in Pride Parade
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- The 37th annual Pride Parade was Saturday, with the first active-duty military contingent to participate in such an event since the armed forces announced its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy would be rescinded. Nearly 350 people, mostly...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Defense, Festive Events, Gay Pride San Diego
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San Diego proclaims July 'LGBT Pride Month'
SAN DIEGO -- The City Council Tuesday unanimously proclaimed July to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month in San Diego.
The declaration was presented by Councilmen Carl DeMaio and Todd Gloria, the two openly gay members on the eight-...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, New York, Gay Pride San Diego, Hillcrest, Minority Groups
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