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These conservatives want to stop fighting LGBT people.

A growing faction of religious conservatives are planning a bill to establish some LGBT protections at the federal level, defying political orthodoxy and exposing a rift on the right. Their campaign is growing more urgent as House Democrats prepare to…

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Barilla’s turnaround from homophobia to national pride.

On a warm September evening in 2013, Claudio Colzani drove his Audi the 100 or so miles from Milan to Parma, home for almost two centuries to the world’s largest pasta empire. He had joined Barilla SpA as chief executive officer less…

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Some Methodist churches withholding dues over LGBT ban.

Some central Ohio United Methodist churches are putting their money — and their words and actions — into play to express their dissatisfaction with a decision about LGBT policies made by the worldwide denomination in February. Though it’s been more than two months since…

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The shady network of attorneys fighting against LGBT rights.

Extreme anti-LGBTQ group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is stunningly opaque about its large network of affiliated lawyers, what positions of influence they hold, and what beliefs they must agree to in order to be officially tied to the group…

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Americans’ approval of same-sex marriage isn’t growing anymore.

The portion of Americans who favor allowing same-sex couples to marry seems to have stalled out. A new survey from Pew Research Center shows that 61 percent of Americans now say they favor letting gays and lesbians marry legally. That’s a big shift from 2004…