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Gay swimmer claims anti-gay coaches kicked him off team.

Abrahm DeVine, a 23-year-old collegiate swimmer, says he was kicked off of the Stanford University swim team due to “systematic homophobia,” but he stops short of explaining what exactly happened. DeVine is a member of the U.S. men’s national swim team…

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Pope meets U.S. priest attacked for ministering to gays.

Pope Francis on Monday gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent American Jesuit priest who has been attacked repeatedly by conservative Catholics and media outlets for ministering to homosexuals. By meeting Father James Martin during the morning, when the pope’s…