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Saturday, September 06
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Source: Capitol Media Services via East Valley Tribune , Catholic News Agency Bishop of Phoenix Thomas J. Olmsted / Bishop of Tucson Gerald F. Kicanas photo: Catholic News Agency Arizona's two Catholic bishops are urging the faithful to vote for a November ballot measure that would constitutionally ban gays from marrying in the state. After extensive wrangling in the legislature, the proposed amendment was approved for the November ballot earlier this year. It will appear as Proposition 102 and states: "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage...
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Friday, September 05
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-- A proposed lesbian/gay retirement community called Marigold Creek in Surprise, Arizona -- near Phoenix -- is facing a major hurdle after a land deal for 32 acres fell apart . But developers insist that they're still planning to go ahead with the retirement-housing project designed specifically with gay and lesbian residents in mind. St. Louis-based Out Properties, LLC said it is looking for a new parcel and still hopes to build in Surprise. "I don't think anybody just totally loved that site," said a spokeswoman for the developers. "It's more of the concept than that...
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Sunday, August 17
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Source: Arizona Republic , Detroit News , Tucson Weekly For Meg Sneed, a 25-year-old Arizona lesbian, journeys to change a thousand hearts begin with a single thought: There's power in sharing personal stories. She and other young people have been sharing their stories for the past week during a 96-mile pilgrimage through blazing triple-digit heat in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The walk -- symbolic for the 96-year-history of the state -- ended yesterday at the state capitol, Arizona Republic reports. With Arizona set to vote in November on Proposition 102, a measure that would ban same-sex...
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Wednesday, July 23
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Source: Arizona Capitol Times , Arizona Republic , Arizona Daily Star A proposal to amend the Arizona Constitution to say that marriage is only the union between a man and a woman will be on the ballot this November. But a Democrat who tried to stop the measure in the Arizona Senate charged in an ethics complaint filed this week that the measure made it to the ballot only because of improper parliamentary maneuvers by supporters. The marriage discrimination amendment passed June 27, the last and stormy night of the session, with the bare minimum 16 votes necessary to put it on the ballot. Before...
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Saturday, July 19
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Source: Arizona Daily Sun , KTAR TV , Gay.com , Arizona Republic Flagstaff -- One man has been criminally charged with aggravated assault in connection with an attack that happened after the Pride in the Pines gay pride festival in this northern Arizona city. Travis A. Reiner, 24, of Flagstaff, has been charged with one felony count of aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts of assault and disorderly conduct, according to a complaint filed in Flagstaff Justice Court. Reiner and three other men were arrested downtown early in the morning on June 22. Cases against three other men initially arrested...
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Thursday, June 26
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Source: Arizona Republic , Arizona Capitol Times , KTAR-TV The long, strange legislative odyssey of an anti-gay amendment in the Arizona statehouse took another unexpected turn Wednesday when a Republican lawmaker who was key to the bill's passage in the Senate took off for a few vacation days. The measure would have placed a constitutional ban on marriage equality on the fall ballot. With the measure failing by two votes, the lawmaker who proposed putting the proposal on the November ballot said he will try Friday to resurrect it. With the clock running out on this year's session, conservative...
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Tuesday, May 13
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Source: Arizona Daily Sun , Arizona Daily Star , Arizona Capitol Times PHOENIX -- Efforts to put a question on the November ballot asking voters to constitutionally deny equal marriage rights to same-sex couples overcame a major roadblock Monday -- passing through a closely divided state House on a 33-25 vote. A lack of support had stalled the measure for weeks, and it appeared dead in early April. But supporters managed to drum up the votes they needed in time for a Monday morning roll call -- due in part to two Democratic crossover votes. Monday's vote sends the measure to the Senate which...
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Saturday, May 10
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Source: Arizona Republic , East Valley Tribune Scottsdale, Ariz. -- A dance club here that was once the subject of a high-profile discrimination complaint by a trans woman who was kicked out has now become what Arizona Republic calls "the Valley's premier club for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community." It's become one of only two gay clubs in the college town that borders Phoenix. With its new name and outreach to the LGBT community, Club Forbidden has attracted overflow crowds each weekend. Long lines are a regular feature of the club. On a Saturday night a Republic...
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Saturday, April 26
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Source: Providence Journal , Arizona Republic , Rochester Democrat and Chronicle , Modesto Bee , Seattle Times , Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum The school's namesake peak overlooks the entrance to Mount Si High in Snoqualmie, WA. Only about 100 anti-gay demonstrators showed up at the school Friday, despite a month of promotion of the demonstration by national anti-gay groups. seaQwa photo: Robin Evans Throughout the country yesterday, tens of thousands of students at thousands of schools quietly observed a day dedicated to tolerance and respect. A few of the students who participated in yesterday's...
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Wednesday, April 23
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Source: Yuma Sun , Associated Press via Tucson Citizen PHOENIX - Foes of gay marriage won a crucial victory Tuesday in the Arizona House. Without comment, lawmakers gave preliminary approval to a bill reviving a measure that would constitutionally define marriage as solely between one man and one woman. The original proposal was jettisoned by supporters earlier this month after the House amended it over their wishes to also include new rights for unmarried couples. A final House roll-call vote on the new version of the bill will send SCR 1042 to the Senate. The procedure used this time by supporters...
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Friday, April 11
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Source: East Valley Tribune State lawmakers are going to get another chance to decide whether voters should have a chance to ban gay marriage. By a 6-4 margin, the House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to constitutionally define marriage in Arizona as being solely between one man and one woman. SCR1042 now goes to the full House. Lawmakers there approved the bill a week earlier — but not before Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, tacked on an amendment to also guarantee certain rights to unmarried couples living together, whether gay or straight, like inheritance and hospital visitation. That made...
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Saturday, April 05
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Source: Arizona Star , Arizona Sun , Associated Press via KVOA An effort to amend the Arizona constitution to ban same-sex marriage was derailed Thursday in the state Legislature, dealing a shocking defeat to anti-gay activists and legislators who thought a November vote on the issue was assured. Qnews update: Arizona House puts marriage limitation bill back on track (4/23) Opponents in the House of Representatives changed the measure to tie it to expanded legal rights for domestic partners, causing most Republicans to withdraw their support. Barbara McCullough-Jones, president of gay rights group...
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Tuesday, April 01
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Source: Associated Press via CNBC , AP via Arisona Star , AP via Arizona Sun PHOENIX -- A panel in Arizona, where voters once turned down a constitutional ban on gay marriage, approved a plan Tuesday to provide taxpayer-subsidized health coverage for the domestic partners of state employees and retirees. The Governor's Regulatory Review Council, which has the final say over many agencies' proposed rules, voted 4-0 to approve changes floated by the Department of Administration with support from Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat. Some Republican legislators opposed the move. Dependents of...
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Saturday, March 08
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Source: Arizona Republic Like a lot of baby boomers, gay and lesbian retirees are looking for a safe, fun place to live out their autumn years. But Arizona's retirement offerings might not cut it for many, because of a lack of like-minded residents or a fear of coming out to the neighbors. Out Properties LLC, a St. Louis development firm, hopes to change that by marketing a unique lifestyle to this niche group it calls "gayby boomers," or gay baby boomers. It plans to build a resort community, Marigold Creek, in Surprise catering to gay retirees. It will sit on 32 acres on and will...
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Thursday, February 21
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Source: Arizona Star , Associated Press A renewed effort to strengthen the existing state ban on gay marriage is pressuring Arizona politicians to take an election-year stand on a subject some might rather avoid. Despite the reluctance of some to address the issue, the proposed ballot measure to impose a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage is advancing at the Legislature. Approvals by House and Senate committees means the proposed amendment could be considered by the full chambers as early as next week. If it passes it would appear on the state's November ballot. After the attention the...
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Tuesday, February 12
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Source: Arizona Republic , Associated Press , and Tucson Citizen Phoenix -- Voters may be asked to ban gay marriage in Arizona . . . again. The Republican leaders of both the House and the Senate introduced measures Monday to place a constitutional amendment on the fall ballot that defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. A Democrat in the state Senate, meanwhile, has introduced a measure that she says would support equal rights among all Arizona residents by extending marriage benefits to same-sex couples. Joined by several other Democratic lawmakers at a Monday news conference...
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Friday, February 08
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Source: Rocky Mountain News , Christian Post , and TruthWinsOut press release A team appointed to oversee Ted Haggard's "spiritual restoration" after scandal forced him to end his ministry at New Life Church has agreed to his request to end their oversight of his recovery program. New Life Church issued a statement Tuesday saying it believes that the termination of the relationship is premature, but would not say why. Earlier in the process, church leaders had said they assumed that Haggard's recovery could take several years. The Colorado Springs evangelical congregation that...
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Thursday, January 31
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Source: Arizona Republic Public response has been widely supportive of a plan to expand state benefits to domestic partners of state employees, judging from roughly 1,400 e-mails, letters and faxes received by the Arizona Department of Administration. Department spokesman Alan Ecker called it "an extraordinary amount of comment" that was received by the agency during a 30-day window allowed for public response to the proposal late last year. In short, it would allow state employees with domestic partners, gay or straight, to claim the same benefits as married couples. The biggest benefit...
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Wednesday, January 02
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Source: Associated Press via AZCentral.com and KTAR Phoenix (AP) Hundreds of Arizonans reportedly have filed comments in support of a proposal to provide domestic partner benefits to state government employees and retirees. [see Qnews summary ] Equality Arizona, a gay-rights advocacy group, said Wednesday that it knew of at 672 comments in support of the proposal. Most were e-mails sent to the state through Equality Arizona but others were letters sent directly to the state, the group said. Supporters say the benefits change proposed by Gov. Janet Napolitano's administration director is a fairness...
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Tuesday, January 01
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Source: MSNBC Pheonix (East Valley Tribune) An organization whose stated goals include "restoring traditional moral principles'' to government policies is challenging the move by the administration of Gov. Janet Napolitano to extend health care and other benefits to the domestic partners of state and university employees. In objections filed Monday with the state, the Center for Arizona Policy contends the proposal violates both the state constitution and various statutes. Peter Gentala, the organization's legal counsel, said the question of who does -- and does not -- get benefits...
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Saturday, December 29
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Source: East Valley Tribune and Arizona Republic Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Anderson’s Fifth Estate, which had a 25-year run as a downtown Scottsdale nightclub and was most recently known for its ban on transgendered patrons, is now a gay dance club. Club Forbidden will open its doors tonight in the same building that once housed the rock, comedy and dance club at 6820 E. Fifth Ave. “This will be more like a New York nightclub and I couldn’t do that under Anderson’s Fifth Estate,” owner Tom Anderson said. Anderson, who recently lifted his ban on transgendered customers and settled a discrimination dispute...
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Wednesday, December 26
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Source: East Valley Tribune State health officials are spending $100,000 largely to tell gay men to get tested and, if necessary, treated for syphilis. The cash from the state’s Health Crisis Fund, authorized by Gov. Janet Napolitano, comes after what she said is an increase in cases of the sexually transmitted disease. In particular, the governor said the number of cases in Maricopa County (Phoenix/Tempe area) for the first six months of 2007 is 25 times higher than it was seven years earlier. "The gay community, especially in Maricopa County, is where the bulk of the epidemic is now,"...
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Wednesday, December 05
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Source: Arizona Republic SCOTTSDALE - After hearing emotional testimony from both sides of a controversial issue, the Scottsdale City Council on Tuesday narrowly voted to extend the city's equal employment protection to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. "I see there is a need for doing this, absolutely," said Councilwoman Betty Drake, who was part of the 4-3 majority to revise the city's employment code. "I think it all boils down to leadership." Councilmen Jim Lane, Ron MCullagh and Tony Nelssen voted against the move, saying that it would be expensive...
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Tuesday, November 13
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Source: MSNBC Scottsdale, Ariz. (East Valley Tribune) Scottsdale's Human Relations Commission received an update Monday on three proposals meant to extend legal protections to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered in Scottsdale. Neal Shearer, assistant city manager, said the city's Personnel Board is slated Monday to consider a proposal to add protections for GLBT city employees. After that, a City Council discussion would be scheduled for Dec. 4 or Dec. 11 on that proposal and two others: one to prohibit the city from contracting with groups that violate city anti-discrimination...
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Thursday, October 25
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Source: Arizona Republic Phoenix should create a domestic partner registry to ensure hospital visitation and other rights for gay and lesbian couples, City Council candidates said at a debate Wednesday night. Laura Pastor and Michael Nowakowski, who are running against one another to represent southwest Phoenix, expressed broad support for gay rights at a forum organized by Equality Arizona. In response to questions, Pastor and Nowakowski said they would support a domestic partnership registry modeled after one established by Tucson in September 2003. Tucson's registry, which is open to all...
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