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• Tuesday, March 18

  Lesbian couple married in Mass. seeks annulment in Missouri

  Source: St. Joseph News-Press , Associated Press via Boston Herald , KY3 TV ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - A lesbian’s request for an annulment from her lesbian partner has created a legal quandary for a circuit judge. Missouri doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages from other states. Charisse Sparks and Janet Peters Mauceri Sparks married each other in Boston three years ago and moved to Missouri shortly thereafter. Late last year, Charisse Sparks went to Buchanan County Circuit Court to dissolve the marriage. The filing is a legal challenge in a state that voted overwhelmingly four years ago to limit marriage... Posted Mar 18 2008, 11:58 AM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: marriage equality, law, state:MA, state:RI, state:MO

• Thursday, December 13

  On appeal, Westboro Baptist wins right to picket GI funerals in one state

  Source: Gay City News Score one for the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church of the Reverend Fred Phelps in its ongoing struggle to bring to America the "good news" that "God Hates Fags" and is punishing America for the "sin of homosexuality" by killing U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. On December 6, reversing a ruling by a federal trial judge, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, based in St. Louis and St. Paul, ruled that church member Shirley Phelps-Roper is entitled to a preliminary injunction, barring enforcement of... Posted Dec 13 2007, 09:10 AM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: religion, activism, law, bigotry, state:MO

• Wednesday, November 21

  Missouri's first out lesbian representative offers advice to would-be politicians

  Source: Vital Voice State Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford officially announced her reelection campaign at an all-you-can eat spaghetti fund raiser sponsored by Show Me Equality (SME) on June 11 at St. John’s Episcopal Church. "Naturally, SME is very proud she announced her intentions with us," said Barbara Woodruff, founding member of the St. Louis based organization which promotes equal rights for all Missourians through proactive non-violent means. SME was founded following the August 2004 passage of the Missouri Marriage Amendment banning same sex unions in the state Constitution... Posted Nov 21 2007, 04:05 PM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: politics, state:MO

• Thursday, November 01

  Readers protest paper's engagement announcement for gay couple

  Source: Associated Press via Editor & Publisher (AP) Three advertisers are pulling their business from a Warrensburg, Missouri newspaper and several readers are threatening to cancel their subscriptions after the publication of a same-sex engagement announcement. For John Scott Jr., 29, and Elijah Davidson, 29, asking The Daily Star-Journal in Warrensburg to run a photo and announcement of their Nov. 13 commitment ceremony was all about equality. “I want people to know that he makes me happy, and all we want is to be happy just like straight couples,” Davidson, of Warrensburg, said during a... Posted Nov 01 2007, 11:42 AM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: media, marriage equality, state:MO

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