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Source: Associated Press via Kansas City Star , KTKA TV BALTIMORE -- A federal judge has issued liens against a fundamentalist Kansas church and ordered two of its members to post cash bonds while they appeal a $5 million judgment resulting from the church’s protest at a military funeral. The judge wants...

Source: Associated Press , The Oklahoman , KSBI TV Kern's anti-gay rant OKLAHOMA CITY -- More than 1,000 people rallied at the state Capitol on Wednesday in support of a state legislator who has been widely criticized for anti-gay remarks caught in a YouTube audio clip . Republican state Rep. Sally...

Source: Express Gay News and Jamaica Gleaner The leader of the Metropolitan Community Churches, a worldwide assembly of gay and lesbian congregants, is calling for an International Day of Action Feb. 14 in response to a bloody attack against three gay men in Jamaica. Rev. Nancy Wilson and leaders of...

Source: Western Herald Westboro Baptist Church, best known for its protests held at military funerals and homosexual intolerance, is set to protest Kalamazoo Central High School's production of "The Laramie Project" later this month. "The Laramie Project" is based on the life...

Source: Xtra West Homophobic remarks attributed to Sikh leader Balwant Singh Gill in The Vancouver Sun have unleashed a firestorm within the queer community, spotlighting divisions between those who say homophobia is the primary issue and others more focused on what they consider the racist response...

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...

Hutch: Qblog , Qnews Really, when you think about it, you've gotta have a bit of sympathy for Redmond's anti-gay preacher Ken Hutcherson. He competes for attention in a crowded field of anti-gay ministers and doesn't seem to make much headway. Despite his constant appeals for media attention...

Source: Winnipeg Sun Winnipeg, Manitoba -- Protecting a church means following its laws, even when doing so shuts some opinions out. That's the view of a pro-life group that successfully lobbied to reverse James Loney's invitation to speak at a Catholic social justice conference this weekend...

Source: Winnipeg Sun A gay peace activist who was once held hostage in Iraq won't be attending a Catholic conference taking place in Winnipeg this weekend after his speaking invitation was withdrawn. "I feel that at the root it's because I'm gay," said James Loney, a Roman Catholic...

Source: Everett Herald LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- About 120 protesters greeted an anti-gay religious group with signs, chants, cheers and jeers Saturday morning outside the Lynn­wood Convention Center. The colorfully dressed group made it clear that the message from the Watchmen on the Walls, monitored by...