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Newsprints is a weekly feature on TNG looking at the GLBT-relevant headlines from the past week.

Local Stories: Washington Area

• Gay Man’s Alleged Killer Faces Misdemeanor Charge: Washington Blade, 7/16/09.

Federal Stories

• Obama Wants Quick ‘Change,’ Not ‘Repeal’ of DADT: Huffington Post, 7/13/09.
• Why Won’t the NAACP Officially Support Gay Marriage: Queerty, 7/13/09.
• Can a Gay Bishop Speak for God? Who Says a Call is True?: USA Today, 7/13/09.
• Reid Backs Plan to Repeal DADT Policy: NY Times, 7/14/09.
• Episcopal Church, at Anaheim Conference Moves to End Ban on Gay Bishops: LA Times, 7/14/09.
• Bill Clinton Now Supports Gay Marriage: SF Chronicle, 7/14/09.
• NAACP Weighs Support of Gays Who Want to Marry: SF Chronicle, 7/16/09.
• California Removed from Federal Gay Marriage Case: AP, 7/16/09.
• Episcopal Leaders Affirm New Policy on Same-Sex Blessings: LA Times, 7/18/09.
• ‘Silent Partner’ Examines What Happens When People Don’t Tell: LA Times, 7/18/09.
• After Gay Okay, Pat Robertson Supports Episcopal Demise: On Top Magazine, 7/19/09.

News from Around the Nation

• (ME) Catholic Church Seeks to Derail Maine Gay Marriage: Examiner, 7/13/09.
• (ME) Focus on the Family Discusses Role in Maine Gay Marriage Referendum: Everyday Christian, 7/13/09.
• (IA) Poll: Most Voters Want Say on Same-Sex Marriages: Quad City Times, 7/13/09.
• (CA) Gay-Rights Coalition Urges Measured Pace on Same-Sex Marriage Amendment: LA Times, 7/13/09.
• (WV) West Virginia Lawmakers to Hear Both Sides on Gay Marriage Issue: Charleston Daily Mail, 7/14/09.
• (ME) Money Flows into Both Sides of Gay Marriage Question: Maine Public Broadcasting, 7/15/09.
• (WV) Leaders’ Views on Gay Marriage at Odds: Charleston Daily Mail, 7/15/09.
• (ME) Gay Marriage Opponents Raise Large Sums: Bangor Daily News, 7/16/09.
• (WV) Lawmakers Study Amendment Banning Gay Marriage: State Journal, 7/16/09.
• (CA) Caution Urged in Repeal of Calif. Gay Marriage Ban: San Jose Mercury News, 7/16/09.

International Stories

• Overturning of India’s Gay Sex Ban Decriminalizes 17% of World’s GLBT People: Gay and Lesbian Times, 7/16/09.
• South African Rites: NY Times, 7/16/09.
• Gays Live – and Die – in Jamaica: AP, 7/19/09.

Opinions and Editorials

• Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?: Huffington Post, 7/13/09.
• Jesus and Gay Marriage: Examiner, 7/15/09.
• Gay Marriage: What Would King Do?: CQ Politics, 7/16/09.
• Gay is Not the New Black: CNN, 7/16/09.

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