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Newsprints is a weekly TNG feature looking back on the GLBT-relevant headlines and opinions from the last week.

Federal Stories:

• Same-sex marriage opinions by age and state: Yglesias, 11/9/2009.
• House version of health bill is gay inclusive: Edge Boston, 11/9/2009.
• LGBTs boycott DNC: The Atlantic, 11/9/2009.
• Study builds case for DADT repeal: Boston Globe, 11/9/2009.
• AMA: Gov’t policies hazardous to gay health: Houston Chronicle, 11/10/2009.
• After Maine, battle lines on gay marriage harden: Time, 11/10/2009.
• DADT repeal likely to be part of defense bill: The Advocate, 11/11/2009.
• Changing your name after marriage when you’re gay: NY Times, 11/13/2009.

News from Around the Nation:

• (IN) Gay couple banned from Wal-Mart after false shoplifting allegation: South Bend Tribune, 11/2/2009.
• (NJ) Activists call for gay marriage vote: On Top Magazine, 11/8/2009.
• (DC) A quiet voice for gay marriage: Washington Post, 11/8/2009.
• (NY) No guarantee of gay marriage vote: The Advocate, 11/9/2009.
• (WA) R-71 backers: No marriage push in 2010: The Advocate, 11/9/2009.
• (MO) KC Chiefs cut Running Back after gay slurs: USA Today, 11/9/2009.
• (MI) House bill would overturn ban on gay marriage: Kalamazoo Gazette, 11/9/2009.
• (NY) Senate will vote on gay marriage by year’s end: Newsday, 11/10/2009.
• (NJ) No consensus between Democrats on gay marriage bill: WNYC, 11/10/2009.
• (AL) Prom canceled due to lesbian couple: The Advocate, 11/10/2009.
• (RI) Gov. vetoes gay funeral rights: On Top Magazine, 11/11/2009.
• (DC) Marriage vote set for December 1: Washington Blade, 11/11/2009.
• (AR) Arkansas 10-year-old won’t pledge allegiance until gays gain equality: Edge Boston, 11/11/2009.
• (DC) Catholic Church threatens to stop feeding the homeless over gay marriage: Huffington Post, 11/12/2009.
• (OH) Legislator pushes to allow gay marriages: Columbus Dispatch, 11/12/2009.
• (DC) DC Council moves toward revised marriage bill, religious exemption: Metro Weekly, 11/12/2009.
• (UT) Mormon church backs Salt Lake City’s gay rights ordinances: Wall Street Journal, 11/12/2009.
• (OH) Ohio Episcopalians OK gay unions: The Advocate, 11/12/2009.
• (RI) Gov. open to DP law: The Advocate, 11/13/2009.
• (CT) One year later: 2,291 same-sex marriages: Connecticut Post, 11/13/2009.
• (NY) Gay marriage do-over Tuesday?: NY Daily News, 11/13/2009.
• (NJ) Lawmaker: gay marriage bill might not get vote: Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/13/2009.

International News:

• Australian Senator calls for conscience vote on gay marriage: The Australian, 11/9/2009.
• French lesbian adopts after decade in court: The Advocate, 11/10/2009.
• Gay unions made legal in Australian territory: Telegraph, 11/11/2009.
• (Australia) Record submissions for gay marriage bill: AAP, 11/12/2009.
• Argentinian judge rules for gay marriage: The Advocate, 11/13/2009.

Opinions and Editorials:

• The day of same-sex marriage is still on its way: Seacoast Online, 11/8/2009.
• Echoes of 1978 in Maine: Open Left, 11/9/2009.
• Catholic officials shouldn’t forsake DC’s poor in marriage fight: Washington Post, 11/13/2009.

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