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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:

• Senate passes hate-crimes bill: Windy City Times, 10/28/2009.
• Obama edges forward on gay issues: Ends HIV travel ban, Reauthorizes Ryan White Act: Edge Boston, 10/30/2009.
• Pat Robertson: Hate crimes bill a ‘noose around the necks of Christians’: 365Gay.com, 11/3/2009.
• Report: Gay couples similar to straight spouses: AP, 11/3/2009.
• Gay rights rebuke may change approach: NY Times, 11/4/2009.
• Congress’ commitment to DADT in question: The Hill, 11/4/2009.
• Gay groups say loss won’t alter strategy: Washington Post, 11/5/2009.
• Are same-sex couples better parents?: NY Times, 11/6/2009.
• Why gay marriage is such a big deal: American Chronicle, 11/8/2009.

News from Around the Nation:

• (NY) Gov. says gay marriage bill will pass in NY: Goshen Chronicle, 10/30/2009.
• (OR) Group takes first step to repeal gay marriage ban: The Advocate, 11/2/2009.
• (DC) Gay marriage hearing interrupted by ‘I do’: The Advocate, 11/2/2009.
• (MI) School board rescinds ban on LGBT display at high school: Argus-Press, 11/3/2009.
• (WA) Should signers of anti-gay rights petition be exposed?: CBS News, 11/3/2009.
• (WI) State Supreme Court hears arguments on gay marriage amendment: Journal Sentinel, 11/3/2009.
• (ME) GLAD: Future of gay marriage in Maine is bright ‘no matter what’: Bay Windows, 11/3/2009.
• (LA) Justice who refused interracial marriages quits: NY Times, 11/3/2009.
• (WI) State Supreme Court rejects gay rights challenge: KSTP, 11/4/2009.
• (NY) Cabbie ejects gay couple for hug: NY Post, 11/4/2009.
• Gay wins in NC, Detroit, Florida: Edge Boston, 11/4/2009.
• (ME) Maine voters narrowly repeal gay marriage law: NY Times, 11/4/2009.
• (NY) Gay marriage hope fading in Empire State: The Advocate, 11/4/2009.
• (ME) Backers of same-sex marriage pledge to keep up Maine fight: Boston Globe, 11/4/2009.
• (MI) State lawmaker pushes for same-sex marriage in Michigan: The Detroit News, 11/4/2009.
• (NJ) GOP victory in New Jersey ensures focus on gay marriage: Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/4/2009.
• (NH) Conservatives see opportunity to veto gay marriage in NH: WMUR, 11/4/2009.
• (DC) Gay marriage debate may have motivated attacks: WTOP, 11/5/2009.
• (IA) Campaign brews for gay marriage repeal vote: KCCI, 11/5/2009.
• (WA) Voters approve Referendum 71: Bay Windows, 11/6/2009.
• (CA) Poll: Californians say no more gay marriage votes: LA Times, 11/6/2009.

International News:

• US slams new Ugandan anti-gay bill: AFP, 10/29/2009.
• Argentine congress considers same-sex marriage: AP, 10/31/2009.
• Thousands march in Taipei for gay rights: AFP, 11/1/2009.
• UN Human Rights Committee blasts Russia’s treatment of gays: Bay Windows, 11/6/2009.
• Government threatens to close Turkish gay group: Bay Windows, 11/6/2009.

Opinions and Editorials:

• The arc of justice: Open Left, 11/4/2009.
• Maine is not wrong, America is: The Advocate, 11/4/2009.
• The time for equal rights for gays is now: LA Times, 11/5/2009.
• Gay marriage ‘Bradley Effect’: American Spectator, 11/5/2009.
• Gay apartheid outs the other side of an otherwise great nation: Huffington Post, 11/5/2009.
• Obama and gay rights: Forgetting the lessons of the campaign: Huffington Post, 11/5/2009.
• The question remains, not if, but when?: Gay and Lesbian Times, 11/5/2009.
• Same-sex marriage and the meaning of words: Huffington Post, 11/5/2009.
• For young Obama voters, the thrill is gone: Baltimore Sun, 11/6/2009.
• Our first federal victory: Southern Voice, 11/6/2009.
• Maine’s gay marriage fight should not end with defeat: Seacoast Online, 11/6/2009.
• Keeping the same-sex marriage defeat in Maine in perspective: Huffington Post, 11/6/2009.

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