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		<title>Front page gay kiss photo causes decrease in Washington Post subscriptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Washington Post says more than two dozen people have canceled their subscriptions over a photo of two men kissing that ran on the front page.
The photo was taken last Wednesday, the first day same-sex couples could apply for marriage licenses in Washington, and ran in the newspaper the next day.
The paper&#8217;s ombudsman, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV ‘nightmare’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(AP) &#8212; Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV “nightmare,” the United Nations’ AIDS agency chief warned Monday.
Michel Sidibe appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international financing institution. He said that cuts in donations will decrease the availability of free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where In the World Is HB 4192!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background
You may be asking yourself, what exactly is &#8220;HB 4192,&#8221; and that&#8217;s okay, because up until about a year ago when Speak Equal was first born, many of us who are now supporting this effort were asking the same question. 
So, before we launch into an in-depth discussion of HB 4192, it&#8217;s merits, and why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addicting Game: Rat Maze</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RatMaze 2
Have you ever wondered what it&#8217;s like to be a rat in a science experiment? Except this time, we&#8217;re not giving you steroids! You just need to collect letters while eating chees and what we assume is powdered sugar.	
*yawn* Why work when you can play!?
Addicting Game: Rat Maze originally appeared on Speak Equal on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s My Mouth, and I Can Hate If I Want To</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/hate-speech-is-their-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is entering an emotionally charged dispute between the grieving father of a Marine who died in Iraq and the anti-gay protesters who picket military funerals with inflammatory messages like &#8220;Thank God for dead soldiers.&#8221;
The court agreed Monday to consider whether the protesters&#8217; message, no matter how provocative or upsetting, is protected by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musings: Tolerance vs. Acceptance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking, in a random sort of way, about the difference between Tolerance and Acceptance.
First the difference &#8211; to use a couple of trivial examples: I ACCEPT that Beloved, despite being the ripe old age of 28, still decides to dye his hair colours that would make a hippie gasp, it&#8217;s part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; gets more confusing with ruling on gay Air Force officer</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/dont-ask-dont-tell-gets-more-confusing-with-ruling-on-gay-air-force-officer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pressing legal reality for the “don’t ask, don’t tell” standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already struck down the way it’s practiced in much of the Western United States.
The 2008 ruling, while largely overlooked, would force the military to apply a much higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WATCH LIVE: First D.C. Marriages Streamed Live via HRC Ustream!</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/d-c-marriage-live/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/d-c-marriage-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free live streaming by Ustream
Tuesday, March 9th marks the first day that same-sex couples in the District of Columbia will be able to marry. The Human Rights Campaign is hosting three ceremonies at our DC headquarters building and will be broadcast here live.
Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend
Officiant: Rev. David K. North, Pastor of Holy Redeemer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is precisely why Michigan needs laws allowing second parent adoption</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/this-is-precisely-why-michigan-needs-laws-allowing-second-parent-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/this-is-precisely-why-michigan-needs-laws-allowing-second-parent-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Detroit Free Press reported today, the heart-breaking story of a jilted mother frantically fighting for the right to see the children she has supported and loved unconditionally. 
According to a study conducted by the UCLA School of Law, more than 22,000 same-sex couples lived in Michigan in 2007, and 18% of them were raising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elton John to perform in Grand Rapids for the first time in over 11 years</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/elton-john-to-perform-in-grand-rapids-for-the-first-time-in-over-11-years/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/elton-john-to-perform-in-grand-rapids-for-the-first-time-in-over-11-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elton John is to appear live in Grand Rapids in April. Although no stranger to Michigan, this will be the first time in eleven years that Elton has played a concert in Grand Rapids. The concert will take place on Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8PM at the Van Andel Arena. Elton and his band will [...]]]></description>
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