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		<itunes:subtitle>Daily podcast of world headlines from a GLBT perspective</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Big Gay News with Bradley Traynor is a daily 5-10 minute podcast covering world headlines from a GLBT perspective, produced by Minneapolis-based Lavender Media (lavendermagazine.com, wandawisdom.com).  [gay, news, headlines, queer, glbt, homosexual, queercast, sexuality, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, LGBT]</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Big Gay News for Thursday, Jul 09 2009</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/big-gay-news-for-thursday-jul-09-2009/3120</link>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Top Headlines
Men Kicked out of Mexican Restaurant for Kissing
Maine’s Gay Marriage Opponents Say They Have Signatures to Force Vote
GM Removes ‘Tasteless’ Gay-Themed Camaro...]]></content:encoded>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Today's Top Headlines

Men Kicked out of Mexican Restaurant for Kissing
Mainersquo;s Gay Marriage Opponents Say They Have Signatures to Force Vote
GM Removes lsquo;Tastelessrsquo; Gay-Themed Camaro Videos
Brandon ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Today's Top Headlines

Men Kicked out of Mexican Restaurant for Kissing
Mainersquo;s Gay Marriage Opponents Say They Have Signatures to Force Vote
GM Removes lsquo;Tastelessrsquo; Gay-Themed Camaro Videos
Brandon McInerney Offered Plea Deal in Gay Murder Case
Gay Legal Groups Want In On Prop 8 Case

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		<title>Gay Legal Groups Want In On Prop 8 Case</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/gay-legal-groups-want-in-on-prop-8-case/3119</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Three gay-friendly legal groups have asked to be part of a federal lawsuit challenging California&#8217;s same-sex marriage ban — a request that drew an icy reception from the activists behind the...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brandon McInerney Offered Plea Deal in Gay Murder Case</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/brandon-mcinerney-offered-plea-deal-in-gay-murder-case/3118</link>
		<comments>http://biggaynews.com/brandon-mcinerney-offered-plea-deal-in-gay-murder-case/3118#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Prosecutors say they have offered a plea deal to a 15-year-old boy charged with fatally shooting a gay student in an Oxnard classroom.  The Ventura County district attorney&#8217;s office says...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>GM Removes ‘Tasteless’ Gay-Themed Camaro Videos</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/gm-removes-tasteless-gay-themed-camaro-videos/3117</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[General Motors ordered all the videos created in conjunction with its recent Chevrolet Gay Day at the Movies promotion be removed from You Tube today after the footage was revealed on Drive On. ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Maine’s Gay Marriage Opponents Say They Have Signatures to Force Vote</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/maines-gay-marriage-opponents-say-they-have-signatures-to-force-vote/3116</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Organizers of a people&#8217;s veto campaign to repeal Maine&#8217;s new same-sex marriage law say they&#8217;ve gathered enough signatures to get the measure on the November ballot.  But the Stand...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Men Kicked out of Mexican Restaurant for Kissing</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/men-kicked-out-of-mexican-restaurant-for-kissing/3115</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two gay men kissed at a Chico&#8217;s Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster.  Civil-rights lawyers say the security staff was out of line....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Big Gay News for Wednesday, Jul 08 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Massachusetts Sues U.S. Over Gay Marriage Rights
Hindu Guru Claims Homosexuality Can Be ‘Cured’ by Yoga
Canadian Tourism Minister Punished for Funding Gay Pride
Long Beach...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Massachusetts Sues U.S. Over Gay Marriage Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Massachusetts&#8217; attorney general filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the U.S. government that seeks federal marriage benefits for about 16,000 gay and lesbian couples who have legally wed in...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Long Beach Considers Equal Benefits Rule for Local Companies</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/long-beach-considers-equal-benefits-rule-for-local-companies/3112</link>
		<comments>http://biggaynews.com/long-beach-considers-equal-benefits-rule-for-local-companies/3112#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[First District City Councilman Robert Garcia wants to encourage the city of Long Beach to seek contracts with companies that offer equal spousal benefits packages for straight and gay employees. ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Canadian Tourism Minister Punished for Funding Gay Pride</title>
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		<comments>http://biggaynews.com/canadian-tourism-minister-punished-for-funding-gay-pride/3111#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Federal Tourism Minister Diane Ablonczy has given up responsibility for overseeing a major stimulus fund that sparked controversy in Conservative Party ranks after it gave $400,000 to a Toronto gay...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hindu Guru Claims Homosexuality Can Be ‘Cured’ by Yoga</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/hindu-guru-claims-homosexuality-can-be-cured-by-yoga/3110</link>
		<comments>http://biggaynews.com/hindu-guru-claims-homosexuality-can-be-cured-by-yoga/3110#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The television guru whose yoga programmes are watched by an estimated 85 million people throughout the world, made the claim in an appeal to the overturn a ruling last week which legalised...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Big Gay News for Tuesday, Jul 07 2009</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/big-gay-news-for-tuesday-jul-07-2009/3109</link>
		<comments>http://biggaynews.com/big-gay-news-for-tuesday-jul-07-2009/3109#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Top Five Headlines
Gay Marriage Bill Takes Effect in D.C.
Maryland Governor Open to Recognizing Gay Marriages
West Virginia Lawmakers to Study Gay Marriage Ban
‘Homophobic’ Pastor May...]]></content:encoded>
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Gay Marriage Bill Takes Effect in D.C.
Maryland Governor Open to Recognizing Gay Marriages
West Virginia Lawmakers to Study Gay Marriage Ban
lsquo;Homophobicrsquo; Pastor May ...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Today's Top Five Headlines

Gay Marriage Bill Takes Effect in D.C.
Maryland Governor Open to Recognizing Gay Marriages
West Virginia Lawmakers to Study Gay Marriage Ban
lsquo;Homophobicrsquo; Pastor May Be Appointed to Chicago City Council
Orthodox Anglicans Wonrsquo;t Leave Church of England

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		<title>Orthodox Anglicans Won’t Leave Church of England</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/orthodox-anglicans-wont-leave-church-of-england/3108</link>
		<comments>http://biggaynews.com/orthodox-anglicans-wont-leave-church-of-england/3108#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Conservative Anglicans, who oppose the Church of England&#8217;s stand on issues such as gay clergy, on Monday ruled out formally breaking away from the mainstream as a group has done in the United...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>West Virginia Lawmakers to Study Gay Marriage Ban</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/west-virginia-lawmakers-to-study-gay-marriage-ban/3107</link>
		<comments>http://biggaynews.com/west-virginia-lawmakers-to-study-gay-marriage-ban/3107#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A proposal to constitutionally ban gay marriage went nowhere in the Legislature this year, but that isn&#8217;t stopping lawmakers from studying it.  A public hearing has been scheduled for July 14...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>‘Homophobic’ Pastor May Be Appointed to Chicago City Council</title>
		<link>http://biggaynews.com/homophobic-pastor-may-be-appointed-to-chicago-city-council/3106</link>
		<comments>http://biggaynews.com/homophobic-pastor-may-be-appointed-to-chicago-city-council/3106#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Traynor</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rev. Wilfredo De Jesus is praised for Latino activism but criticized for his stance on gay issues.  The amens in full force, the choir in full throated glory, Rev. Wilfredo De Jesus takes the pulpit...]]></content:encoded>
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