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		<title>DADT unconstitutional, says federal judge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor@keennewsservice.com (Lisa Keen)</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A U.S. District Court judge in California Thursday declared the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy unconstitutional, saying it violates both the First and Fifth Amendments.<br/>
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		<title>California Supreme Court says no to appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor@keennewsservice.com (Lisa Keen)</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The California Supreme Court Wednesday night denied a petition from a conservative group seeking to force California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to participate in an appeal of the Proposition 8 case.<br/>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger Won’t Appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor@keennewsservice.com (Lisa Keen)</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told the state supreme court today that he has decided not to appeal the Proposition 8 court decision to the 9th Circuit.<br/>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger under pressure from Republicans to defend Prop 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor@keennewsservice.com (Lisa Keen)</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Supporters of Proposition 8 this month conjured up the ghost of Ronald Reagan to defend the voter-approved state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. But, so far, it hasn’t worked.<br/>
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		<title>Hospital visitation regs: Lambda wants to close the loopholes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor@keennewsservice.com (Lisa Keen)</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Equality in hospital visitation policies is not a controversial issue. That’s what seems apparent from the 427 comments received during the just ended public comment period on the proposed regulation to implement President Obama’s hospital visitation memorandum.<br/>
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		<title>Gay Rep among wealthiest in Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Openly Gay U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) is the seventh wealthiest member of Congress, according to a report this week by The Hill, a newspaper specializing in coverage of Capitol Hill and its lawmakers.<br/>
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		<title>Keen News Service Podcast, 8/27/2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor@keennewsservice.com (Lisa Keen)</dc:creator>
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		<title>Former RNC chair comes out</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman acknowledged publicly this week that he is gay. Mehlman was a close colleague of President George W. Bush’s political architect Karl Rove.<br/>
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		<title>Keen News Service Podcast, 8/20/2010</title>
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