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Friday, November 30, 2012  A California law prohibiting mental health providers from counseling gay minors on how to become straight faces its first legal test Friday.

Friday, August 03, 2012  Updated with video; Friday afternoon gay, lesbian, and same-sex marriage supporters were at Chick-Fil-A standing up for equality.

Friday, April 06, 2012  Updated with video; April is National Fair Housing Month and to kick it off the Department of Community and Economic Development is teaching residents about discrimination and new additions to the Federal and Georgia Fair Housing Acts.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011  Military portrays repeal of gay ban as business-as-usual, after months of preparation

Monday, April 18, 2011  A proposal to include gay rights in sections on civil rights in California textbooks is rankling more than a few Republicans

Monday, April 19, 2010  Justices split sharply on whether campus Christian group can exclude non-Christians

Thursday, October 22, 2009  Congress sends to president a bill that would extend hate crime protections to gays

Thursday, October 08, 2009  Congress votes to extend hate crimes to cover attacks based on sexual orientation, gender

Thursday, July 16, 2009  Senate votes to expands federal hate crimes law to cover gender, sexual orientation