OHIO'S AIDS WALKS 4 CITIES ICTURE IN 2 DAYS DHIO LGBT SPORTS EAMS MEN STAGE 2015 qmunity The Month in Marriage; Man Admits Attack; Prosecutor Denies Hate Crime Alabama: Finally, a sane public official in Wisconsin: How has marriage equality af­ Alabama. Madison County Circuit Judge fected life in Wisconsin? Not at all, according felonious assault and aggravated robbery Karen Hall, who last year said she didn't have to 70 percent of people in a March poll by against Candice Rose Milligan, who suffered a the power to grant a divorce to a lesbian cou­ Public Policy Polling. Twelve percent said the fractured jaw and skull and needed two sur­ ple who had married in Iowa, approved the impact has been positive, while 18 percent geries after the attack. women's request on March 12. said the impact has been negative. Milligan was attacked by three men and has Nebraska: The state's 2000 marriage ban Nationwide: A national poll in 2004 said she was called by a derogatory name, but was struck down on March 2 by US District showed just 30 percent of Americans sup­ Assistant Lucas County Prosecutor Claudia Judge Joseph Bataillon, but weddings are on ported marriage equality, while 60 percent Ford told The Blade of Toledo that Temple did hold until a May hearing by the 8th US Court opposed. A March poll by NBC News and the not express hatred toward LGBT people when of Appeals. Wall Street Journal found the opposite: 59 he was interviewed by police. percent support, and 33 against. Oklahoma: Weren't we supposed to be Ford told the newspaper: "I don't know that the ones who destroyed marriage? Conserva­ 2016 Politics: Forget that speculation A Toledo man faces up to 19 years in prison this was a hate crime." Ohio law doesn't ad­ tives in the state House voted 67-24 in favor that likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush is when he's sentenced for his part in a Novem­ dress hate crimes based on a victims gender of a bill to end government-sanctioned mar­ staking out LGBT-friendly ground in the Re­ ber 2014 attack against a transgender woman identity or sexual orientation, but members of riage. It would put religious groups in charge publican field. "I believe in traditional mar­ on a Downtown street in broad daylight. the Toledo City Council asked the US Justice of issuing licenses. riage," he told a conservative gathering. Department to investigate the attack as a fed­ Christopher Temple pleaded guilty in March to eral hate crime. Texas: Conservative leaders and lawmak­ Peru: A committee of the federal legislature ers sliced a wedding cake to celebrate the killed a bill that would have allowed same- 10th - and most likely last - anniversary of sex couples to enter into civil unions. The de­ Dayton Billboards Promote LGBT Issues the state's marriage ban. bate was marked by a Catholic bishop's name-calling: Monsignor Luis Bambaren More than 300,000 people driving through called openly gay lawmaker Carlos Bruce a Dayton on 1-75 have been getting a greeting Utah: Although they vow to uphold the law, maricon, or "faggot," in Peruvian media. from Have a Gay Day over the last month. government officials would be able to refuse to marry people they don't like under a bill Michael Knote, whose Facebook page has be­ approved by the state Senate. Slovenia: Lawmakers voted 51-28 on come a worldwide lifeline for young LGBT peo­ March 3 for marriage equality and the right of same-sex couples to adopt children. ple, raised $1,700 from supporters in three days to pay for 13 messages on a digital bill­ board seen by drivers headed north and south Ohio's Gay Games Were Most Profitable Ever on the interstate. 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