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Updates from LGBTQ Nation The Nation's Most Followed Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer News Source Own a business, or provide a service? Get listed in our Business / Service Directory. In the 05/24/2014 edition: Report: Marriage equality could add $92 million to Pa. economy over 3 years Group blasts Utah governor for calling gay marriage the foundation of ‘anarchy’ - Gov. Herbert 'is uneducated ... on current scientific positions in regard to human sexuality' Voters in Pocatello, Id., reject effort to overturn ban on LGBT discrimination With an eye on the right side of history, judges nix same-sex marriage bans Teachers criticize Catholic school contracts that regulate their private lives One state left: Same-sex marriage battle could be coming to North Dakota Report: Marriage equality could add $92 million to Pa. economy over 3 years May 24, 2014 04:00 pm As same-sex couples in Pennsylvania celebrate a judge's ruling striking down the state's gay marriage ban, a new report finds that marriage equality could add as much as $92 million to the state's economy. Read in browser »   Group blasts Utah governor for calling gay marriage the foundation of ‘anarchy’ - Gov. Herbert 'is uneducated ... on current scientific positions in regard to human sexuality' May 24, 2014 03:00 pm SALT LAKE CITY — A gay rights organization is calling on Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to apologize for suggesting homosexuality is a choice and for calling decisions by other state leaders to not defend same-sex marriage bans the "next step to anarchy." Read in browser »   Voters in Pocatello, Id., reject effort to overturn ban on LGBT discrimination May 24, 2014 01:00 pm POCATELLO, Idaho -- Voters in Pocatello, Idaho, handed gay rights advocates a narrow victory this week when they rejected a ballot referendum to overturn the city's LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance. Read in browser »   With an eye on the right side of history, judges nix same-sex marriage bans May 24, 2014 10:30 am Robert Shelby, a former Army combat engineer, knocked over the first domino. As a U.S. district judge — appointed in 2012 by President Barack Obama with support from Utah's two conservative Republican senators — Shelby ruled last December that the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Read in browser »   Teachers criticize Catholic school contracts that regulate their private lives May 24, 2014 10:00 am OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Roman Catholic Dioceses in Oakland and Cincinnati have come under fire for new morality clauses that require teachers to conform to church teachings in their private lives. Read in browser »   One state left: Same-sex marriage battle could be coming to North Dakota May 24, 2014 12:00 am BISMARCK, N.D. — As North Dakota’s ban on gay marriage awaits an almost inevitable legal challenge, leaders in the conservative state must decide whether to spend some of its vast oil riches on a court fight – a step they already took to defend another divisive social policy. Six same-sex couples sued South Dakota this […] Read in browser »   BRON :LGBTQNATION Recent Articles: Ellen skewers ‘Big Bang Theory’ star Jim Parsons on when he’s getting married Gates: Would have allowed gay Scout leaders, refuses to change policy now Franklin Graham: Don’t call me ‘homophobic’ just because you’re going to hell Shifting views on same-sex marriage give Democrats a wedge issue to wield Fired Rochester radio show hosts apologize for transphobic broadcast