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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Delaware will become the 11th state to allow same-sex marriages.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Rhode Island is joining nine other states and the District of Columbia in allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Monday, April 29, 2013  NBA veteran center Jason Collins has become the first active male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay.

Monday, April 22, 2013  The Longhouse Council of the Boy Scouts of America is weighing in a resolution lifting the ban on gay youth members

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A Rutgers University lawyer who approved a decision to suspend the men's basketball coach rather than fire him last year has resigned.

Monday, April 08, 2013  A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that the FBI is investigating whether a former employee of the Rutgers basketball program tried to extort the university.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Tim Pernetti has resigned as Rutgers athletic director, two days after the basketball coach he hired was dismissed for abusive behavior during practices - actions that prompted nationwide outrage once a video went public.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  For a second day, demonstrators are outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear a case involving gay marriage. Wednesday’s crowd is somewhat smaller than Tuesday’s and includes mostly gay marriage supporters holding American and rainbow flags.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  The Supreme Court could end up avoiding a major national ruling on whether America's gays have a right to marry.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  The Longhouse Council will wait to decide on change in membership rules

Monday, February 04, 2013  The Senate is trying again to accomplish what Congress failed to do last year - extend the federal government's chief means of protecting women from domestic abuse while broadening those protections for Native Americans, gays and lesbians.

Monday, January 28, 2013  The Boys Scouts of America is considering a dramatic change in its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members.

Monday, January 21, 2013  President Barack Obama referenced the Stonewall gay-rights riots in his inaugural address, classing them as a civil rights watershed along with key moments in the struggles for blacks and women.

Monday, January 07, 2013  The Supreme Court says it will hear two days' worth of arguments over laws affecting gay marriage during the last week of March.