Ten years ago our civil partnership made history: I like to think we moved things on for same-sex couples’
Other registered partnerships followed and, on 19 December, Grainne Close and Shannon Sickles became the first gay couple to tie the knot in Northern Ireland in a ceremony at Belfast town hall. The two Northern Irish women, together with another couple …

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Report: Defector uses Skype for video calls to family in North Korea
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (UPI) –North Korean defectors in the South can now use video chat applications to communicate with their relatives in the North, and China-based brokers play an important intermediary role. A North Korean defector in Seoul, who spoke to …

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'Gays' pick fight with heavyweight champ
The United Kingdom, which does not have freedom of speech … on homosexuality and is the author of several books including the recent “Outlasting the Gay Revolution,” said Fury needs to behave better. At the same time, he found it incredible Fury …

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St. Louis Salvation Army publicly refuses assistance from the LGBT Community
1986: The Salvation Army in New Zealand raised awareness against the Homosexual Law … The Salvation Army stated that they would not be a part of a school structure that allows children of gay couples to grow up knowing that they will become gay.

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Mandurah's gay dad leads 2015 'clicktivism' stats
If ‘clicktivism’ is any indicator, the topics grinding West Australian gears most in 2015 were same-sex … year-old shunned by her Mandurah school when it learned her father was gay. The other, created by a Willetton resident, clocked 3600 signatures …

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United Nations moves to confront Islamic State online
The United Nations Security Council’s counterterrorism committee … the plan provides an impetus for UN member states to revamp their commitment to previous resolutions that call for international cooperation to prevent terrorist activity on …

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David Slack: 'I'm the Prime Minister and I'm here to help'
Our teacher told us that a third of children in New Zealand live in poverty … Could you live on that income, prime minister? – Guyon Look, we could chat away all day, Guyon, but I’m due at The Rock. Merry Christmas to you and all your listeners!

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