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connection to the gay community.” “It is today an integral part of the social and cultural fabric of the city,” he said. Ventura Girl Scout, 14, Calls for Cookie Boycott Over ‘Radical Homosexual Agenda’ CBS – January 13, 2012 A Ventura County Girl Scout is at the center of a national controversy after she released a video calling for a boycott of the group’s popular cookies over what she calls a “radical homosexual agenda”. The girl—who has only been identified as 14-year-old “Taylor”— cited the recent decision by Girl Scout officials to allow a 7-year-old “transgender” boy to join a Colorado-based troop last fall. In a video that first appeared Wednesday, Taylor linked proceeds from cookie sales “to push a radical homosexual agenda at the expense of the Scouts’ safety.” Catholic school – we do not tolerate disrespect for differences,” said Donna McColl, Lukaszuk’s assistant director of communications. “You can affirm the family’s ideology in your family life, you just can’t do it as part of your educational study and instruction.” Federal Judge Finds ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ Unconstitutional CNSnews.com – February 23, 2012 A federal judge in San Francisco says the US government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions. US District Judge Jeffrey White ruled Wednesday that, because the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally discriminates against samesex married couples, the government’s refusal to furnish health insurance to Karen Golinski’s wife is unjustified. Great Britain: Don’t use the words husband and wife! Coalition’s same-sex wedding reforms would axe terms from official documents Mail Online – March 16, 2012 Reforms to allow same-sex marriage will see the words husband and wife removed from official forms, it was revealed last night. Tax and benefits guidance and immigration documents must be rewritten so they no longer assume a married coup