Opinion: Discriminating roommates
It would be great if more people from different backgrounds roomed together. But governmental intrusion into highly intimate relationships and living arrangements is not the right path.

Jury pool in Rutgers gay bias case to learn who "M.B." is
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Potential jurors in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on a roommate's sexual encounter will learn the name of the other man in the video, which has been kept secret since the roommate's September 2010 suicide.

Around the Northwest
House panel OKs gay-marriage bill; Man missing, vehicle abandoned in Renton; Cop's action may stop serious charge; Feeds in works for road repairs; Knox's slander case appealed

The making of gay marriage’s top foe
In September 1978, Yale freshmen would not have voted Maggie Gallagher the member of the Class of 1982 most likely to get pregnant before graduation. Gallagher was the third of four children from a close family in Portland, Ore. When she was young, her parents, a financial planner and a housewife, had been active in their local Catholic parish, and Gallagher and her siblings spent some years in ...

Gabriel Rotello: Drag Queens Don't Get Fat
What I saw looking around at the lovely women of Bordeaux is that drag queens essentially are -- and always have been -- not faux women but faux French women. Drag is simply another timeless French cultural gift to the world.

Third & Short
COLLEGE FOOTBALL HOUSTON -- A majority of students at Houston voted in support of a service fee to help pay for a new football stadium and renovations to dilapidated Hofheinz Pavilion. A referendum proposing a $45-per-semester fee passed on Thursda ...

Hate Religion, But Love Jesus: Video Stirs Debate
"What if I told you Jesus came to abolish religion? … And just because you call some people blind doesn't automatically give you vision? … I mean if religion is so great, why has it started so many wars? Why does it build huge churches, but fails to feed the poor?"

NBA Capsules: James, Heat hold back Raptors
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James took a hard foul and clearly was not happy. So the next time he saw the ball, he made sure no Toronto player could reach him.

Jessica Youseffi: Welcoming Synagogues: Queering Jewish Religious Spaces
Many LGBT Jews may not have the luxury of a synagogue that welcomes them. However, an ambitious project aims to train congregations cross across denominations to become safe and welcoming spaces for all Jews.

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I'm not being facetious when I say that I hope I can get this message across without offending … well … everybody. That being said, I believe some strong words need to be said today.