NE: Another fight over legal protection for gays

City Councilman Ben Gray says he plans to place a measure to ban discrimination against homosexual and transgender people on the council's agenda -- as early as the end of the month or by late February. But an Omaha state senator wants to bar cities and local governments from unilaterally creating such protected classes. Instead, the bill would grant such authority solely to the state....

Omaha World-Herald • Jan 20, 2012

Grant helped anti-gay marriage effort

Federal grant money awarded to a social conservative group to provide marriage counseling also helped pay some of its operational expenses while it was leading an anti-gay marriage campaign, according to grant documents obtained by the Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act. The $2.2 million received by the Iowa Family Policy Center between 2006 and 2010 helped hundreds of Iowans re...

Omaha World-Herald • Aug 27, 2011

Six gay couples seek validation of their unions

"Right now, as far as the state's concerned, we're just two people living together," Olson said. "That's not what we are."...

Omaha World-Herald • Dec 8, 2008