(SFGate) A federal judge is blocking Arizona from implementing a state law that eliminates domestic partner benefits for gay and lesbian state employees. U.S. District Judge John Sedwick on Friday issued a preliminary injunction that requires the state to still make…

(Inside Bay Area) Public universities can refuse to recognize student groups that discriminate in their membership, the United States Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case between a University of California law school and a Christian student group that bars those who engage in “unrepentant homosexual conduct” or fail to sign a pledge of faith.

(Gay Politics) Did you know “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal and ENDA are just the tip of the iceberg? In all, some 25 LGBT-specific bills are pending in Congress, but Lisa Keen of Keen News Service says just a few of those have any hope of passage this year. Among the lesser-known measures are proposed laws that would ban discrimination in credit services, fight bullying of LGBT students in schools, and add LGBT families to the Family and Medical Leave Act.

(Phila. Inquirer) A trial to decide if the local Boy Scouts can stave off eviction from their Center City headquarters for refusing to renounce the organization’s ban on homosexuals starts Monday in U.S. District Court.

(BBC News) A pub chain apologises after staff allegedly refused to serve a gay Labour group in a row over their sexuality.

(Gay Politics) Legislation that would have given surviving partners in same-sex relationships the right to make funeral arrangements for their deceased loved ones has been vetoed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Pawlenty earlier said he planned to veto the measure because it would introduce the concept of domestic partners into state law, but Saturday he explained the law was unnecessary because same-sex couples can accomplish the same thing through living wills.

(BBC News) A gay couple are to sue the owners of a guest house who turned them away because of their sexuality.

(Advocate) Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty said he plans to veto a bill that would grant end-of-life rights to same-sex partners.

(HRC Back Story) According to the New York Times , the life of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill may have reached its end. A special committee organized by the president of Uganda has recommended that the bill be withdrawn from Parliament because “virtually all clauses in the legislation were either unconstitutional or redundant.” While the bill has not yet been formally withdrawn, we look forward to the day when it no longer looms in the Ugandan Parliament. Since introduction of the bill, HRC has worked with members of the Council for Global Equality (CGE) to educate our members, Congress and the Administration on the horrendous nature of the bill.

(365 Gay) (Boston) A Roman Catholic school in Massachusetts has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was “in discord” with church teachings, according to one of the boys’ mothers. It’s at least the second time in recent months that students have not been allowed to attend a U.S. Catholic school because of their parents’ sexual orientation, with the other instance occurring in Colorado.