9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards presented in Los Angeles.

LAP2003030920 - LOS ANGELES, Mar. 09 (UPI) -- Actress Stockard Channing poses for photographers, after being honored with the award for "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries," for her role in the film "THE MATTHEW SHEPARD STORY," during the 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium, on March 9, in Los Angeles. mg/mg/Michael Germana UPI

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School's 'Laramie' play to face protest

DETROIT, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A Detroit high school's production of the play "The Laramie Project" will face a protest for the play's controversial messages, a Kansas church group says.

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Rights group supports gay-themed play

KALAMAZOO, Mich., Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A group in Kalamazoo, Mich., was formed to support a high school play with gay themes after a Kansas church threatened to picket the performance.

Defense bill loses gay hate-crime language

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The 2008 U.S. defense authorization bill could be voted on soon after a congressional panel pulled controversial language extending hate crimes law to gays.