Archive for March, 2010

Marine Officer: Gays, straights shouldn’t share housing

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

 

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/26/marines.gay.housing/index.html

Homophobic Harassment At Gay Pride

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010


Homophobic Harassment During Gay Pride

Evidence skirmish could delay end of Prop 8 trial

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

(San Francisco) More legal wrangling in the federal trial over California’s gay marriage ban is threatening to delay the case.

The sponsors of Proposition 8 are seeking access to the internal campaign documents of gay rights groups that opposed the measure.

But the groups, including Equality California, want to block that request. …

DADT, black women and police misconduct?

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Compared to partners of other same-sex relationships, black women from same-sex households are more likely to serve in the U.S. [...]

Penn. Senate committee stops gay marriage ban

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Pennsylvania’s Republican-majority Senate Judiciary Committee killed 8-6 a bill to amend the state constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

This is the third time in four years a gay marriage ban bill has been tabled. There was no debate.

Committee Chairman …

Malawi church leaders meet on gay rights

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

(Blantyre, Malawi) Church leaders say they have met in this fiercely conservative southern African nation to “understand the phenomenon” of same sex partners days ahead of a court verdict that could send two gay men to jail for up to 14 years.

Bishop Joseph Bvumbwe, head of the Malawi Council of …

Withers: Top 10 gay anti-gay politicians

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

You know it’s bad when Mark Foley and Ted Haggard can’t even be in the top five. For a little humor go examine the top 10 list of  anti-gay politicians caught doing the gay.

They are all there, from Larry Craig and his bathroom antics to good ol’ Roy Ashburn, …

Hearing set in lesbian teen’s suit to force prom

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

(Jackson, Miss.) School officials in a rural Mississippi county told a lesbian student to get “guys” to take her and her girlfriend to a high school prom and warned the girls against slow dancing with each other because that could “push people’s buttons,” according to documents filed Tuesday in federal …

Neff: Gay news through the looking glass

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Perhaps you’ve heard of the new fad at churches, fight nights — heavyweight bouts intended to bring more young people into the house of the Lord.

But have you heard of porn night at a church?

In mid-February, Uganda pastor Martin Ssempa hosted a porn show at a church service in Kampala …