Businesses, groups target Indiana gay marriage ban
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A coalition of businesses and activist groups who launched a push Wednesday to defeat an amendment that would write Indianas same-sex marriage ban into the state constitution warned...
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Mexican Congresswoman on Gay Marriage: Love = Missionary Position
A Mexican Congresswoman made news recently when she made a unique argument against gay marriage during a marriage equality forum called "Matrimonio Iqualitario" in Puebla, Mexico. Ana Maria Jimenez...
View ArticleNational Digest: No challenge to gay marriage licenses in N.M.
State Attorney General Gary King said Wednesday he will not challenge a move by a county clerk to issue same-sex marriage licenses since he did not believe New Mexico state laws prohibiting same-sex...
View ArticleGroups Target State's 'Backward' Gay Marriage Ban
INDIANAPOLIS -- A coalition of businesses and activist groups who launched a push Wednesday to defeat an amendment that would write Indiana's same-sex marriage ban into the state constitution warned...
View ArticleCounty Clerk in New Mexico Issues Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples
Although New Mexico’s Supreme Court has not ruled that gay marriage is allowed in the state, the clerk said he had exhausted his patience waiting for a resolution. Reported by NYTimes.com 8 hours ago.
View ArticleCounty Takes Big Step Forward On Gay Marriage
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Linda Montoya asked her partner to get married when they were vacationing in Hawaii in 2008, but said Catherine Martinez refused. It was not that after 23 years together this New...
View ArticleThe Next Nation To Legalize Gay Marriage?
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - On a sweltering Saturday night in Bangkok's Patpong entertainment district, a group of men spill out of a neon-lit bar blasting dance music. Among...
View ArticleAndrew Park: Why American Gays Want to Boycott Stoli
While the #DumpStoli tag grows in the social media world, the debate over the effectiveness of the Stoli boycott grows in the activists world. True, Stoli probably isn't homophobic. Yes, Stoli is not...
View ArticleNew Mexico county issues gay marriage licenses despite legal uncertainty
More than 40 couples rush for marriage licenses after Dona Ana County clerk Lynn Ellins takes decision to issue them Linda Montoya asked her partner to get married when they were vacationing in Hawaii...
View ArticleMLK's Son Discusses His Father's Gay Rights Legacy
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech, the civil rights leader’s oldest son said a...
View ArticleGOP Candidate Wants His Opponents To Promise They're Anti-Gay, Religious Enough
Alabama Republican Dean Young, a candidate for the congressional seat of retiring Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.), is not a fan of gay rights. So, in an effort to make opposition to gay marriage a key issue in...
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New Jersey Kids Will Get HIV, Be Molested Because Ex-Gay Therapy is Banned,...
Politics Religion Weird News Linda Harvey Gov. Christie Christian radio host Linda Harvey recently claimed that HIV would spread in New Jersey and children would fall prey to sexual predators because...
View ArticleNew Mexico Court: Christian Photographer Cannot Refuse Gay-Marriage Ceremony
Today the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that Christian photographers cannot decline to participate in gay-marriage commitment ceremonies, even though that state does not have gay marriage and the...
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'I’m Against Homosexuals Pretending Like They’re Married' Says GOP Candidate...
Lifestyle Local Politics Dean Young Gay Marriage Republican businessman Dean Young is running for the U.S. Congress seat vacated by Rep. Josiah Bonner (R-AL), who retired on August 2. Young's campaign...
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Rogue County Clerk Is Handing Out Dozens Of Gay Marriage Licenses In New Mexico
A New Mexico county clerk decided all on his own to hand out marriage licenses to gay couples — in a state that hasn't officially legalized gay marriage. The grandfatherly-looking Dona Ana County...
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Alabama Congressional GOP Candidate Dean Young Requests Anti-Gay and...
Politics Religion Dean Young, a GOP candidate for the Congressional office in Alabama vacated by Representative Jo Bonner’s (R) retirement, released an anti-gay and religious pledge this week that he...
View ArticleNew Mexico photographer loses gay marriage case
A commercial photography business owned by opponents of same-sex marriage violated New Mexico's anti-discrimination law by... Reported by Deseret News 10 hours ago.
View ArticleCollege Republican upsets some older GOP members
A college GOP leader from a well-known political family has upset some older Republicans in Alabama by supporting gay marriage. Reported by Miami Herald 38 minutes ago.
View ArticleGeorge Takei Wages War On Sochi Olympics
You probably associate "Star Trek" star George Takei with funny Facebook posts and clever, well-informed commentary. Only lately has the former Sulu taken on a more serious role on the world stage:...
View ArticleFrancesca Lia Block: Empathy, Love and the LGBT Characters In My Books
Recently an interviewer asked me about the proliferation of LGBT characters in my books, especially Love In The Time of Global Warming (a contemporary Odyssey in which seventeen-year-old Pen and her...
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