Posts Tagged ‘gay & lesbian’
DADT battle rages on …
It is safe to say that our military is fighting a war on three fronts, as opposed to two.
There is Iraq. There is Afghanistan. Then there are the frontlines of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” battle, which is really nothing more than a butcher-block of political ideology, and has...
August 25th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
Federal suit filed in Wyoming challenges anti-gay marriage law
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A gay couple has filed a federal lawsuit in Cheyenne challenging the Wyoming law that defines marriage as existing only between a man and a woman.
David Shupe-Roderick, 25, and Ryan W. Dupree, 21, who are representing themselves in court, although neither is a lawyer said the Laramie...
August 25th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
Target In a Chokehold, but Won’t Tap Out!
Everyone’s all abuzz about the Target flashmob that happened in a West Seattle !
Not gonna lie … it’s pretty friggin’ epic!
That aside, what’s even more epic is Target’s blaring mishandling of the situation. Their Public Affairs staff should be fired, hired, and...
August 17th, 2010 | NewsBites | Read More
Teaching Tolerance NEEDS to hear from YOU!
Teaching Tolerance’s new documentary, Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case that Made History, shows how one bullied student stood up to his tormentors.
The Teaching Tolerance is a program run by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and works to foster school environments that are inclusive and nurturing...
June 9th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
Minnesota fights for marriage equality, Christian groups promise a brawl
The Minnesota Family Council is attempting to intervene in opposition to a lawsuit seeking legal gay marriage in Minnesota.
The group is represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorney Jordan Lorence, who frequently represents conservative Christian groups around the country in gay rights cases. He’s...
June 4th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
France: Gay-themed McDonald’s ad is all the rage
A gay-themed McDonald’s television ad is stirring up controversy as people question whether the ad is inappropriate, or long overdue in its depiction of young homosexuals.
A McDonald’s Australia spokeswoman said the advertisement was one in a series of clips produced under the “come...
June 4th, 2010 | NewsBites, World | Read More
Happy Memorial Day to ALL our veterans who have served and sacrificed
May 28, 2010
President Barack H. Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President,
For the past month, we have sent you personal letters from those harmed by “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” With the votes in the House and the Senate Armed Services Committee,...
May 31st, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
Malawi’s president: pardon and release gay couple
BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s president on Saturday pardoned and ordered the release of a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison, but said that homosexuality remains illegal in this conservative southern African nation.
Malawi has faced international condemnation for the conviction and harsh...
May 29th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More
Previously released DADT-related discharges “underreported and incomplete”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Servicemembers United, the nation’s largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans, today released a newly obtained document from the National Guard Bureau showing 630 additional discharges pursuant to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law...
May 21st, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
North Carolina considers amending constitution to include same-sex marriage ban
Sen. Jim Forrester, a Gaston County Republican, is trying once again to write a ban on same-sex marriages into the N.C. Constitution.
Forrester has authored several similar bills in previous legislative sessions in an attempt to push an amendment to the state Constitution banning marriage equality measures....
May 18th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More
