Florida Senate set to vote on gay adoption ban amendment
Tallahasse, Fla. – House Bill 7013, titled “Adoption and Foster Care” bill, will go before the Florida Senate April 8. If the bill passes, it will finally remove the language of the state’s...
View ArticleOnline petition seeks to save job of gay speech teacher
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Students, parents and alumni of an Omaha Catholic high school have signed an online petition calling for the school to reverse its decision to fire a teacher over his same-sex...
View ArticleGuam rejects territory’s first same-sex marriage license application
HAGATNA, Guam — Guam on April 8 rejected a marriage license application from the first-same sex couple to apply for the document in the U.S. territory. A Department of Public Health and Social Services...
View ArticleCruz battles changing cultural attitudes on same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON – Riding a wave of conservative fervor over gay marriage and “traditional” social values, Texas Republican Ted Cruz has surged upward in national presidential polls and major donor support....
View ArticlePioneer for gay marriage among lawyers for high court cases
WASHINGTON (AP) – Five lawyers will take turns at the Supreme Court lectern April 28 for the highly anticipated and extended arguments over same-sex marriage. Among them are the Obama...
View ArticleColombia high court rules for same-sex couple adoptions
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — In a historic decision, Colombia’s constitutional court opened the door Nov. 4 for same-sex couples to legally adopt children in the conservative South American nation. In the...
View ArticleCourt: LGBT parents can seek rights for non-biological kids
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York’s highest court has expanded the definition of parenthood by ruling Aug. 30 that former same-sex couples have the right to seek visitation and custody of children even when...
View ArticleDutch men hold hands in solidarity with beaten gay couple
AMSTERDAM (AP)- In a simple act of solidarity, same-sex couples and many others across the Netherlands have held hands this week to protest the beating of two gay men- an attack that shook a nation...
View ArticleTexas court questions right of benefits for same-sex spouses
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gay spouses may not be entitled to government-subsidized workplace benefits, the Texas Supreme Court ruled June 30 in a unanimous decision that was quickly condemned by gay-rights...
View ArticleJapan PM: Ban on same-sex marriage not discrimination
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Photo by Cabinet Public Relations Office, Cabinet Secretariat; from Wikimedia Commons) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country’s ban on same-sex...
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