Olympia, WA (KCPQ-CNN) — State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit Tuesday against Arlene’s Flowers and Gifts of Richland, Wash., for refusing to provide wedding flowers for a same-sex marriage ceremony. The Attorney General’s Office said that on March 1, Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers, refused to provide wedding flowers to…
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego LGBT Community Center has announced that the seventh annual Senior Resource Fair will take place Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at The Center (3909 Centre Street, San Diego 92103). The Senior Resource Fair is a day of no-cost services, resources and workshops focused on senior health…
Catch the video on the red carpet at Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend 2013 “Monte Carlo” Party in Palm Springs. Featuring exclusive interviews with Karmin, Uh huh Her, Fortune Feimster, Julie Goldman, Jessica Clark, The cast of The Real L Word, Katy Tiz and so many more. Held Saturday, April 6, The Monte Carlo Party at The…
MIAMI — Celebrating 15 years of fierce and fabulous film, the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival will hit the silver screens around Miami and Miami Beach from April 26 to May 5. The highlight of the festival will be a personal appearance by actor-author-director James Franco who will be at the event to accept the HBO Latin America Ally Award for…
(CNN) — Are Catholics who support same-sex marriage and take communion like people who commit perjury? That was the stance taken by Detroit’s archibishop on Sunday, after an academic with ties to the church wrote that Catholics in favor of gay marriage should skip communion. In Sunday’s Detroit Free Press, the archibishop said Catholics who…
http://youtu.be/YDnCXwOsQnU Almost two weeks after punk folk female icon Michelle Shocked made comments deemed highly offensive to a crowd at a San Francisco concert about same-sex marriage, the singer appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan to offer an equally offensive apology. You will recall, and as it was reported here, Ms. Shocked was appearing at Yoshi…
(CNN) — The dean overseeing Johns Hopkins University Medical School said Friday that controversial comments made by faculty member Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and outspoken conservative, went against the “core values” of the school. This follows remarks last week by Carson which some saw as equating homosexuality with criminal acts of pedophilia and bestiality. He…
(CNN) — Olympia Snowe, who after serving three terms in the U.S. Senate did not seek re-election last year, said in an interview Friday that as public opinion has shifted on same-sex marriage, so have her views. “I think obviously this has evolved over time on the whole issue for the whole country and the…
(CNN) — Two of the late President Ronald Reagan’s children are taking opposing stances on same-sex marriage, as Supreme Court justices weigh a federal ban prohibiting marriages between gays and lesbians. Michael Reagan, a conservative author, defended a controversial op-ed piece warning of a “slippery slope” after same-sex marriage approval during an interview with CNN’s…
(CNN) — It’s not just the United States grappling with the issue of same-sex marriage. Many countries around the world are re-examining their laws, and some appear to be on the brink of changing them. Senators in Uruguay approved a marriage equality bill Tuesday that puts them on course to be the 12th country in…
