The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Tuesday along ideological lines on whether the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage, but Justice Anthony Kennedy, a pivotal vote, seemed open to legalizing gay marriage nationwide, reports Reuters. Kennedy appeared to be tipping toward recognizing a nationwide right to marriage based on his emphasis on the nobility…
While his campaign touts his outreach to gay Republicans, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network this weekend that anyone who believes that gay people have a constitutional right to marriage have a “ridiculous and absurd reading of the U.S. Constitution,” reports Right Wing Watch. “There is no federal constitutional…
In 1963 a New York tabloid ran a six-part series on Sex and Laws. The series was motivated by many factors including sex scandals at the United Nations, increased public health problem of venereal disease, increased number of sex workers, workplace discrimination, and availability of pornography. “Those Who Are Different” dealt rather frankly and honestly…
Lost in the kerfuffle of relentless Bruce-Jenner-is-a-woman-but-not-gay-but-Republican media noise this past week was a small but powerful story of Li Tingting. Ms. Tingting, 25, was just released from a Chinese jail after being arrested for planning to distribute stickers at bus stations to raise awareness of sexual harassment on public transport. She was arrested along…
Two leading child welfare organizations, the Donaldson Adoption Institute (DAI) and Voice for Adoption (VFA), have blasted Alabama’s H.B. 296, which would empower adoption agencies to discriminate against eligible parents and guardians. If passed, the discriminatory piece of legislation will deny countless children from accessing caring homes. Even more disheartening, the bill would prevent eligible…
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio is officially in the 2016 race for the GOP presidential nomination. That most certainly means he has a campaign book on the market. My copy of Rubio’s American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone (Sentinel, $27.95, 212 pages) arrived a few weeks ago. Rubio, in his first term in the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri has received a $1 million estate gift to support journalism education and research into the connection between American journalism and the advancement of human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Timothy Blair, an alumnus of the MU School of Journalism and current resident of Bel-Air,…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign has launched an online ad campaign urging governors in 12 states to reject bills that would put LGBT people at risk for discrimination like the religious refusal bill passed earlier this year in Indiana. The media campaign comes after HRC sent a new case study to state lawmakers across…
Cruz’s bills as reported by Bloomberg “would establish a constitutional amendment shielding states that define marriage as between one woman and one man from legal action” and “bar federal courts from further weighing in on the marriage issue until such an amendment is adopted.” Ted Cruz’s latest radical stunt follows his participation at a head-scratching…
In a conference call with conservative pastors yesterday organized by the anti-gay Family Research Council, Mike Huckabee let loose with a litany of falsehoods about how marriage equality will lead to the “criminalization of Christianity” and demanded that states simply defy the Supreme Court if it strikes down bans on same-sex marriage, reports Right Wing…
