Today, the United States Supreme Court denied the State of Florida’s motion for a stay of an August federal court ruling that overturned the state’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples. The order means the stay expires at the end of the day Jan. 5. Same-sex couples will be free to marry in Florida once…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has informed a former Army sergeant and his same-sex partner that it couldn’t guarantee their home loan, because the VA doesn’t count the income of a non-veteran spouse in states like Texas that don’t recognize same-sex marriages Lone Star Q reported that former Army Sgt. Earl Rector and Alan…
You never thought you’d get this old. When you were five, for instance, twelve was a big age. At twelve, you thought twenty-one was the height of maturity. At twenty-one, eighty seems unattainable. Yet, somewhere along the line, you learn what it takes to use the years well. Does wisdom come with age? Is it…
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-NH) legislation to extend benefits to same-sex military couples cleared a major legislative hurdle yesterday after it passed the Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee on a bipartisan voice vote. The Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act would update and expand federal benefits for legally married, same-sex veteran couples and help put…
In your lifetime, you’ve wished upon many stars. You’ve spotted a twinkle in the night sky and hoped for love or fulfillment of a dream. You’ve wished for good grades, better money and the return of a loved one. And sometimes, you’ve wished for the impossible. But was the wish fulfilled, or was the star…
DENVER, Colo. (KDVR/CNN) — A Lakewood gay couple is moving ahead with a discrimination complaint against a cake shop that refused to prepare their wedding cake. The Colorado attorney general’s office filed a formal complaint last week against Masterpiece Cakeshop on behalf of Charlie Craig and David Mullins. The complaint stems from an incident July…
(CNN) — Zambian police re-arrested two men this week on charges of engaging in homosexual acts “against the order of nature,” a rights group said. James Mwansa and Philip Mubiana, both 21, were arrested after neighbors reported them to the police, according to Amnesty International. Authorities subjected them to anal examinations without their consent and…
(CNN) — The deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Commons said Sunday the allegations of rape and sexual assault leveled against him are false. Nigel Evans also said the incident has left him with “a sense of incredulity” because he considered the two accusers his friends. “Yesterday I was interviewed by the police concerning two…
