AMSTERDAM – Aryeh Ralbag, the chief rabbi of Amsterdam since 2005, has been temporarily relieved of his duties by the board of the Orthodox Jewish community (NIHS) after he signed a document describing homosexuality as an inclination which “can be modified and healed.” The Jerusalem Post reported that the document, titled Declaration On The Torah…
In this second part of San Diego LGBT Weekly’s look at the recent inaugural report from the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, questions have inevitably been raised about what needs to be done on a global basis to protect LGBT people worldwide. Among its conclusions, the report…
MONROVIA, Liberia – Liberia’s House of Representatives speaker has said no gay rights bills will make progress during his tenure. Pink News.co.uk reported that Alex J Tyler, a member of the Unity Party, told the Truth FM Breakfast Show that any law enshrining equal rights for gays would be immoral. Tyler was recently re-elected for…
CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS QUESTION: What do Russia, Uganda and Nigeria have in common? Other than the fact that all three are oil-producing countries (albeit Uganda as a fledgling oil producer), they are all involved in creating legislation banning homosexuality in one way or another. While Sharia law courts in northern Nigeria have already sentenced people…
ACCRA, Ghana – Ghanaian president, John Atta Mills has reacted angrily to the U.K.’s threat to cut aid if the country refuses to legalize homosexuality. According to the Ghana News Agency President Mills stated categorically that he as the head of state will not support any attempt to encourage homosexuality in Ghana. “I as president…
ROME, Ga. – Shorter University has come under fire for adopting new faith statements that require all employees to, among other things, reject homosexuality. The new policy, described as a “Personal Lifestyle Statement” that all employees are required to sign states in point B.3, “I reject as acceptable all sexual activity not in agreement with…
