A new poll carried out for Equality California (EQCA) by David Binder Research shows that 55 percent of likely voters polled are in support of restoring the freedom to marry and 37 percent are opposed. There have also been some strong upward shifts in support amongst key demographics. The key summary findings of the report…
http://youtu.be/_NYyBA7zWfM Described as a ‘tender, sensual lesbian romance,’ Tunisian-born director Abdellatif Kechiche’s three-hour paean to generational love, took the top prize – the Palme d’Or – at this years Cannes Film Fetival, widely regarding as one of the most prestigious film awards in the world. The film centers almost entirely around one woman’s sexual awakening…
(CNN) — Here’s a look at what you need to know about same-sex marriage in the U.S. and worldwide. Facts: Same-sex marriage is legal in 12 U.S states and the District of Columbia: Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. (The law goes into effect on…
(CNN) — Four weeks. Four major legal rulings. What the Supreme Court decides by the end of June could fundamentally change lives and legacies on a range of politically explosive issues. The justices will meet in at least five public sessions to release opinions in its remaining 30 cases, among them some the most strongly-contested…
(CNN) — Protesters filled Paris’ Esplanade des Invalides on Sunday, rallying against a new law that will allow same-sex marriage in France starting Wednesday. Paris police estimate 150,000 demonstrators marched along three different routes before converging in the sprawling plaza along the Seine River. The arguments against same-sex marriage in France sound similar to those…
Xiang Yuhan, 19, has been detained for at least twelve days in the southern Chinese city of Changsha by authorities after he organized a rally on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, reports Voice of America. The young activist was detained shortly after police showed up at his hotel room. In China, a person…
WASHINGTON – Marriage equality could be on its way to the Sliver State, as the Nevada state Assembly has passed Senate Joint Resolution 13, a bill that would repeal the state’s ban on same-sex marriage and replace it with pro-marriage equality language. SJR13 cleared the state Senate earlier this month, but must pass in both…
Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an immigration reform bill that did not include language from the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which would have allowed same-sex couples equal access to spousal/partner immigration privileges. So much for the sinister Democratic plot to use equality to kill immigration reform for their union friends. The plot was…
(CNN) — France’s top court ruled Friday that a bill permitting same-sex marriage and allowing gay couples to adopt children adheres to the constitution. President Francois Hollande is expected to sign the bill into law on Saturday. After the lower house of Parliament, dominated by Hollande’s governing Socialist Party, passed the bill last month, conservative…
(CNN) — Franklin Graham, one of the country’s most prominent evangelicals, says the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service included two of his ministries. “I am bringing this to your attention because I believe that someone in the administration was targeting and attempting to intimidate us,” Graham wrote in a letter Tuesday…
