RALEIGH, N.C. — On what is being termed “Marriage Monday,” North Carolina church leaders and clergy delivered two petitions to the office of State Attorney General Roy Cooper that call on him to cease defending Amendment One and the state’s other discriminatory state marriage laws. The United Church of Christ and other faith groups argue that the State’s marriage…
Today, March 31 is the deadline for people to enroll for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. If you or someone you know doesn’t have health insurance or wants to look at other coverage options, check out www.healthcare.gov today. And act quickly, because if you don’t enroll by the deadline, you won’t be able…
Despite threats of a backlash and international condemnation, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni still went on to sign one of Africa’s, and the world’s, most punishing anti-gay laws to date. Citing his sickness with “homosexuals exhibiting themselves,” Museveni’s law, at its most severe, will sentence members of the LGBT community to life in prison for certain…
Nigeria has pased tough new anti-gay laws including outlawing gay marriage, public displays of same-sex relationships and belonging to gay groups. According to Aljazeera, Reuben Abatim, President Goodluck Jonathan’s spokesman, said that the president signed the bill because it was consistent with the attitudes of most people toward homosexuality in the West African nation. “I can confirm that the president…
Today, President Barack Obama signed the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act into law. Authored by Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, the HOPE Act creates a science-based path for medical research to proceed on the feasibility, effectiveness and safety of organ transplants between HIV-positive patients. The HOPE Act replaces an outdated policy banning HIV-positive organs from…
