Former Bob Jones president apologizes for 35-year-old anti-gay comments
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The former president of Bob Jones University has apologized for saying in 1980 that homosexuals should be stoned, calling his comments at the White House reckless and...
View ArticleMaine Republican Gov. Paul LePage supports Mississippi ‘religious objections’...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage is backing Mississippi’s appeal to reinstate a law letting merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to...
View ArticleFederal appeals court rules civil rights law covers LGBTQ workers
CHICAGO (AP) – Companies cannot discriminate against LGBTQ employees in the workplace because of their sexual orientation, a federal appeals court said, in a ruling that a gay rights group called a...
View ArticleHouse Democrats promise action on LGBTQ rights bill
WASHINGTON (AP) | House Democrats are promising to prioritize anti-discrimination legislation that would for the first time establish widespread equal rights protections for LGBTQ individuals. Minority...
View ArticleBiden calls Supreme Court ruling ‘momentous step forward’
ABOVE: Former Vice President Joe Biden, Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee in the November U.S. presidential election,...
View ArticleTrump vague on LGBTQ rights ruling: ‘We live with their decision’
ABOVE: Donald Trump, photo public domain. Donald Trump was vague on Monday in response to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming anti-LGBTQ discrimination is illegal under federal law,...
View ArticleCentral Florida officials, LGBTQ+ organizations celebrate Supreme Court ruling
ABOVE: The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 15 decision formally extends Title VII protections to LGBTQ+ individuals, a move lauded by various Central Florida government officials and LGBTQ+ organizations....
View ArticleFederal judge rules gay Md. couple’s daughter was US citizen at birth
ABOVE: The Kivitis, photo via Twitter. A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday said the State Department must recognize the U.S. citizenship of a gay couple’s daughter who was born in Canada via...
View ArticleRitchie Torres, set to be first out Afro-Latino in Congress, seeks big...
ABOVE: Ritchie Torres, photo via Twitter. The coronavirus pandemic has instigated civil unrest, an economic downturn and a public health crisis, but Ritchie Torres sees an opportunity for bold...
View ArticleBiden: Equality Act ‘a critical step’ in achieving American values
ABOVE: Photo via President Biden’s Facebook page. President Biden, ahead of the expected vote on the Equality Act next week, issued a statement Friday on the LGBTQ legislation, calling it a “a critical...
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