BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A panel of rabbis respected as authorities on Torah law issued a sweeping ruling to cut off support for politicians who promote normalizing the sin of homosexuality.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to advance the state's genderless marriage bill to the full Senate for consideration. Speaking before the Committee, Julian Bond, chair of the NAACP, claimed it is unconstitutional to deny homosexuals marriage because "like our race, sexuality isn't a preference. It's immutable and unchangeable."
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Jack Mackenroth, a fashion designer from the hit realite hit reality television series "Project Runway," who has been living with HIV for more than 20 years, launched a new "Living Positive By Design: Creating Positive Conversations" online video as part of his national HIV and AIDS education initiative. The new video features discussions from this year's United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) in San Francisco, with Jack interviewing prominent advocates, celebrities and a local HIV doctor, about their important work to help the HIV and AIDS community. The Living Positive By Design campaign, supported by Merck & Co., Inc., and videos aim to confront HIV stigma and motivate HIV-positive people to have a positive outlook on life while effectively managing their disease.
In a move that puts the country’s largest employer in the mainstream of fair workplace policies, the New York Times reports today that the federal government’s job site (www.usajobs.gov) now makes clear the government’s policy of non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity. The change is a follow-up to President Obama’s memorandum in June that [...]
In striking votes of 67 to 3 in the House and 29 to 3 in the Senate, yesterday the Rhode Island legislature overrode Gov. Carcieri’s veto of a bill that would allow same-sex partners the authority to make funeral arrangements for their deceased loved ones. Mark Goldberg had testified to the struggle he faced when the [...]
I’ve known Beth Robinson for over ten years, getting to know her best after her success in bringing the issue of equal rights for same-sex couples before the Vermont Supreme Court. Her success led to the VermontVermont legislature creating the then unheard of term “civil unions†in July, 2000. When I lived in Vermont I worked [...]
MENDHAM TWP. - PFLAG, Morris County (Parents, Family and Friends of Gays and Lesbians), is a confidential, mutual support group to help parents, grandparents and friends adjust to a child’s gay or lesbian orientation. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at Brookside Community Church, 8 E. Main St.
An anonymous donor has gifted the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center with a $50,000 endowment.
In issues of political conflict, people are often painted in black and white. You're for gay marriage or a bigot. You're openly gay or in the closet.
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