Page 9
-
‘Church vs. State’ showdown sparked by dispute over gay-straight alliances
TORONTO — A dispute over the use of the term “gay-straight alliance” in Ontario schools has prompted the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto on Monday to accuse Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s administration of making “religious freedom . . . a second-class right.”
-
Cuban LGBT rights activist Mariela Castro-Espín’s U.S. visit stirs controversy
SAN FRANCISCO — Mariela Castro-Espín, daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro and niece to former Cuba President Fidel Castro, has stirred a firestorm of criticism with her controversial visit to the United States to speak at a conference hosted by the Latin American Studies Association.
-
‘Gay’ penguin couple delighted over opportunity to be parents
MADRID — A same-sex aquatic bird couple in Spain has been allowed to adopt an egg to nurture. Inca and Rayas, a pair of Gentoo penguins at Madrid’s Faunia Park Zoo, are delighted to finally have been given the chance to enjoy “parenthood,” according to zoo keepers.
-
Dharun Ravi sentenced to 30 days in jail, probation in Rutgers’ suicide case
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A New Jersey Superior Court judge has sentenced former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi to 30 days in prison and three years probation for spying on his gay roommate who later committed suicide.
-
Mississippi lawmaker cites Bible passage that calls for gays to be put to death
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi state lawmaker, commenting on the announcement by President Barack Obama affirming support for same-sex marriage, invoked an old testament bible passage on his Facebook page, calling for gay men to be “put to death.”
-
Virginia lawmaker: ‘Sodomy is not a civil right’
WASHINGTON — Virginia Republican delegate Robert Marshall, who led the efforts to derail the judicial nomination of an openly gay Richmond prosecutor, said in an interview on CNN Thursday morning that “sodomy is not a civil right.” Marshall was defending his actions and that of fellow lawmakers and right wing christian conservative activists who opposed […]
-
Gay celebrity photographer cleared on allegations of raping toddler daughters
MALIBU, Calif. — Famed Malibu celebrity photographer Paul Rusconi has been cleared of criminal allegations that he raped his 20-month-old twin daughters.
-
GOP’s Allen West: Obama will lose the Black vote over gay marriage
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will lose a huge percentage of the African-American vote in his bid for re-election becuase he said he now supports full marriage equality, says GOP Congressman Allen West, (R-Fla.) a member of the House Tea Party Caucus.
-
Romney’s character under scrutiny as report of anti-gay bullying surfaces
WASHINGTON — GOP front runner and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney engaged in several incidents of pranks during his high school years, at least one incident in particular that LGBTQ activists are calling anti-gay bullying, according to a report by The Washington Post.
-
Advocacy group banned from presenting scholarship to gay teen at awards ceremony
CLINTON, Iowa — A Catholic school in Iowa has refused to allow a gay rights advocacy group to present a $40,000 scholarship to an openly gay senior during his upcoming graduation ceremony.