Anti-gay

The current version of the anti-gay bill under consideration in Uganda still contains punishments including life inprisonment and the death penalty, despite recent reports to the contrary, according to The Guardian. The Ugandan bill extends existing laws to make it illegal to promote homosexuality by... [ Read more → ]

In a recent interview with Bolomberg's Al Hunt, Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said he cringes at the idea of an openly gay president. "It would be bothersome to me just personally because I consider it immoral," DeMint said. The South Carolina Republican, who has become... [ Read more → ]

Buju Banton, the Jamaican reggae star whose anti-gay lyrics have drawn international criticism, is in a federal lockup in Miami, facing drug conspiracy charges, reports the Miami Herald. Drug Enforcement Administration agents say Banton, real name Mark Anthony Myrie, has been in custody since Thursday... [ Read more → ]

Rachel Maddow has called on Rev. Rick Warren, the nation's most visible evangelical pastor, to be a guest on her MSNBC show to publicly denounce Uganda's "Kill the Gays" bill and address alleged ties to the bill's supporters. Over the past several nights, Maddow has... [ Read more → ]

Houston's openly gay city controller has pulled ahead in the race to be mayor of the nation's fourth largest city, just two days before a runoff election, according to a new poll -- despite a wave of anti-gay attacks. [caption id="attachment_3882" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Annise Parker"][/caption]... [ Read more → ]

The Rev. Rick Warren, one of the most influential pastors in the country, has joined progressive pastors in speaking out against the so-called Uganda "Kill the Gays" bill, denouncing rumors that he's ever supported the bill or anyone associated with it. Included in the original... [ Read more → ]

Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti- gay bill expected to be ready for presentation to Parliament in two weeks, according to James Nsaba Buturo, the minister of ethics and integrity, reports Bloomberg. The... [ Read more → ]

As part of her continuing coverage on Uganda's anti-gay legislation, Rachel Maddow interviewed conversion therapist Richard Cohen tonight, who continued to advocate his position that homosexuality is a choice, and gays can change their preferences. The author of "Coming Out Straight : Understanding and Healing... [ Read more → ]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a Christian student group that had been denied recognition by a public law school in California for excluding gays, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The law school, Hastings College of the Law in... [ Read more → ]

This video appeared on the website LiveLeak.com this week with the title "Gay Pakistanis Flogged by Police on Street in Punjab." The video description: "Homosexual Pakistanis receiving their punishment. You can see two lovers kiss at 0:15 before their flogging." The men are then flogged... [ Read more → ]

In a posting that appeared on their website Friday, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center condemned the Grammy nomination for Buju Banton, a "notoriously anti-gay performer whose music promotes the violent murder of LGBT people:" Throughout his career, Banton has performed music that promotes... [ Read more → ]

The Roman Catholic Church still regards homosexuality as an “insult to God” and homosexuals and transsexuals will never go to Heaven, a leading cardinal said on Wednesday, prompting a rebuke from the Vatican. [caption id="attachment_3465" align="alignleft" width="259" caption="Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan"][/caption] Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan,... [ Read more → ]

VALLEJO, Calif. -- Hundreds of people descended on Vallejo City Hall Tuesday night as members of the city’s gay and lesbian community gathered for an emotional rally to condemn recent controversial comments made by Mayor Osby Davis, reports KTVU-TV. Davis was recently quoted as saying... [ Read more → ]

VALLEJO, CA - Vallejo's Mayor Osby Davis is coming under fire for comments he recently made about gays and lesbians. Davis (pictured, left) finds himself in the middle of a controversy after an interview published this weekend in the New York Times. The article, titled... [ Read more → ]