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ACLU sues Ind. motor vehicles bureau over gay youth group license plates
INDIANAPOLIS — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, seeking the reinstatement of specialty auto license plates for a group that counsels gay and lesbian youth.
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Judge: Ind. improperly revoked gay youth group’s specialty license plate
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles improperly revoked a gay-youth advocacy group’s specialty license plate last year and should reinstate that plate by late June, an administrative law judge has ruled.
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Two more U.S. Senators announce their support for marriage equality
WASHINGTON — Two freshman Democratic senators from conservative states, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, have joined the growing chorus of lawmakers who say they support gay marriage.
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Teacher who said gays have ‘no purpose in life’ placed on administrative leave
FARMERSBURG, Ind. — An Indiana high school teacher whose comment that she believes gays have no purpose in life has been suspended amid tighter security at her school.
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Mefferd: Gay rights should not ‘trump the rights of Christians’ to not see gays
Conservative talk show host Janet Mefferd has waded into the controversy about an Indiana high school where a group of students wanted to organize a separate prom that would specifically prevent gay and lesbian students from attending.
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Indiana groups set up video project to reassure gay teens they ‘have a purpose’
INDIANAPOLIS — A coalition of gay rights organizations is trying to bolster the confidence of gay teens in response to an Indiana teacher’s assertion that gays have no purpose in life.
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Superintendent: Anti-gay teacher was ‘expressing her First Amendment rights’
HYMERA, Ind. — An Indiana school district said Tuesday that a special education teacher who said that gays have no purpose and that LGBT teens were “offensive,” was simply “expressing her First Amendment rights.”
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Plan for ‘traditional’ prom backfires as group faces firestorm of criticism
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and activist Dan Savage, founder of the “It Gets Better” project, joined a chorus of LGBT advocates from across the country in condemning a group of students and parents in Sullivan, Ind., who met Sunday to discuss plans for a high school prom that would exclude gay and lesbian students.
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Ind. students, parents want to hold ‘traditional prom,’ ban gay students
SULLIVAN, Ind. — A group of high school students and parents rallied Sunday at a local church in Sullivan, Ind., calling for a “traditional” high school prom that bans gay students from attending.
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Indiana GOP leaders push same-sex marriage battle to 2014
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Republican House and Senate leaders said Thursday they will wait a year before they take up an effort to write a gay marriage ban into the state’s constitution.