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Manhattan, KS commissioners vote to repeal anti-discrimination ordinance
MANHATTAN, Kan. — City Commissioners this week voted to repeal a controversial ordinance that added sexual orientation and gender identity to its anti-discrimination policy.
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Texas, Kansas, Montana, Oklahoma: states hold onto laws defining gay ‘conduct’ illegal
“Homosexual conduct” is still a crime in Texas — and at least three other states — eight years after the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down the state’s sodomy law, and invalidated similar laws across the country.
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Westboro (‘God hates fags’) church to picket Elizabeth Taylor’s funeral
The Westboro Baptist Church, home of anti-gay extremists and the “Gods Hate Fags” fundamentalist movement, announced plans to protest at the funeral of Elizabeth Taylor, who died early Wednesday.
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U.S. Supreme Court in favor of anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church
The Westboro Baptist Church won a significant victory Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of its right to promote what its church members call a “broad-based message” on public matters such as wars.
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High school newspaper editorial condemns homosexuality, same-sex dating
A Wichita high school newspaper has published an editorial by one of their student reporters calling for a ban on same-sex dating, calling homosexuality a disruption and that it should be kept out of school.
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Westboro bigots picket Lady Gaga concert with ‘God hates fags’ signs
Homophobic hate-monger Fred Phelps and his gang of Westboro Baptist Bigots has taken a break from picketing military funerals with its “God-hates-fags” message to picket the Lady Gaga concert in St. Louis on Saturday night.
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Father of dead U.S. Marine ordered to pay organizers of anti-gay protest
The father of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq has been ordered to pay $16,510 to a family that protested his son’s funeral in Maryland. Albert Snyder sued members of the Westboro Baptist Church because they waved signs saying “God hates the USA,” “Matt is in Hell” and others bearing anti-gay slurs at the 2006 […]