Super Bowl

Falcons owner Arthur Blank joins a growing list of business leaders fighting the legislation.

“I believe the message of that halftime show was: ‘Quickly, become a homosexual.'”

A spokesman for the NFL announced that everything will go ahead as planned, despite calls from several gay rights advocates and a change.org petition.

The New England Patriots support marriage equality for same-sex couples. So do the San Francisco Giants.

Sports enthusiasts visiting Glendale, Ariz., for Super Bowl XLIX will be greeted by two 48- by 14-foot digital billboards hoping to spark conversation about equality and acceptance in sports.

A piece of legislation that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to protected classes in the City of Glendale will not happen by the Super Bowl, according to the city’s mayor.

Glendale, Ariz., home to the Arizona Cardinals and host city of Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, 2015, has signed on to a pledge in support of the LGBT community.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The city of Glendale, Ariz., could become the fifth Arizona city to pass an LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance under a proposal from a local city councilman. The west Phoenix suburb is home to the Arizona Cardinals and will host Super Bowl XLIX on Feb.1.

The Super Bowl host committee, the NFL and more than 80 major companies doing business in Arizona have called on Gov. Jan Brewer to veto SB 1062, a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gay people.

Coca-Cola on Sunday became the first advertiser to show a gay family in a Super Bowl television commercial.