On December 19, 2008, Ken Starr and the Prop 8 Legal Defense Fund filed legal briefs defending the constitutionality of Prop 8 and also sought to nullify the 18,000 same-sex marriages that had already been conducted between May and November of 2008.
We here at LGR have long been telling you that one of the major financiers of this initiative is Erik Prince, founder of the gun for hire, mercenary company... Blackwater International.
Today I attended the Senate Intelligence Committee Confirmation hearings for President Obama's nominee for CIA director, Leon Panetta. Under questioning from Committee Chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Panetta pledged to reverse the CIA's reliance on outside contractors like Blackwater, saying the practice makes him "very nervous" although he said it might be suitable in some circumstances to use them. Full story...
How to Raise a Tolerant Child
A tolerant person accepts diversity and doesn't prejudge others on the basis of religion, race, or gender.
The ABC networks Good Morning America has canceled a scheduled concert by performer Adam Lambert citing his "controversial" behavior at the American Music Awards this past weekend where he engaged in homoerotic behavior as part of his show.
And, relating to that - how many times do you see a marginalised person on TV and EVERY plot line about them has to be related to their marginalisation? I once joked that in the history of TV no gay man has ever worried about credit card debt.
American Idol star Adam Lambert has defended his same-sex kiss onstage at the American Music Awards on Sunday after angry viewers complained about his risque performance.
Janet Jenkins, the non-biological mother of 7-year old Isabella, was awarded full custody of the child in a Virginia court.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and SAGE have just released Outing Age 2010: Public Policy Issues Affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders, an update to the Task Forcea s groundbreaking Outing Age report issued in 2000.
On Nov. 4, 2008, when the polls closed on the West Coast and media outlets reported that California voters had passed Proposition 8, gay-rights supporters across the country were stunned.
Since its inception in 2003, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief -- PEPFAR -- has become the largest public health program in history.
In both her public and personal life, Parker has maintained high ethical standards and decorum in her years as an elected official.
Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to FBI data released Monday.
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