A marriage equality bill will be introduced in Delaware today. Gov. Jack Markell and Attorney General Beau Biden planned to join lawmakers Thursday in Wilmington to announce the filing of the legislation. Crafting of the bill has been led by members of the gay rights group Equality Delaware. Markell has pledged to sign the bill if it passes the General …
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Read More »French Senate Approves Adoption Component Of Marriage Equality Bill
Tonight the French Senate approved the portion of its marriage equality bill that guarantees adoption rights to same-sex couples. Anti-gay groups had been clinging to that aspect of the bill as their last possible chance to block final passage. Via Le Monde: Après l’adoption de l’article 1 du projet de loi sur le “mariage pour tous”, ouvrant la voie au …
Read More »Uruguay Finalizes Marriage Equality
Today the finishing touches on Uruguay’s marriage equality bill were made after minor changes to the original bill were reconciled between the two national legislative chambers. President Jose Mujica has promised to sign the bill and marriages should commence within a few months.
Read More »MP Glenda Jackson: Thatcherism Reeked
Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson has been a Labour member of Parliament for 21 years. Watch her blistering takedown of Thatcherism. (Via Boy Culture)
Read More »Satan’s Top Ten Tips For Gays
From Alan Keyes’ Renew America: 1) Always see your sexual opponent (anyone who rejects homosexual acts) as the enemy. Project what they see as your sexual disorder onto them by repetitiously calling them “homophobes”; 2) Separate the act of sex from its natural purpose of procreation by referring to all homosexual relationships as expressions of “love” rather than “lust”; 3) …
Read More »Montana House Repeals Sodomy Ban
Zack Ford has the news at Think Progress: “Just now, the Montana House held its third and final vote on SB 107, a bill to repeal the state’s unconstitutional sodomy law. The final vote was 64-36, meaning there were still 36 lawmakers who believes that gay sex should remain criminal under law.” The Montana Senate repealed the ban in January …
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FRANCE: Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Plan Last Ditch Effort To Stop Bill
Manif Pour Tous has announced that if France’s marriage equality bill is finalized they will stage yet another massive anti-gay rally on May 26th in a last-ditch effort to demand the bill’s withdrawal and to again call for a national referendum.
Read More »Apple CEO Tim Cook Tops Out’s Power 50
Via press release: Tim Cook, number 1 on this year’s Power 50 list, took charge of tech giant Apple as CEO in 2011 and has guided the company through significant upgrades on all of its product lines and helped the brand increase its market share to 20% of all money spent on U.S. consumer technology. This year marks the first …
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