Tag Archives: lawsuits

Truth Wins Out Sues “Ex-Gays”

As was threatened last month, Truth Wins Out has filed a defamation suit against the “ex-gay” group PFOX after its leader claimed on television that TWO leader Wayne Besen had tried to have him murdered. “We will not let PFOX’s outright lies and bizarre fabrications go unanswered,” said TWO Executive Director Wayne Besen. “Greg Quinlan’s false allegations were deviously designed …

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HAWAII: Gov. Neil Abercrombie Refuses To Defend Suit To Overturn Marriage Ban

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie says that he agrees with and will not defend against a lawsuit calling his state’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Also being sued is the license-issuing Hawaii Department of Health, who will defend themselves. “Under current law, a heterosexual couple can choose to enter into a marriage or a civil union. A same-sex couple, however, may …

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NEW YORK CITY: Churches Win Temporary Stay On Public School Evictions

The 160 churches that operate virtually free in New York City’s public schools have been granted a temporary reprieve from the eviction ordered by a federal court of appeals. Alliance Defense Fund says the temporary restraining order is in effect for 10 days while the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York more fully considers constitutional arguments …

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Christian Network Accused Of $50M Ripoff

The world’s largest Christian television network, Trinity Broadcasting, has been accused of funneling $50 million in viewer donations to the company’s directors. Freak show televangelists Paul and Jan Crouch (above) are the global faces of the network. The charges are leveled in a federal lawsuit filed by Crouch granddaughter Brittany Koper last week against her former lawyers, who also do …

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NEW YORK CITY: Pepper-Sprayed Occupy Wall Street Protesters Sue The NYPD

Two women who were pepper-sprayed by the NYPD as they were held inside a protesters pen have filed a lawsuit. The incident was caught live by local news cameras and the video instantly went globally viral, fueling other Occupy protests around the nation. Chelsea Elliott and Jeanne Mansfield are suing Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna in Manhattan Federal Court for blasting …

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BRITAIN: Christian Hotel Loses Appeal To Refuse Service To Same-Sex Couples

In a case watched closely in the United States, today a British hotelier lost his court battle to have the right to refuse accommodations to same-sex couples. The Court of Appeal has today upheld a landmark court ruling in favour of a gay couple refused a room by the religious owners of Cornwall hotel. Martin Hall and Steven Preddy, civil …

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SPLC Sues To Overturn DOMA

The Southern Poverty Law Center is suing the federal government on behalf of a disabled lesbian veteran and her partner. Tracey Cooper-Harris served her country for 12 years in the U.S. Army. She received more than two dozen medals and commendations. She was honorably discharged in 2003. In 2010, Cooper-Harris was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a disabling disease that attacks …

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Newt Sued Over Campaign Song

He’s been using Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music for years, but Survivor has finally gotten around to suing Newt Gingrich. Rude Music Inc. — owned by a member of the band Survivor — filed the suit today in federal court in Illinois … claiming Newt has jacked the song made famous in “Rocky III” to push his …

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CALIFORNIA: Avis Sued For Offering Discounts To Gay Groups

An Arizona woman has filed suit against Avis, alleging that the car rental giant violates California’s law against sexual orientation discrimination when if offers discounts to LGBT groups. Dave Rice reports at San Diego Reader: Lynn Evenchik claims that Avis’ practice of offering discounts to members of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association and National Gay and Lesbian Chamber …

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CALIFORNIA: Court Rules That Churches May Fire Employees For Shacking Up

The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission is applauding a California appeals court for ruling that a church was allowed to fire an employee because she was living in sin. The Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that the Red Hill Lutheran Church in Tustin had the right to fire a preschool director for living with her boyfriend while she is unmarried. In …

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HomoQuotable – Greg Quinlan

“Wayne, if you really feel you must waste money you could be using to bash ex-gays, bully Christian churchgoers and spread the lie that people who are trapped in unwanted homosexuality can never escape it, I say knock yourself out. We’re happy to countersue and expose the hundreds of smears you and Truth Wins Out have lodged against me and …

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Former Pro Wrestler Hulk Hogan Sues Ex-Wife Over Gay Affair Claims

Former pro wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan is suing his ex-wife for telling interviewers that he had a long-term gay relationship with fellow wrestler Brutus Beefcake. “After the four-year crazy divorce I thought I’d heard everything I could hear in the courtroom,” he told Us Weekly, laughing. “Then, all of a sudden she says I abused her, that I was violent. …

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Lesbian Couple Sues Hawaii For Marriage

A lesbian couple has filed suit against Hawaii, claiming that next month’s legalization of civil unions denies them their full rights. The suit names gay-friendly Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who signed the civil unions bill, as a defendant. “Civil union doesn’t do, it just doesn’t do the same thing,” said Janin Kleid, Plaintiff. The couple has not been in contact with …

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Bishop Eddie Long Quits

Atlanta’s Bishop Eddie Long and his hilarious wig are “taking a little time off” from the 25,000-member prosperity gospel megachurch he founded. With his wife’s recent divorce filing, Long will have to console himself with his enormous mansion, his Bentley, and his private jet. Well, that and all those hot boys.

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PA School Bans HIV+ Student

Unbelievable. A central Pennsylvania boarding school is standing by its decision to deny admission to a Delaware County middle school student because he has HIV. The 13-year-old boy is suing the Milton Hershey School, claiming the free residential school for low-income students broke anti-discrimination laws. The boy’s lawyer, Ronda Goldfein of the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, said legal precedent …

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NEW YORK: Anti-Gay Religious Groups Seek To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage

Torah Jews For Decency, Liberty Counsel, and New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedoms have banded together in a doomed campaign to have New York’s marriage equality law overturned due to legislators supposedly violating some timeline regarding public notice and because meetings were allegedly held that were not open to the public. The suit is being argued by Rena Lindevaldsen, the Liberty …

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Lawsuits Plague Second Avenue Subway

As the Second Avenue subway’s massive construction project continues to roar through the Upper East Side, the city is being hit with huge personal injury lawsuits. Claims totaling $27M are already on file. George Behoyos was biking on Second near 95th Street when he came upon a construction site “set up in an obstructive and unsafe way.” He was hit …

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Appeals Court Upholds “Obamacare”

In a case doubtlessly bound for SCOTUS, today the DC Circuit Court Of Appeals ruled that the Affordable Care Act, AKA “Obamacare,” is constitutional. The very long list of losing plaintiffs includes dozens of Republican state Attorneys General. At issue, primarily, was the government’s right to impose a fine for failing to purchase health insurance. The Court writes: “We acknowledge …

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NEW JERSEY: Superior Court Judge Allows Marriage Equality Lawsuit To Proceed

A New Jersey Superior Court judge today granted permission for Lambda Legal to proceed with its marriage equality lawsuit on behalf of Garden State Equality and seven same-sex couples. Via press release: “We are delighted that the New Jersey Superior Court will allow this case to continue and permit us to demonstrate how the legislature’s crafting of a status other …

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ILLINOIS: Complaints Filed Against Two Inns For Refusing Civil Union Events

Windy City Times reports that formal complaints have been lodged against two Illinois bed-and-breakfast inns for refusing to host civil union ceremonies. Todd and Mark Wathen of Mattoon, Ill., allege that both the Timber Creek Bed and Breakfast and Beall Mansion Bed and Breakfast discriminated against them by refusing to host their legally recognized ceremony. The Wathen’s attorneys—Betty Tsamis of …

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