Civil Rights | LGBT Rights

2010-07-31: Headlines

The Detroit News: Drolet sues Meltzer over campaign flyer 2010-07-31
The fliers claimed Drolet sponsored a bill to allow homosexuals to engage in sex acts in public places and refused to endorse "traditional" marriage between a man and a woman, according to the lawsuit. | The suit is the latest dust-up in the Republican primary race for the 11th District state Senate seat in northern Macomb County. Voters go to the polls Tuesday.
Liverpool Echo: Michael Causer Foundation to be launched in memory of murdered Huyton teenager 2010-07-31
Keywords: src="http:/ / images.icnetwork.co.uk/ upl/ liverpoolecho/ jul2010/ 6/ 8/ michael-causer-305771827.jpg" | A FOUNDATION in memory of the murdered teenager Michael Causer will be unveiled in the run-up to Liverpool's first gay Pride week. | A vigil for the 18-year-old, who was killed two years ago in a what his family believed was a homophobic attack, will mark the anniversary of his death and launch the of the Michael Causer Foundation.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Columnist: Take government out of our private relationships 2010-07-31
Keywords: function gup( name ) | title="Rich Sherlock" | deeds, loans and rental agreements all name the parties involved. | government must keep its mouth shut about moral issues. | extracted to affirm love and commitment. | We need to be clear, civil marriage is an expression of law. | not being violated either. | part of "Congress shall make no law ..." don't we understand? | Third, government should get out of marriage and religion.
KTVU San Francisco: Arizonas Immigration Fight Comes To San Francisco 2010-07-31
Arizona's governor had hoped her immigration crackdown would begin this week, but after a judge in Phoenix issued an injunction, the battle over the law moves to San Francisco. | On Friday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco turned down the governor's request to expedite the case scheduling testimony for the first week of November.
Lez Get Real: Clear Channel Host Spews Anti-LGBT Hatred With Pedophilia Misinformation 2010-07-31
Of course, Quinn cited some rather disturbing and debunked theories that pedophilia is more common among gay men than among straight men in order to prove his point. The debate between Quinn and Tennent went on for nearly three minutes. It is the third time in three years that Quinn, who is a Clear Channel host, has defamed LGBT people. This ‚Äòdebate' happened on 28 July.
Ninemsn: AFP: US church to burn Koran on 9/11 anniversary 2010-07-31
A US church plans to publicly burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. | The announcement, from Florida's Dove World Outreach Centre, has prompted threats from Islamic groups and warnings the move will trigger a rise in hate crimes. | The church said on its Facebook page it will hold an "International Burn a Koran Day" on September 11, asking other religious groups to join in standing
Press-Enterprise: Photo Gallery: Mosque protest in Temecula 2010-07-31
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Danbury News Times: Rice leaves Christianity, again 2010-07-31
Vampire novelist Anne Rice says she's leaving Christianity -- again -- because she no longer wants to be identified with such a "quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group." | Born and raised a Catholic, Rice left the church but returned after a 30-year absence in 1998. Best known for "Interview With the Vampire" and other vampire fiction, she later turned to spiritual writing, including a "Christ the Lord"
Lincoln Journal Star: Editorial, 7/31: Try again on campaign reporting 2010-07-31
Keywords: political spending by corporations and other advocacy groups. | Act. It died on a 57-41 vote. | Johanns complained the bill had "carve outs and special deals." | the bill, they shouldn't be content with derailing the Democrats' | effort to increase transparency of political financing. | his State of the Union Address. | of their revenues from corporations or unions. | the status quo would be suppressed.""
Advocate.com: Only Hugh 2010-07-31
If you think Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is just an unrelenting womanizer, a surprising new documentary that positions him as a civil rights champ will set you straight. | Hugh Hefner, a vital cultural figure of the past 50 years, has frequently been vilified by militant feminists for objectifying women and praised by activists for championing civil rights.
stv.tv: Katie Price is banned from telling the truth about split from Peter? 2010-07-31
Katie Price is 'banned' from telling the truth about split from Peter? | Reality TV star Katie Price has revealed that she is "banned" from talking about certain aspects of her failed marriage to Peter Andre, says a report. | The former glamour model told a magazine that she cannot reveal "the truth" about the reasons for the split in her upcoming autobiography. | She told Boyz magazine: "I'd like to tell the truth."
AlterNet.org: Sarah Seltzer: Shocking Right-Wing Homophobia Caught on Tape By Courage Campaign 2010-07-31
Keywords: an anti-gay marriage group -- took their hate on the road. The Courage Campaign has captured their bigotry on camera.
TheTyee.ca: Anti-homophobia consultants hours cut at Vancouver schools 2010-07-31
The Vancouver School Board (VSB) has significantly downsized its anti-homophobia and diversity consultant's hours, despite calls for greater anti-homophobia education in schools. | Consultant Steve Mulligan's work is something Vancouver trustee Jane Bouey is "extremely proud" of, but the school board has been forced to reduce his working hours to one or two days a week to make up for the board's significant budget shortfall.
Annapolis Capital: World Digest 2010-07-31
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the northeast Iranian city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh yesterday, injuring at least 110 people. | Iran's state TV said the quake also damaged several villages and temporarily disrupted communications. The earthquake occured at around 6:20 p.m. local time and rocked the city for about 10 seconds, causing cell phone disconnections.
Though Cowards Flinch: Grassroots Wars in America 2010-07-31
The usual ideas (clich©s?) are floated by Sunny – we socialists are all too busy fighting amongst ourselves etc, they're more pragmatic while we're more idealistic etc – but in actual fact, the seeming drift of the Republicans towards the Tea Party movement doesn't change the nature of the Republican Party at all. Fiery rhetoric about slashing state powers on the ground, continuing corporate welfare when not stumping.

2010-07-30: Headlines

Washington Post: Scena stages Importance of Being Earnest with men playing women and vice versa 2010-07-30
"Consistency," playwright Oscar Wilde once said, "is the last refuge of the unimaginative."
TheTyee.ca: The Kids Are Alright 2010-07-30
Keywords: 'The Kids Are Alright' | How did a film about lesbian parents and sex end up so very old-fashioned? | A wolf in their midst: protect the family. | 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day' | A frantic return of great dames. | No! to the boomers, yes! to the Yes Men. | Alison Bechdel's 'Dykes' comic and graphic novel 'Fun Home' reflect complicated life.
Times Herald-Record: Times Record News and Times Record News: Immigration reform has some new allies 2010-07-30
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Hollywoodnews.com: Anne Rice quits Christianity, citing bigotry and hatred 2010-07-30
HollywoodNews.com: Anne Rice, author of Interview with the Vampire, is widely regarded as the original queen of vampire fiction, but more recently, she's better known as a Christian writer and outspokenly devout Catholic, having made a public (and controversial) re-conversion to Christianity several years ago. This week, however, Rice announced on her official Facebook page that she is once again leaving the church.
Times Record News: Cornyn due at a gay fundraiser 2010-07-30
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Huffington Post: Michael Rowe: Why Anne Rice Has Never Been More of a Christian 2010-07-30
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TV Squad: Gay Marriage on Police Women of Memphis (VIDEO) 2010-07-30
Previously, when discussing 'Police Women of Memphis' (Thu., 9PM ET on TLC), we had made fun of Officer Virginia Awkward's somewhat unusual last name.
St. Cloud Times: 2 sides square off in St. Cloud over gay marriage 2010-07-30
Keywords: window.yahooBuzzBadgeType= 'text'; | You must be logged in to leave a comment. | Report item as: (required) | Missing input fields. | You must fill out the comment body in order to submit a comment. | The comment you have entered is too long. Please limit your post to {maxchars} characters or less. | Ali Vasko (left) and Michael Molloy hold signs reflecting different opinions in front of Granite City Baptist Church in St.
ABS CBN News: SF gay community bats for rights protection 2010-07-30
Division of Canwest Publishing Inc. | Update: Helicopter crashes en route to fight B.C. | A helicopter contracted by the B.C. Forest Service to help fight the massive Jade Mountain Wildfire in the Yalakom Valley crashed Thursday €” sending the pilot and co-pilot to hospital with unknown injuries... | After nearly half a century, Town and Country Shopping Centre on the north end of Douglas Street has officially closed.
queerty.com: Dead Firefighter Thomas Araguz Testified He Didn't Know Wife Is Trans. Is Nikki Araguz Screwed? / Queerty 2010-07-30
At stake is a $600,000 estate for Nikki Araguz, the transgender wife of the late firefighter Thomas Araguz III, who died battling a blaze July 4.
Victoria Times Colonist: The financial truth about same-sex and common-law partnerships 2010-07-30
Division of Canwest Publishing Inc. | Update: Helicopter crashes en route to fight B.C. | A helicopter contracted by the B.C. Forest Service to help fight the massive Jade Mountain Wildfire in the Yalakom Valley crashed Thursday €” sending the pilot and co-pilot to hospital with unknown injuries... | After nearly half a century, Town and Country Shopping Centre on the north end of Douglas Street has officially closed.

2010-07-29: Headlines

Capitol Weekly: Campaign Notebook: The week in California politics 2010-07-29
Keywords: political money increasingly difficult. | Partnership is just the latest of these groups to materialize. | arm of a group called the American Principles Project. | to promoting conservative candidates and values. | be disclosed publicly. | Lozano has been active in the fight against abortion. | The group on whose board she serves - like Carly Fiorina - is opposed to same-sex marriage. | to "vote their values." | of the Latino community.
ChicagoPride.com: CBS promises to add more gay characters 2010-07-29
CBS is adding more gay characters to the fall line-up after getting a failing grade on a GLAAD media survey.
Metro Weekly: Jersey Juncture 2010-07-29
Jersey Unsure With New Jersey high court's decision not to hear a marriage challenge before a trial court can develop a record, same-sex couples are left to wait With one seat vacant on the New Jersey Supreme Court, a 3-3 split decision on whether the high court would hear the challenge to the inadequacy of civil unions, which are available for same-sex couples in New Jersey, means that the effort launched by Garden State Equality and Lambda...
Los Angeles Times: ISRAEL: Jerusalem Pride will march to parliament for equality 2010-07-29
The annual Jerusalem Pride march is taking to the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday and taking the community's demand for rights downtown and up to the Knesset, Israel's parliament. In past years, intense controversy surrounding the yearly event, counterdemonstrations by...
eTravelBlackboard MICE News: Introducing the new IGLTA board of directors 2010-07-29
International travel association appoints lesbian chair, ushers in new era of growth during its successful 27th annual global convention in Antwer...
St. Cloud Times: Gay marriage spurs demonstrations by both sides at Capitol 2010-07-29
Keywords: window.yahooBuzzBadgeType= 'text'; | ST. PAUL — Both sides in the struggle over gay marriage predicted the issue will come to a head in Minnesota next year, as simultaneous rallies for and against same-sex marriage played out peacefully Wednesday at the state Capitol. | The predictions depend on the state elections in November, with an open governor’s race and all 201 legislative seats on the ballot.
Capitol Weekly: At The Movies 2010-07-29
I stew in contemplation for a few hours afterwards. | This can make dates slightly awkward but I don't mind. It's nice to see real cinema hasn't died yet, that movies can still be thought-provoking and artistic. (Just a side note: I sincerely hope this doesn't change when the Tower goes under new ownership.) | After going to see "The Kids Are Alright" on opening night this past Friday, I left in contemplation.
Fenuxe: Continuing Education 2010-07-29
Georgia-born playwright Shay Youngblood was put on this world to tell stories. Stories about community, about family, about love in all forms.
Seattle Times: Justice Richard Sanders, as usual, draws fire from two election opponents 2010-07-29
Will Be €œCrazy Hot€: Miranda Kerr€™s fellow Victoria€™s Secret model, Jessica White, couldn€™t.. Celebrities on One News Page on Thursday, 29 July 201...
Fenuxe: Top 7 reasons to go back to school 2010-07-29
For some it€™s a sign of the times or it€™s about straight-up cash. For others it€™s all about status or it€™s a noble quest. FENUXE found the benefits of going back to school.
One News Page: Model Jessica White Says Mirandas Baby Will Be “Crazy Hot” 2010-07-29
Will Be €œCrazy Hot€: Miranda Kerr€™s fellow Victoria€™s Secret model, Jessica White, couldn€™t.. Celebrities on One News Page on Thursday, 29 July 201...
firedoglake.com: Business as Usual? Target, Best Buy Donate to Anti-LGBT Candidates via MN Forward 2010-07-29
Keywords: which has a 100% rating fomr the Human Rughts Campaign for the their workplace environment and support of LGBT causes and importanlty for many consumers focuses on budget style, featuring some great designers like Alexander McQueen, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Zac Posen–is now off my spending list for a while.
Montana State University: | | | | | | Scalia renders opinions about the original Constitution and moral decisions at MSU lecture | | 2010-07-29
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia discussed moral mullahs, fly patterns and the original Constitution at a lecture at MSU's Museum of the Rockies.
Fenuxe: School Pride 2010-07-29
Walking onto a college campus in Atlanta for the first time in years is a whole new experience if you're LGBT. Gay students and faculty are proud and not afraid to assert their authority to get their rights. The roots of this validation grew out of the campus LGBT groups, who provide meeting places and a sense of community to Atlanta's gay scholars. Here's the FENUXE 411 on Atlanta's largest, gayest campus groups!
Indianapolis Star: Defenders of marriage drowned out by activists 2010-07-29
On July 26, the National Organization for Marriage held a rally on the steps of the Indiana Statehouse. A permit had been obtained, and guest speakers addressed an enthusiastic crowd of people who support the traditional marriage of one man and one woman -- a definition in which our nation has always believed.
Pioneer Press: State Capitol rallies held for, against gay marriage 2010-07-29
"The family is a profound, beautiful thing and deserves to be protected with all our strength," Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, told the crowd of more than 100. | But gay-marriage advocates mustered a peaceful counter-protest of nearly equal numbers, carrying signs that read "Jesus Was The Oppressed, Not The Oppressor" and "God Made Rainbows So I Could Catwalk Into Heaven."

2010-07-28: Headlines

Hartford Courant: On same-sex marriage, all CT-Sen candidates agree that the matter should be determined at the state level 2010-07-28
The candidates running for U.S. Senate from Connecticut -- at least the four who participated in Tuesday's debate -- all agreed that same-sex marriage is not a matter for the federal government to decide. | The candidates were asked what they thought of the topic -- and, weirdly, for their view on homosexuality. "I guess I'm not a homosexual," Republican Peter Schiff said.
The Free Lance-Star: Balls game: Deceit 2010-07-28
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ABC Online: Family First wanted preference deal, says Sex Party 2010-07-28
The Australian Sex Party says Family First approached it about doing a preference deal for the federal election.
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Sneak Peak: "Breakthrough" With Tony Robbins Premiers Tonight at 8/7c on NBC (VIDEO) | Sorry, Tony Robbins. Your 'Breakthrough' is a much bigger problem. | Perhaps the recession has thrown away your dreams. Maybe your marriage or other relationship is suffering from the aftershocks. Maybe you feel that everything but the roof falls on your head, and it's only a matter of time before you have shingles on your scalp.
Chicago Tribune: The Rhubarb Patch: Zorn and Byrne on how to stop the violence 2010-07-28
Veteran Chicago commentator Dennis Byrne is a weekly contributor to the Tribune's commentary pages and the proprietor of The Barbershop, a ChicagoNow blog. In Wednesday's Tribune he joins me in The Rhubarb Patch to approaches to the high profile problem...
National Catholic Register: Fired for Teaching the Truth 2010-07-28
Kenneth Howell has taught courses on Catholicism, including 'Introduction to Catholicism' and 'Modern Catholic Thought' at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2001. | JOLIET, Ill. — A Catholic professor who was relieved of his teaching responsibilities at the University of Illinois for teaching the Catholic doctrine on homosexual sex has won widespread support in his struggle to return to the classroom.
Metro Weekly: Best Buy joins Target: Adds $100K donation to MN fund that supports anti-gay politician 2010-07-28
Last Word: Gay news: The latest headlines and quotes and updaets for local and national LGBT news: Metro Weekly magazine of Washington, DC, MD, V...
NewsChannel5.com: Dove Awards Leaving Nashville After 41 Years 2010-07-28
After 41 years of calling Music City home, the Christian themed Dove Awards will be playing to its Gospel music following next year in Atlanta. | This will be the first time the gospel and Christian music awards show will not be hosted in Nashville since it started 41 years ago. | The 2010 show was held April 21 at the Grand Ole Opry House - less than two weeks before the Opry was damaged by the record flooding in May.
San Diego Union Tribune: SDSU campus among 20 most LGBT-friendly 2010-07-28
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Rocky Mountain Collegian: Professor fired over comments on homosexuality gets $100000 2010-07-28
SAN JOSE, Calif. €“€“ A San Jose City College professor fired for classroom comments about the origins of homosexuality will get $100,000 from the school in a legal settlement announced Thursday. | The incident also will be removed from June Sheldon's transcript _ but she won't get her job back. | For two years, attorneys have battled over exactly what was said in Sheldon's classroom on June 21, 2007, after a quiz in Human Heredity.
Fredericksburg.com: Balls grease gun: Her weapon of choice 2010-07-28
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