Many states have considered bills that enable discrimination against the LGBT community, but Mississippi’s proposed legislation is perhaps the most explicit in this regard. HB 1523 spells out in storied detail all of the different ways that a person should be able to mistreat people for being LGBT without consequences from the government ( Read more... )

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Gay marriage: MPs back legislation

MPs have approved same-sex marriage in England and Wales in a key Commons vote, despite the opposition of dozens of Conservative MPs.
The Commons voted in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, by 400 to 175, a majority of 225, at the end of a full day's debate on the bill.

Prime Minister David Cameron has ( Read more... )

I love, LOVE that there are some professional athletes who have come out in support of marriage equality. Not all of them are insensitive pricks.

Out Of Bounds Blog No. 18 - Vote No

Author’s note: It’s often wise to take a moment to think things over, especially when making momentous decisions ( Read more... )

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Lisa A. Miller and her daughter, Isabella, started their fugitive lives here in the fall of 2009, disguised in the white scarves and long blue dresses of the Mennonites who spirited them out of the United States and adopting the aliases Sarah and Lydia ( Read more... )

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(CNN) -- The divisive issue of same-sex marriage in California may become another landmark case taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appeals court judges refused Tuesday to revisit an earlier ruling ( Read more... )

Civil-unions bill will be heard in House committee this afternoon

The chairman of the third and final committee scheduled to hear a civil-unions bill said today it will be heard this afternoon.

Rep. Jon Becker, R-Fort Morgan, said he didn't know how many other bills will be heard during the Appropriations Committee hearing.

The civil-unions ( Read more... )

"Lesbian break-ups can apparently be bitchier than gay men's.” wrote columnist Giles Hattersley in the Sunday Times this weekend as he speculated his way through a piece on why 62% of civil union dissolutions (i.e. divorces) in the UK are between women despite the fact that lesbian relationships only represent 44% of civil partnerships in that ( Read more... )

We still have an uphill battle in the Republican-controlled House, but hopes are high for my friends in the LGBT community.

Colorado civil unions bill advances toward showdown; similar proposal failed last year

DENVER - Gay couples waiting for rights similar to those afforded to married couples got closer on Wednesday to a legislative showdown ( Read more... )