School stops child of lesbian parents enrolling

by Debbie Webber Mar 11th 2010
A Catholic school has decided not to allow a pre-school child to enrol next year because her parents are lesbians. Now the community has rallied to protest at the school’s decision to uphold a policy not to let children of same sex parents attend..
The child already attends the school’s preschool [...]

Weddings bells ring for D.C. same-sex couples

Rocky Galloway, left, and Reginald Stanley hold their twin daughters after they were married by Rev. Sylvia E. Sumter, center, on Tuesday.
AP One bride wore a knee-length lace dress and pearls. The other bride wore a yellow shirt and white suit. And when a pastor pronounced them “partners in life this day and for always” [...]

Rhode Island Elects First Openly Gay House Speaker

Gordon Fox
Gordon Fox today became Rhode Island’s first openly gay House Speaker, the AP reports:
“The Democrat from Providence received votes Thursday from 51 of the 75 lawmakers in the House. Democrats nominated him during an earlier closed-door caucus. The 48-year-old lawyer previously served as House majority leader. He replaces former House Speaker William Murphy, who [...]

Colin Powell says he supports repealing DADT

Press release from HRC:
(Washington) Today, the effort to repeal the discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law received a monumental boost of support from General Colin Powell. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1990’s, who supported the laws passage back in 1993, changed his position in a statement sent [...]

John McCain: No to DADT Repeal

Cindy, John Mccain
Advocate.com Editors
Following President Obama’s State of the Union address, Republican Sen. John McCain issued a statement saying he disagreed with the president’s pledge to repeal”don’t ask, don’t tell.”
“In his State of the Union address, President Obama asked Congress to repeal the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy. I am immensely proud of, and [...]

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