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Media Study: More Pro Views On Same-Sex Marriage source: NPR posted: 6/17/13 Around the time the U.S. Supreme Court was considering the same-sex marriage issue, news reports had more comments from supporters than opponents, a study released Monday concluded. The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism looked at nearly 500 stories on the topic over a two-month period that began just before the court started hearings in March on legalizing same-sex marriage. By a 5-to-1 margin, the stories with statements in support of legalization outweighed those do Why Both Sides Want Gay Marriage Settled By The States source: NPR posted: 6/16/13 The Supreme Court may rule on gay marriage this week. Advocates both for and against are glad the issue didn't reach the court any sooner. They didn't want a repeat of the abortion issue. With its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, the high court stepped in and guaranteed a right to abortion but also triggered a backlash that has lasted for 40 years. With same-sex marriage, by contrast, legislators and voters in nearly every state had the chance to make their feelings known before the Supre Two dads turn to social media to seek adoption source: The Washington Post posted: 6/15/13 Five months pregnant and unsure what to do about it, Sesa Juliana was mindlessly scrolling through Facebook one night when she stumbled upon a small advertisement. It pictured two smiling men on a sailboat and read: “Loving gay couple in DC area seeks open adoption of a baby. Contact us if you’d like to place your baby in a home full of joy!” It was 2010, and the two men, Brad Letson and Brad Benton of Silver Spring, had been trying to adopt for the better part of a year. They had completed t 2 Boy Scout leaders reprimanded for marching in Utah Pride Parade, promoting gay agenda source: The Washington Post posted: 6/15/13 Two Boy Scout leaders have been reprimanded by the organization for marching with several Scouts in the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City. Officials from the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America say Peter Brownstein and Neil Whitaker violated the organization’s policy prohibiting the use of Scouting to promote a political agenda. They had been warned that they would violate the policy if they wore their Scout uniforms in the June 2 parade. “We were very disappointed that Neb. woman kicked out of Christian college for lesbian relationship fights bill over tuition source: The Washington Post posted: 6/15/13 Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Christian college in Nebraska. She had fallen in love with another woman, a strictly forbidden relationship at a school where even prolonged hugs were banned. Powell said she was working at a civil rights foundation in Mississippi to finish her psychology degree when she was called back to Grace University in Omaha and confronted about the relationship. She was eventually 'I'm Not The Only One': Transgender Youth Battle The Odds source: NPR posted: 6/15/13 Despite a number of victories for gay rights and national polls reflecting a of gay men and women, there is a population within the LGBT community that often feel left out of the national debate. They are the "T": transgender men and women who still face many obstacles, including employment discrimination and homelessness. They experience them at an early age, too. Related NPR Stories Chris (right) and Renee Wiley pose for a wedding photo on Times Square in New York in December. Same-sex ma Survey offers complex portrait of LGBT Americans source: SFGate/San Francisco Chronicle posted: 6/13/13 Even as they acknowledge greater acceptance by society, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans are, on average, less happy than other U.S. adults, and many report instances of rejection and harassment, according to a sweeping new survey. The survey, released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, is one of the largest and most detailed ever conducted among LGBT respondents by a major U.S. polling organization. It was conducted April 11-29 among a national sample of 1,197 adults who Caterpillar Inc. no longer giving money to Boy Scouts, cites ban on gay leaders source: The Washington Post posted: 6/13/13 Caterpillar Inc. is no longer giving money to the Boy Scouts because the organization discriminates against homosexuals, a spokeswoman for the Illinois-based heavy equipment manufacturer confirmed Thursday. The company’s move wasn’t directly tied to the recent Boy Scouts decision to continue to bar homosexual adults from roles within the organization while allowing openly gay children to be scouts. Instead, spokeswoman Rachel Potts said, the company decided to cut off funding while reviewing Gays See U.S. Society Accepting as Many Keep Parents in Dark source: SFGate/San Francisco Chronicle posted: 6/13/13 Almost all gay U.S. adults say that society is more tolerant than ever of their sexual orientation, even as almost 40 percent have kept it hidden from their own father, a poll found. The survey released today by the Pew Research Center is the most comprehensive study of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults taken since 2007, when same-sex marriage was legal only in Massachusetts, according to the group. Paul Taylor, one of its lead authors, said the insight will help inform debate as Obama’s Pen May Shape Scope of Marriage Ruling source: The New York Times posted: 6/13/13 A Supreme Court ruling this month that could overturn the ban on federal benefits for same-sex couples is presenting the Obama administration with a series of complicated and politically sensitive decisions: how aggressively to overhaul references to marriage throughout the many volumes that lay out the laws of the United States. The decisions could affect Social Security checks, immigration laws and military benefits for same-sex couples, among other issues, with the outcomes based on wheth |
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