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Supreme Court might dismiss Prop. 8 case on a technicality source: Los Angeles Times posted: 5/26/13 Lawyers leading the fight for gay marriage in California have been quietly preparing state officials for the possibility the U.S. Supreme Court might dismiss the case on a technicality next month without deciding the fate of Proposition 8. The justices could decide that the sponsors of the ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage had no legal right, or standing, to defend it in federal court. That would end the case in Washington, but it is not clear what it would mean for California. If Tens Of Thousands Of Gay Marriage Opponents Protest In Paris source: NPR posted: 5/26/13 Some 150,000 people hit the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest a law that legalizes same-sex marriage in France. The mass demonstration comes just days before the first ceremony is scheduled to take place. that police "evicted" about a dozen activists who climbed to the roof the Socialist party headquarters to unfurl a banner urging President François Hollande to resign. The paper adds: "The new law – the key social reform of the Socialist president, François Hollande – , making Man behind gay marriage drive seen as 'brilliant' source: SFGate/San Francisco Chronicle posted: 5/25/13 No single person ever became the public face of the successful drive for gay marriage in Minnesota, but the man who gets the most credit from his allies for making it happen is Richard Carlbom. "Every war — even a war of love — needs a general, and our general is quiet, and self-effacing and brilliant," is how state Sen. Dick Cohen, DFL-St. Paul, described Carlbom at a Capitol rally minutes after the Senate passed the gay marriage bill on May 13. It becomes legal on Aug. 1, capping a stunn Robbie Rogers, first openly gay MLS player, joins L.A. Galaxy source: Los Angeles Times posted: 5/25/13 The next time Robbie Rogers takes the field, he will become the first openly gay male athlete to play in a major U.S. professional sport. That opportunity could come as early as Sunday night when the Galaxy hosts the Seattle Sounders. "As an athlete when you step on the field, you step on the field and don't think about other stuff," Rogers said at his introductory news conference Saturday. "So I think it will be quite natural and normal. But after, when I have time to take everything in, the ‘I don’t know what I was so afraid of’: Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers joins LA Galaxy source: The Washington Post posted: 5/25/13 Until about a month ago, Robbie Rogers had no interest in being one of the highest-profile openly gay athletes in the world. Rogers didn’t want the pressure or attention, and he was weary of soccer itself. After coming out and simultaneously retiring in February, the former MLS champion and U.S. national team player planned to devote himself to fashion school and family, not soccer or social change. Rogers told The Associated Press he changed his mind when he realized how much he still lov Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally source: Boston.com/The Boston Globe posted: 5/25/13 Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country’s first-ever gay pride march. Russian police said they arrested at least 30 gay rights campaigners and Christian Orthodox vigilantes in Moscow. The campaigners tried to unfurl banners denouncing Kremlin-backed anti-gay legislation in front of Russia’s lower house of parliament, but they were attacked Dozens march peacefully in Ukraine’s first-ever gay rally source: The Washington Post posted: 5/25/13 KIEV, Ukraine — At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country’s first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event. Participants of the Saturday’s rally in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, held banners against discrimination and derogatory stereotypes of gays. Riot police guarded the rally and prevented attempts by a dozen men to attack the activists. While the recognition of gay rights advances in much of the West, antipathy toward homosexuals r Ex-Scout James Dale: Boy Scouts should accept gay leaders source: Los Angeles Times posted: 5/24/13 NEW YORK -- A former Boy Scout whose decision to fight his ouster from the organization for being gay went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court says the group's vote to permit gay youth but not gay Scout leaders is a "bit of a step backward." James Dale spoke out after the 103-year-old organization lifted its ban on gay youth — but not gay adults — in a vote by about 1,200 members of its national council. The new policy takes effect Jan. 1. “It sends a mixed message to both gay and non-ga Minister To Lose Job After Performing Same-Sex Marriage? source: NPR posted: 5/24/13 When Methodist minister Reverend Thomas Ogletree officiated his son's same-sex marriage, he didn't think it would cause a stir. But now some New York United Methodist Church ministers are threatening to defrock him. He speaks with Host Michel Martin about the controversy and why he feels he's being singled out. When Methodist minister Reverend Thomas Ogletree officiated his son's same-sex marriage, he didn't think it would cause a stir. But now some New York United Methodist Church ministers After vote to allow gay Boy Scouts, critics and supporters mobilize source: The Washington Post posted: 5/24/13 The Boy Scouts’ vote to allow openly gay boys prompted some supporters and critics of the new policy to swing into action Friday. A network of Scouting families who wanted the ban to remain said it will host a meeting next month to start the process of creating “a new character development organization for boys.” At the same time, gay equality advocates vowed to help the Scouts grow their membership and assist troops in crafting guidelines for handling Scouts who come out as gay. But in th |
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