Category Archives: Current News

THE MOST RECENT SUIT AGAINST AMENDMENT ONE AND PRECEDING MARRIAGE RESTRICTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA claims the following: “By regulating who ministers can and cannot marry, and criminalizing them if their faith traditions skew from the law, the UCC claims that … Continue reading →

The country’s leading gay rights groups and donors, after a decade focused on legalizing same-sex marriage, are embarking on a major drive to win more basic civil rights and workplace protections in Southern and Western states where the rapid progress … Continue reading →

from the New York Times, April 2, 2014 Nearly a year after announcing that it would admit gay boys but still prohibit openly gay leaders from its ranks, the Boy Scouts of America has dismissed a gay scoutmaster. The fired … Continue reading →

I found this helpful and up-to-date glossary in a Tumblr blog http://teenworldanonymous.org/ (reprinted with permission) “So the recent “big news” on the social media front this past weekend centered around Facebook. Recognizing that not all individuals identify as heterosexual, there … Continue reading →

“The dispute among United Methodists over recognition of same-sex couples has lapsed into a doctrinal donnybrook, pitting clergy who are presiding at gay weddings in defiance of church law against proponents of traditional marriage who are trying to stop them.” … Continue reading →

from EqualityNC’s website: 1. How does the Affordable Care Act’s new marketplace help LGBT North Carolinians? The law has been touted to help LGBT Americans, including North Carolinians, in the following ways: AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. The ACA makes sure that … Continue reading →

December 26, 2013 New Victories for Marriage Equality By THE EDITORIAL BOARD, New York Times ………. read on to the 4th paragraph and thereafter…… With every new court ruling or legislative enactment or popular vote affirming Americans’ fundamental right to … Continue reading →

December 26, 2013 New Victories for Marriage Equality By THE EDITORIAL BOARD, New York Times With every new court ruling or legislative enactment or popular vote affirming Americans’ fundamental right to marry, the arguments against same-sex marriage sound increasingly desperate … Continue reading →

See http://www.aol.com/article/2013/12/28/boy-scouts-open-ranks-to-gay-youth-on-jan-1/20796692/#!slide=2124271&?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl11%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D424375. At last! This will really help gay youth in North Carolina. It is NOT a sin.

Utah Federal Judge Robert Shelby has called its constitutional amendment contrary to the 14th Amendment of the US constitution, writing as follows: Amendment 3 perpetuates inequality by holding that the families and relationships of same-sex couples are not now, nor … Continue reading →