Ukraine's Anti-Gay 'Promotion Of Homosexuality' Law Gets Initial Approval
KIEV, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday took a first step to making the promotion of homosexuality a criminal offence punishable by prison despite appeals from local and foreign human rights groups who said the move was discriminatory.www.huffingtonpost.com
CEO Decides Not to Move 'Multimillion-Dollar Company' to Jacksonville Due to ...
A recent letter to the Florida Times-Union explains why a "multimillion-dollar company" decided not to move its business to the city because of the anti-gay climate. "Jacksonville lost this company because of the results of the anti-discrimination bill ...www.southfloridagaynews.com
Boston-Area Diocese Sued for Anti-Gay Housing Discrimination
Here's something fun to welcome the day: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, Mass., is being sued by a gay couple with charges of housing discrimination. Hoping to convert the 19th-century mansion into their private home with dedicated event space ...curbed.com
From the Front Lines of Chick-fil-A's Fowl Play
The Alderman cited the company's long history of giving money to anti-gay causes and lack of LGBT discrimination protections in its corporate policy as reasons for denying a zoning change that will require new city law. The conflagration of controversy ...www.huffingtonpost.com
San Francisco to Protest Hateful Anti-Gay Archbishop
... will protest the installation of the new Archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, whom has a long track record of virulently anti-gay political activism (he was one of the major voices in the campaign to pass the discriminatory ...www.passportmagazine.com
Scouts torn by anti-gay stand
Partially as the result of a 2000 Supreme Court ruling upholding the BSA's exclusionary policy because it is a private organization, the Texas-based organization two months ago publicly reaffirmed its policy, which some call exclusionary or discriminatory.www.telegram.com
Boy Scouts Get Big Money From Corporations Despite Anti-Gay Policy
Many of those same foundations have policies against giving to organizations that discriminate based on sexual orientation.www.huffingtonpost.com
Mike Huckabee: Chick-fil-A's reversal on anti-gay donations is 'not true'
Days after a local LGBT rights advocacy group and a Chicago alderman announced that Chick-fil-A had agreed to end donations to anti-gay organizations and end discrimination based on sexual orientation throughout the company, conservative former ...www.lgbtqnation.com
Yunel Escobar will Work with GLAAD After Making Anti-Gay Slur
"Today's actions show that MLB and the Toronto Blue Jays are committed to creating an environment that all fans and families can enjoy, not a place where discriminatory language and anti-gay attitudes are accepted," said GLAAD President Herndon ...www.opposingviews.com
Chile General criticized for anti-gay orders
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's government is criticizing one of its top generals for discriminating against gays and religious groups in his orders to military recruiters.www.huffingtonpost.com
Chick-fil-A claims to cease anti-gay donations, clarifies policies
According to TCRA, which has been working with Moreno on the Chick-fil-A negotiations, anti-gay donations were among the key issues in the controversy, but the group also wanted the corporation to adopt an anti-discrimination policy at the corporate level.www.windycitymediagroup.com
Zach Wahls to UPS: Stop Funding Anti-Gay Boy Scouts
As Wahls asserts in a statement from Change.org, "The Boy Scouts are certainly worthy of significant corporate support, but not while the organization is upholding a discriminatory policy that bans some of the best and brightest gay youth and leaders ...www.opposingviews.com
Intel Ends Donations to Boy Scouts Because of Antigay Policy
"Due to significant growth in the number of organizations funded, earlier this year we revisited our policies associated with the program, and applied new rigor that requires any organization to confirm that it adheres to Intel's anti-discrimination ...www.advocate.com
Senators Hope To End Anti-LGBT Discrimination In Jury Selection Process With ...
Jeanne Shaheen seeks to put an end to anti-gay discrimination often wielded during the jury selection process. According to MetroWeekly: The Jury ACCESS Act would amend title 28 of the United States Code to specifically forbid discrimination against ...instinctmagazine.com
EU deeply disappointed by anti-gay bill in Ukraine
Stano said that the EU "takes a firm position in defense of the human rights of persons that face discrimination and violence on various grounds, including their sexual orientation or gender identity.www.kyivpost.com
Anti-gay candidate causes ACT election storm
A little-known former Liberal Party member running as an independent in next month's ACT elections has become a talking point for both major parties after calling for the re-criminalisation of homosexual sex and for the right to discriminate against ...gaynewsnetwork.com.au
Ukraine Moves Closer to Passing Anti-Gay Law
... Gay Rights activists have been passionately speaking out in opposition to the draft law, calling it discriminatory, and addressing the chair of Ukraine's parliament, Volodymyr Lytvyn, who has previously publicly questioned the passing of anti-gay ...www.passportmagazine.com
Will Banda Fight for Gay Rights?
One of the earliest indications that Joyce Banda was going to be a very different president from her predecessor, Bingu wa Mutharika, was her suggestion - soon after coming to power - that her government would review Malawi's anti-gay laws. While ...allafrica.com
Atlanta seminary prof fired for anti-gay views?
A professor who was fired by Atlanta's Interdenominational Theological Center says the local consortium of black seminaries discriminated against him for being anti-gay and for distributing a book against homosexuality. Jamal-Dominique Hopkins (photo), ...www.projectqatlanta.com
Anti-gay candidate 'like the Taliban': Seselja
canberratimes.com.au. Anti-gay candidate 'like the Taliban': Seselja. Date: September 24, 2012. Comments 54; Read later.www.canberratimes.com.au
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