Hate Crimes Protection Passes House
As part of the Defense Authorization, the House passed a hate crimes bill with a slight change in the name.
Hate Crimes Protection Passes House
As part of the Defense Authorization, the House passed a hate crimes bill with a slight change in the name.
President Recognizes Gay Parents in Family Day Proclamation
Family Day 2009
Our family provides one of the strongest influences on our lives. American families from every walk of life have taught us
time and again that children raised in loving, caring homes have the ability to reject negative behaviors and reach their highest
Lutheran Church Approves Gays In a Relationship to Serve as Clergy
Openly gay people have been allowed to serve as clergy in the Lutheran Church for years, but only if they didn’t engage in sexual relationships. But now that has changed.
On Friday, August 21, the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination voted to allow gays in a committed relationship to serve as clergy in the church. This action makes the Lutheran Church the biggest Christian denomination in the country to significantly open the pulpit to people who happen to be gay.
Remodels Are All The Rage
Home owners turn to remodeling to improve home values at a time when home prices are depressed.
When housing prices fall, home renovations tend to surge. Homeowners will often chose to renovate their home rather than sale for a lower than market rate. That’s true for Silicon Valley with some reports showing that renovations are up nearly 15 to 20 percent over last year. Obama Gives Top Honors to Two Gay Icons
President Obama names 16 people for the Medal of Freedom and two of them are gay icons.
President Obama named 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
President Barack Obama Mentions Gay Civil Rights in Speech
At a NAACP event the president included the GLBT in his speech about discrimination.
President Barack Obama has been criticized lately by the GLBT community for not living up to his promise to push for GLBT equality at the federal level.
But on July 16th, the president did mention gay people in his speech to the NAACP.
Governor Schwarzenegger Honors the Fourth of July Holiday
California is honored to join all Americans in celebrating the most important day in our history, the day in which our Founding Fathers boldly declared our independence. Although our country has gone through many changes in the past 233 years, we still continue the great legacy of these revolutionaries.
Chastity Bono Transitions To A Man
She will change her name to Chaz
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Chastity Bono recently announced she plans to have a sex change to become a man.
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Pentagon's 'don't ask, don't tell' & Obama Administration Agrees
The Supreme Court agreed on June 8 with the Obama administration and upheld Pentagon policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.
The U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear an appeal from former Army Capt. James Pietrangelo II, who was dismissed under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The federal appeals court in Boston earlier threw out a lawsuit filed by Pietrangelo and 11 other veterans.
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