Brownback: 'Fruits' Comment Not Gay Joke

Republican Sen. Sam Brownback, a potential presidential candidate, said Monday he meant no offense to homosexuals when he used the word "fruits" in a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

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Editorial: Human Rights Day, 2009

Editor's Note: Dedicated to the memory of my friend and mentor, Dr. Paula Gunn Allen. Thank you, Sandy 12/10/2009 10:17:57 AM It's 0817 on Human Rights Day.

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The latest row — into which the Archbishop of Canterbury has stumbled like a blind man into a bog — is over the "lesbian bishop" elected by the American Episcopal Church (the equivalent of the Church of England).

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Dublin, Ireland – As the United States engages in a heated debate over gay marriage, European Union countries are rapidly striding toward total recognition of same-sex civil unions, if not marriage.

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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a Christian student group that had been denied recognition by a public law school in California for excluding homosexuals and nonbelievers. The case pits anti-discrimination principles against religious freedom.

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CIVIL rights campaigners have strongly criticised a Fianna Fáil senator who claimed he is entitled to call homosexuals "fairies" and argued that women working outside the home are a contributory factor to youth problems, including depression.

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Britain and Canada protested yesterday over a proposed law that would result in gays in Uganda being imprisoned for life or even executed. Gordon Brown followed Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, in telling Uganda that the legislation was unacceptable.

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This is a very inspiring article on some Catholic Parishes in the US. They want to share their ministry with the world. So, here it is:

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(New York) - The Philippine elections commission should immediately reverse a decision denying a political party representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Filipinos from taking part in the 2010 elections, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the chair of the e …

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Uganda Takes Step Back Into the Dark Ages

The Times of London reported earlier that the bill has now gone to the parliament and actually has a fairly good chance of becoming law. Here are some of the highlights:

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The African nation of Uganda is weighing a bill that would impose the death penalty on HIV positive men who have committed what it calls "aggravated homosexuality." As if that were not shocking enough, a U.S.

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A gay man tying the knot next week in Latin America's first same-sex marriage predicted Thursday that his ground-breaking wedding will inspire other homosexual couples to follow suit.

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For Ahmet Yildiz, a stocky and affable 26-year-old, the choice to live openly as a gay man proved deadly. Prosecutors say his own father hunted him down, traveling more than 600 miles from his hometown to shoot his son in an old neighborhood of Istanbul.

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Here's the article US TV viewers complain over gay kiss

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Reports have surfaced that teacher Randolph Forde, who works at Mundy Mill's High School, Clayton County, Georgia, took a 16-year-old teenager out of class to ask the youngster if he was gay.

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The Indianapolis Public School system has a policy to ban certain websites from being viewed at school. I certainly hated it when I was in high school (we found ways to bypass it if course) but it's a reasonable idea.

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A study commissioned by US Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal, has so far found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children.

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Do you support the "Don't Ask, Don't Give" boycott of the DNC and the President?

The folks over at America Blog have started a boycott on contributions to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), including Organizing for America (OFA), the community organizing project of the DNC that is the successor organization to the 2008 Presidential campaign’s Obam …

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As Larry Johnson nears the Kansas City Chiefs' all-time rushing record, more than 10,000 fans have signed an online petition pleading for team officials to deactivate the running back after he posted homosexual slurs on his Twitter account.

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Controversial claims that Christians should not have to condone homosexuality will be made in the court of appeal today, as a registrar says she suffered discrimination by being required to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.

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President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the first major piece of federal gay rights legislation, a milestone that activists compared to the passage of 1960s civil-rights legislation empowering blacks. The new law adds acts of violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transg …

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Toronto has been chosen to host World Pride, a statement on the website of the Pride Toronto organization announced today.

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I notice that, in stories about the death of the Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, at least two newspapers, the Daily Mail and The Sun, are referring to Andy Cowles as his "husband" in quote marks. A week ago, the same newspapers referred to the late Kevin McGee as the "ex-hu …

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Two articles from today's Independent: What is stopping the President from striking down this ban?

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excerpt: "" President Obama received a warm welcome at the Human Rights Campaign's annual dinner tonight, where he promised to sign hate crimes legislation — which just passed the House — into law and repeal both Don't Ask, Don't Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act,  …

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