Two men were arrested last week in connection with a tire iron attack on two gay American tourists in St. Martin, prosecutors said Wednesday in Philipsburg, after refusing for two days to confirm or deny local media reports to that effect. One of the two men, neither of whom was identified, was still in detention, [...]
A prominent business journal in Kentucky has come out against Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher’s recent elimination of antidiscrimination workplace protections for gays and lesbians. In an editorial today, Tom Martin, editor-in-chief of Business Lexington, lambasted Fletcher’s action, saying that the governor has “undermined” the ability of Lexington, Louisville, and other Kentucky cities to attract new [...]
WASHINGTON — Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement regarding comments Justice Antonin Scalia made recently at a Swiss law school claiming there is no constitutional right to “homosexual conduct.” “Justice Scalia stubbornly refuses to see that all Americans have a right to liberty and privacy under the law,” said Solmonese. “Justice [...]
April 06, 2006 The antigay American Family Association is at it again, this time threatening Wal-Mart for selling DVDs of Brokeback Mountain. The AFA is rallying its followers to contact the big-box retailer and request that the Oscar-winning film not be stocked in stores. This latest AFA campaign, following on the heels of the group’s [...]
PlanetOut Network published Tuesday, April 4, 2006 U.S. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., announced Tuesday that he supports marriage equality for same-sex couples. “Gay and lesbian couples should be able to marry and have access to the same rights, privileges and benefits that straight couples currently enjoy,” Feingold said in a statement opposing a proposed [...]
PlanetOut Network published Tuesday, April 4, 2006 DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. shareholders will decide whether to amend the company’s equal employment policy to exclude sexual orientation after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission denied Ford’s request to keep the issue off its proxy statement, the automaker said Tuesday. Ford’s policy now says the [...]