On Tuesday, NCAA president Myles Brand announced he was working to address same-sex discrimination against LGBT coaches and players. “What the NCAA can do is make sure all people are treated respectfully whatever their sexual orientation,” Brand said. The announcement comes in the wake of last month’s resignation Penn State women’s basketball coach Rene Portland, [...]
Mass. Gov. Reverses Romney Gay Marriage Edict
April 2nd, 2007
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has reversed an order imposed by his Republican predecessor that saw the marriages of 26 out-of-state same-sex couples set aside. After same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts then-Gov. Mitt Romney invoked a 1913 law that said marriage licenses could not be issued to couples whose weddings would be illegal in [...]