Gates says he wants to soften gay expulsion rules

by nuikane

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he wants to make the law prohibiting gays from serving openly in the armed forces “more humane” until Congress eventually repeals it. He said he has lawyers studying ways the law might be selectively enforced.

Enjoy this post? Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 No Comments   Post A Comment

Judge favors trial soon on Calif. gay marriage ban

by nuikane

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge wants a trial on California’s same-sex marriage ban to proceed quickly but says he likely won’t suspend the voter-approved ban in the meantime.

Enjoy this post? Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 No Comments   Post A Comment

NY GAY PRIDE

by lido

NEW YORK—Decades after a riot at a Greenwich Village bar sparked a movement for equal rights, gay New Yorkers celebrated their gains at Sunday’s gay pride parade and lamented the state has not legalized same-sex marriage.The annual march down Fifth Avenue commemorated the Stonewall rebellion of 40 years ago, when patrons at a gay bar resisted the police. The several days of disturbances that followed the uprising became one of the defining moments of the gay rights movement.

Enjoy this post? Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Monday, June 29th, 2009 No Comments   Post A Comment

Subscribe

    Add to Google Reader or Homepage Add to My AOL Subscribe in NewsGator Online
     

Poll

  • WHAT DIRECTION IS THE ECONOMY HEADED ?

    View Results

    Loading ... Loading ...

Archive Calendar

    July 2009
    M T W T F S S
    « Jun    
     12345
    6789101112
    13141516171819
    20212223242526
    2728293031  

Links

    Going To Hawaii?
    Make Money Online!