by John | Oct 25, 2012 | News, World news
A US pastor says he has been “caught off guard” by a massive outpouring of public support after a speech he gave on gay rights became a viral hit over the weekend. Phil Snider, from Missouri, gave the speech to Springfield City Council in August, where it...
by John | Oct 22, 2012 | News, World news
During an online debate on the issue, Ted Haggard argued that gay marriage should be legal. Haggard is the evangelical pastor who ran afoul of his Denver congregation after admitting to a three-year pay-for-sex affair with male prostitute Mike Jones. Immediately after...
by John | Oct 19, 2012 | News, World news
WASHINGTON: Gay rights advocates in the US have won another victory in their fight for equal treatment under the law, with the appeals court in New York striking down a key part of the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) and upholding for the first time that gays and...
by John | Oct 16, 2012 | News, World news
OF the many momentous issues the Supreme Court will take up this term, few are as volatile as same-sex marriage. In the term that began last week, the justices are expected to consider the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, and possibly state...
by John | Oct 16, 2012 | News, World news
POP star Lady Gaga urges her 30.3 million followers on Twitter to ‘educate themselves’ on politics. Bisexual pop superstar Lady Gaga isn’t known for her subtlety, whether it is her outfits, her songs, or her points of view. So it was no surprise the ‘Born...
by John | Oct 13, 2012 | News, World news
Openly gay British actor, writer, comedian and intellectual Stephen Fry has launched an attack on opponents of same-sex marriage by declaring that “there are 260 species of animal which display gay tendencies, but only one that is homophobic: humans.” Fry was speaking...
