HRC Releases New Hate Crimes Video Featuring Judy Shepard
April 21, 2009
Today the Human Rights Campaign released a new video in conjunction with the campaign to pass federal hate crimes legislation. The video, "10 Years," features Judy Shepard, whose son Matthew was murdered in 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming because he was gay. Watch it here:
Continue Reading ►New Yorkers support marriage equality
April 21, 2009
A majority of New Yorkers support a bill legalizing gay marriage, according to a poll released on Monday
Continue Reading ►Hate crimes bill markup scheduled for Wednesday
April 20, 2009
This afternoon, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee issued an official notice that the federal hate crimes bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 1913), is scheduled for a full committee markup this week.
Continue Reading ►Young evangelical leader endorses employment protections in USA Today
April 20, 2009
Jonathan Merritt, a 26-year-old faith and culture writer who serves as national spokesperson for the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative, has a must-read post up at USA Today that encourages self-professed Christians to do away with "rhetorical onslaughts" against LGBT people and take a deeper look at the way Jesus treated people who were marginalized by society:
Continue Reading ►Frank Rich takes on the anti-gay marriage crusaders
April 20, 2009
New York Times columnist Frank Rich wrote a doozy of an article on Saturday that lampoons (or, harpoons, perhaps...) the anti-gay right wing for their desperate, grasping attacks against marriage equality.
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