Equally Speaking
The following is a transcript of HRC’s morning news webcast "Equally Speaking." To view the current videos visit the main Equally Speaking page.
Good morning and thanks for tuning in to Equally Speaking, your morning dose of LGBT news from the Human Rights Campaign for Monday, June 8th. I’m Janice Hughes.
And I’m Brad Mayer. Leading off, some new from West Virginia.
Last week, the West Virginia Supreme Court overruled a lower court’s decision to remove a young girl from the care of her two foster mothers. The court said there was no evidence that the girl was not thriving under the care of the lesbian couple, and it would not be in the best interest of the child to remove her solely based on her foster parent’s sexual orientation.
This weekend in Rhode Island, activists gathered at the state capitol to protest for marriage equality. With New Hampshire’s adoption of equal marriage last week, Rhode Island is now the only New England state that bars same-sex couples from the rights and responsibilities of marriage.
A pride event in San Diego was marred this weekend by an outburst of violence. Advocates were in Lemon Grove, Calif., as part of the Equality Torch Relay when the executive director of San Diego Pride was yelled at and hit by a man on the street. Local news captured the incident on film, and the man was taken into custody.
Finally, a new poll shows overwhelming support for overturning the military’s ban on gay and lesbian service members. Gallup says 69 percent of Americans want to allow gays to serve openly. Interestingly, the largest jump in support over the past five years is among self-described conservatives. In 2004, 46 percent of conservatives opposed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, today 58 percent oppose it.
That’s the news from us today – thanks for tuning in.
Have a great day and we’ll see you back here again tomorrow morning.