WASHINGTON � Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese and Judy Shepard, executive director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation and mother of hate crime victim Matthew Shepard, joined Sens. Ted Kennedy,…
WASHINGTON - Today, during the Senate introduction of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Sens. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Gordon Smith, R-Ore., renamed the Senate version of the…
WASHINGTON - Once one of the most vocal of the right-wing groups opposing a federal hate crimes law, the Concerned Women for America has now finally admitted the need for…
WASHINGTON - Iraq war veteran Eric Alva speaks about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," losing his leg in a landmine incident and why he decided to come out as gay during…
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign is commending the decision by the U.S. Army to suspend a recruiter and engage in an investigation into reports of recent anti-gay, racist remarks…
WASHINGTON - Human Rights Campaign Religion and Faith Program Director Harry Knox issued the following statement today in response to the Catholic Church barring a lesbian couple from receiving communion.…
WASHINGTON - Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, issued the following statement today in reaction to the recent comments by CBS commentator Billy Packer during an interview with…
WASHINGTON - Today, in a bipartisan 243-129 vote, the New Hampshire state House passed civil unions legislation that would give same-sex couples the exact same rights and responsibilities as heterosexual…
WASHINGTON - When Alaska's state legislators should have been hard at work on issues important to Alaskan families, they chose to squander $1.2 million of taxpayer money on a statewide,…
WASHINGTON - The Family Research Council bore false witness against its neighbors at least twice this Holy Week when communicating with its members about the need for hate crimes legislation,…
