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Clinton continues to lead Obama in gay rights

Oct 23rd, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

Not only did U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) beat the president in reaching out to the gay and lesbian community, but the president continues to be criticized. An anti-bullying video message from President Barack Obama is “symbolic,” the founder of the “It Gets Better” project said Friday, but the president “has the power to do more.”



U.S. Defense Secretary changes Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy

Oct 23rd, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

Under orders from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, now only a small handful of officials, including the secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, can decide whether or not to discharge service members under the law that prohibits openly gay service members from being in the military.



Michigan Asst. AG with blog on gay student takes leave of absence; faces disciplinary hearings

Oct 1st, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

Only one day after Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm called on Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox to terminate Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, who has been on an internet vendetta against gay University of Michigan student body President Chris Armstrong, the Assistant Attorney General in the Appellate Division has taken a leave of absence and is now facing disciplinary hearings.



Asst. Michigan Attorney General terrorizes gay student president; Michigan Governor gets involved

Oct 1st, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm called on Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox to terminate an assistant attorney general who has been on an internet vendetta against gay University of Michigan student body President Chris Armstrong.



Prop. 8 supporters argue that U.S. appeals court exceeded jurisdiction

Sep 18th, 2010 | By Kentucky Guardian Contributors & Staff | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

If last month’s ruling overturning Proposition 8 survives, same-sex marriage should be available only to the two homosexual couples who challenged the ballot measure and should remain barred for the rest of the state’s gay and lesbian population, sponsors of the measure told a federal appeals court.



National anti-gay goes on alert over the military DATA policy

Sep 14th, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

Liberty Counsel, one of many national anti-LGBTI groups issued an alert today about the U.S. Senate’s pending vote on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” which was recently struck down by a federal judge.



Ann Coulter dropped from right-wing speaking gig for headlining gay Republican event

Aug 23rd, 2010 | By Guest User 3 | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

Conservative speaker Ann Coulter, the woman who says you cannot say the word “fagot” without going to rehab, claims Jews need to be “perfected,” and calls people in the Middle East “Camel Jockeys,” has been asked to step down as a keynote speaker at WorldNetDaily’s “Taking America Back National Conference”. Coulter is an American constitutional [...]



New Jersey Gay Marriage Supreme Court Case; Democrats and Republicans Blamed

Aug 17th, 2010 | By Kentucky Guardian Contributors & Staff | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, Lead Story, National News

Seven months after the New Jersey Senate failed to pass a gay marriage law, and nearly a month after the New Jersey Supreme Court refused to hear a gay case, speculation runs rampant through the state and the nation. Senator Lesniak (D) blamed his own party as being without a moral compass. Others blamed the Governor, the first Republican to win a statewide election in New Jersey in 12 years.



Genetic Engineering; A Cure for Homosexuality? Would anyone want it? Share your thoughts!

Aug 15th, 2010 | By Kentucky Guardian Contributors & Staff | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, Lead Story, National News

A prenatal pill for congenital adrenal hyperplasia to prevent ambiguous genitalia may reduce the chance that a female with the disorder will be gay. Critics call it engineering for sexual orientation while others are calling it outright genetic engineering.



Federal Judge sides with the California Supreme Court; Prop 8 is unconstitutional

Aug 4th, 2010 | By Kentucky Guardian Contributors & Staff | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, Lead Story, National News

A federal judge declared California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional Wednesday, saying that no legitimate state interest justified treating gay and lesbian couples differently from others and that “moral disapproval” was not enough to save the voter-passed Proposition 8. The California Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 that gays and lesbians were entitled to marry under the state Constitution in a historic ruling in May 2008. Voters passed Proposition 8 six months later, amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.



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