May 23 2012 1:56 PM ET
Rev. Fears for Life After Denouncing Gays
A Mississippi Baptist minister-turned-lawmaker says he fears for his life after he reportedly cited Bible passages that denounced homosexuality on Facebook. Rep. Andy Gipson, reacting to President Barack Obama's recent endorsement of marriage equality, said, "The only opinion that counts is God's," he said before posting a passage from the Book of Leviticus on May 10. The passage read, "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."
May 23 2012 11:31 AM ET
Grease Up the Monument, Here Come the Plebes!
Ever rolled your eyes at Turkish oil wrestling? Well, we have our own strangely homoerotic traditions of masculinity right here at home.
May 23 2012 10:44 AM ET
Vt. Binational Gay Couple Granted Deportation Reprieve
A binational lesbian couple in Vermont who sued the federal government over the Defense of Marriage Act have been granted a reprieve from deportation proceedings.
May 23 2012 9:08 AM ET
Poll: Support for Marriage Equality Hits High Mark
According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, 53% of Americans support marriage rights for same-sex couples — a record high for the survey — while opposition has plummeted to unprecedented lows. Only 39% of Americans said they opposed marriage equality, according to the poll, released two weeks after President Obama’s announcement that he supports same-sex marriage.
May 23 2012 8:00 AM ET
For Obama Pride: LGBT Americans for Obama
Human Rights Campaign president and Obama campaign national co-chair Joe Solmonese makes the case for LGBT voters to back the president this fall.
May 22 2012 6:57 PM ET
Surprised? Antigay Pastor Was a Homophobe In 1978, Too
Decades before antigay pastor Charles Worley said lesbians and "queers and the homosexuals" should be rounded up, placed in camps surrounded by electric fences and left to die "so the won't reproduce," the pastor described other violently homophobic acts against gay people during a sermon.
May 22 2012 2:43 PM ET
OPM Director Delivers Commencement Address
The administrator offered advice to graduates and saluted Frank Kameny, the pioneering gay rights campaigner who died last year.
May 22 2012 2:18 PM ET
NOM Hiding Identities of 11 Donors
Gay activist and Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger is launching another challenge against the National Organization for Marriage for potentially failing to report $345,000 in contributions it received from 11 donors for Proposition 8.
May 22 2012 1:59 PM ET
GOP Leader Outed As Internet Troll
Associates of Brian Telesh have come forward with materials proving that the chairman of the Clifton Park, N.Y. Republican Committee has a past of making harsh antigay statements online. The Albany Times Union acquired online postings from the past several years attributed to Telesh, a supporter of Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione who is challenging incumbent Sen. Roy McDonald.
May 22 2012 12:38 PM ET
Appeal Planned in Dharun Ravi Case
Prosecutors plan to appeal the 30-day jail sentence issued to Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who spied on his roommate Tyler Clementi before the gay teen took his own life.
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