World : Top Stories from LGBTQ Nation for 07/21/2014‏

Updates from LGBTQ Nation The Nation's Most Followed Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer News Source Own a business, or provide a service? Get listed in our Business / Service Directory. In the 07/21/2014 edition: Eighth GOP member of Congress announces support for marriage equality International AIDS conference honors victims of downed jet VIDEO: Obama signs executive orders granting LGBT workplace protections Judge won’t lift stay in Fla. Keys same-sex marriage ruling Dear Matt Barber: Calling yourself a Christian does not make it so Marriage News Watch: Another week, another win for marriage equality Georgia AG wants same-sex marriage challenge dismissed Florida newspaper: AG Pam Bondi is its ‘Loser of the Week’ ACLU objects to Wis. request for full court hearing on gay marriage ruling Idaho ‘Add the Words’ gay rights activists sentenced for peaceful protests Judge asked to lift stay in Fla. Keys same-sex marriage ruling Obama grants workplace protections to LGBT workers of federal contractors Suspect in ‘execution-style’ murders of two Seattle gay men captured in N.J. Eighth GOP member of Congress announces support for marriage equality Jul 21, 2014 06:30 pm U.S. Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.), a Tampa Bay-area Republican, said Monday he supported last week's ruling by a Monroe County, Fla., judge who said Florida's ban on same-sex marriage is discriminatory and violates gay people's right to equal treatment under the law. "As a matter of my Christian faith, I believe in traditional marriage," Jolly said in a statement. "But... Read in browser »   International AIDS conference honors victims of downed jet Jul 21, 2014 06:00 pm MELBOURNE, Australia -- An international AIDS conference opened in Australia on Sunday with a tribute to several delegates who were killed en route to the gathering when their plane was shot down over Ukraine. Officials at the opening ceremony for the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne held a moment of silence for the six AIDS researchers... Read in browser »   VIDEO: Obama signs executive orders granting LGBT workplace protections Jul 21, 2014 04:00 pm WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday gave employment protection to LGBT workers in the federal government and its contracting agencies, after being convinced by advocates of what he called the “irrefutable rightness of your cause.” The signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House followed brief remarks by the President. Read in browser »   Judge won’t lift stay in Fla. Keys same-sex marriage ruling Jul 21, 2014 12:45 pm MIAMI -- A Florida Keys judge who last week ruled the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional has denied a request to permit gay couples to marry in Monroe County over a pending state appeal. Read in browser »   Dear Matt Barber: Calling yourself a Christian does not make it so Jul 21, 2014 12:00 pm Calling yourself a Christian does not give you special privileges in this country. Calling yourself a Christian does not make you a better American than me. And calling yourself a Christian does not absolve you from rights and responsibilities that all Americans have. This is not, nor has it ever been, a Christian nation, and the rest of us who don’t practice your beliefs do not exist here for your will and pleasure. Read in browser »   Marriage News Watch: Another week, another win for marriage equality Jul 21, 2014 11:30 am Another week, and another win for marriage equality. This time, it's Florida. But the freedom to marry is in jeopardy in Colorado. Meanwhile an appeals court has set a date for oral argument in two states, but then said never mind. And the Department of Justice has indicated its plans for addressing the freedom to marry before the Supreme Court... Read in browser »   Georgia AG wants same-sex marriage challenge dismissed Jul 21, 2014 11:00 am ATLANTA — Georgia’s attorney general is asking a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by a gay rights group challenging the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. Attorney General Sam Olens said in a filing on Monday that the suit takes away Georgia residents’ right to define marriage. Lambda Legal filed the suit in April on behalf of seven people... Read in browser »   Florida newspaper: AG Pam Bondi is its ‘Loser of the Week’ Jul 21, 2014 10:30 am The Tampa Bay Times calls out twice-divorced Florida Attorney Genderal Pam Bondi as its “Loser of the Week,” for immediately appealing a South Florida court ruling overturning the state’s same-sex marriage ban. Bondi “is becoming the face of opposition to marriage equality. All signs point to the tide of history rolling over Bondi, who is up for re-election in November.” Read in browser »   ACLU objects to Wis. request for full court hearing on gay marriage ruling Jul 21, 2014 10:30 am MADISON, Wis. -- Gay couples challenging Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriages are objecting to the state's request that the full 7th Circuit Court of Appeals hear arguments in the case. American Civil Liberties Union attorneys representing eight same-sex couples challenging the ban filed an objection Monday to the state's request that the entire appeals court ... Read in browser »   Idaho ‘Add the Words’ gay rights activists sentenced for peaceful protests Jul 21, 2014 08:30 am BOISE, Idaho -- Nearly two dozen gay rights activists who were arrested after they blocked doorways in the Idaho Statehouse are set to be sentenced in Boise's 4th District Court. The 23 defendants took part in the peaceful protests earlier this year to urge lawmakers to add legal protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents in Idaho's Human Rights Act.. Read in browser »   Judge asked to lift stay in Fla. Keys same-sex marriage ruling Jul 21, 2014 07:30 am MIAMI -- A Florida Keys judge who last week ruled the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional was asked Monday to permit gay couples to marry in Monroe County despite a pending state appeal. The motion was filed Monday morning with Monroe County Circuit Judge Luis Garcia by attorneys for Aaron Huntsman and William Lee Jones, a pair of Key West ... Read in browser »   Obama grants workplace protections to LGBT workers of federal contractors Jul 21, 2014 07:00 am WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Monday gave employment protection to gay and transgender workers in the federal government and its contracting agencies, after being convinced by advocates of what he called the "irrefutable rightness of your cause." "America's federal contracts should not subsidize discrimination against the American people... Read in browser »   Suspect in ‘execution-style’ murders of two Seattle gay men captured in N.J. Jul 21, 2014 06:00 am S EATTLE -- The suspect in the murder of two gay men in Seattle last month has been arrested in New Jersey, according to Seattle police. Ali Muhammad Brown, 29, was taken into custody in West Orange, N.J. on Friday. No additional details about the arrest have been provided. Earlier this month, prosecutors in King County, Wash., filed aggravated murder charges ... 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