It is beginning to look like the decision to push for same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom could spell the doom of the ruling coalition lead by the Conservatives, or Tories. The Tories are joined by the Liberal Democrats in the coalition with the Labour Party being the Minority Party. At issue is an amendment [...]
Russia has been cracking down on LGBT rights as much as they can. In a not surprising move, skinheads armed with smoke bombs taunted LGBT marchers rallying in central St. Petersburg in the first sanctioned rally since the city banned so-called gay propaganda. The LGBT rights activists numbered about 100 and were outnumbered two-to-one by [...]
Malmqvist Pauline May 18, 2013 On Friday a ruling by the Constitutional Council cleared the way for the French president Francois Hollande to sign the law authorizing same-sex marriage. The French Civil Union was voted in 1999, and was until today the only legal solution for homosexual couples. However, it did not give any stipulation [...]
One quarter of LGBT Europeans surveyed in a major EU poll have stated that they had been subjected to attacks or violent threats over the last five years. Those who were poorer or younger were more likely to face discrimination due to their sexuality, according to the survey. The poll of EU and Croatia covered [...]
That didn’t exactly go well. France’s Union for the Popular Movement or UMP launched a challenge against the challenging the recently passed law legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples. France’s constitutional court ruled against the challenge stating that same-sex marriage is legal under the nation’s constitution. France’s parliament passed the law back on [...]
Holding banners saying “Stop Homosexual Propaganda In Georgia” and “Not in our city!” demonstrators including priests and other Georgians broke through police barricades to attack and stop a rally intended to mark the International Day Against Homophobia or IDAHO. The demonstrators flooded into a square in central Tbilisi where they stopped 50 Georgians from rallying [...]
The Hemp News has reported on a story that hits close to home for me. I’ll share the story and then why it hit me so hard. Missouri‘s not a medical marijuana state, but Ken Wells says he’s been smoking pot for decades. He has epilepsy, and he says his condition is eased by [...]