Nothing made more headlines for gay rights in the past couple of months than the high profile legal team of David Boies and Theodore Olson fighting for gay marriage at the federal level, using the U.S. Constitution as their guide. …
In the Western world, transexuals are often subject to even more discrimination than gays and lesbians. In some legislation even, some have pushed Congress to drop transgender folks from discrimination legislation in order to attract some more support because some…
Our friends over at Queerty noticed an intriguing trend in gay marriages that have taken place in Iowa since its Supreme Court ordered the issuance of licenses two months ago: 70 percent of the applicants for the marriage licenses are…
It was 1993 when the Hawaii Supreme Court waded into the culture wars, ruling that the state of Hawaii must allow gays and lesbians to marry. Sixteen years later, a bill to legalize civil unions in that state still has…
The confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor are stirring up battle lines that formed earlier this year when announced, battle lines that injected racism into a debate over who would be the next Supreme Court justice. A lot of ink…
July 8, 11:30AM: Spiritual leader Baba Ramdev is filing a petition that challenges the Delhi Supreme Courts decision last week that decriminalized gay sex in the nation. In that ruling the judges said that, “Moral indignation, howsoever, strong, is not…
The Robert’s court has handed down its fair share of conservative-leaning rulings as of late, but nothing seems stranger than one just recently handed down that says that if someone is wrongfully convicted they can still remain jailed. The case…
Great presidents must make difficult and unpopular decisions.
Earlier this year, the Obama Administration asked the Supreme Court of the United States to deny an appeal from former Army Capt. James Pietrangelo II, who was dismissed under the military’s “don’t…
Republican Newt Gingrich is recanting his intial Tweets earlier this week that labeled Sonia Sotomayer as a racist. Gingrich said that the tweeting was an initial reaction to the now infamous statement about Latina women ruling “better” than white men. …
The vitriol continues to flow this week over Obama’s Supreme Court nomination, Sonia Sotomayor. In what has become a three ring circus of racial politics, Senate Republicans have scrambled to try to appease its far right allies while presenting a…
