CBSSports.com’s Mike Freeman is reporting that an unidentified NFL player is reportedly considering coming out to the public as gay. The active player is reportedly thinking about disclosing his sexuality in the next couple of month with the plan of continuing his NFL career. Freeman discovered this information after interviewing various retired and active NFL […]
Roland Martin talks with Sunny Hostin about the current gay marriage issues on the table for the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it could find a way out of the case over California’s ban on same-sex marriage without issuing a major national ruling on whether America’s gays have a right to marry. Several justices, including some liberals who seemed open to gay marriage, raised doubts during a riveting 80-minute […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Boys Scouts of America is considering a dramatic retreat from its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members. Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue — […]
Brendon Ayanbadejo is preparing for the spotlight on and off the field this Super Bowl Sunday. The Baltimore Ravens linebacker plans to use the February 3 game as a platform to publicize his support for same-sex marriages and his stance against bullying. According The New York Times, Ayanbadejo emailed gay rights advocates Brian Ellner and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama‘s emphatic gay-rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and exhortations as to what steps should be taken next. “I was very moved,” said Jon Davidson, legal director of the gay-rights group Lambda Legal. “But there’s a lot more to do […]
Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana. The outcomes for those ballot measures Tuesday were a milestone for persistent but often thwarted advocacy […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Describing himself as "a proud gay man," Puerto Rican featherweight Orlando Cruz on Thursday became what is believed to be the first pro boxer to come out as openly homosexual while still competing. Cruz told The Associated Press in an interview that he is relieved about his decision but […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Antonin Scalia says his method of interpreting the Constitution makes some of the most hotly disputed issues that come before the Supreme Court among the easiest to resolve. Scalia calls himself a "textualist" and, as he related to a few hundred people who came to buy his new book and hear […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine's campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list. The high court turned aside an appeal from the National Organization for Marriage, which donated $1.9 million to a political action […]
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — A concussion kept Jamie Kuntz from suiting up for his first college football game. A kiss from his much-older boyfriend at that game led the freshman linebacker to be kicked off the team, he said. North Dakota State College of Sciences in Wahpeton acknowledges Kuntz was disciplined by the team, but […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A gay man and his longtime partner decide to become parents using a surrogate mother. Shortly after their son is born, the couple gets married. But there's a catch for this modern family: A will left by the man's wealthy father decrees that he must marry the mother for the child […]
