The Lulu Company. IOC pressured to speak out on global gay rights. JCPenney's Gay Dads Cooper Smith And Todd Koch Speak Out About One Million Moms Controversy. Hatred In Harlan's Hills: Federal Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Law Gets Its First Test. HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. -- In the middle of an April night last year, a young gay man named Kevin Pennington crawled out of the woods in the remote hills of southeastern Kentucky, looking for help.
Bruises and cuts covered his face and body and he limped down the road, dragging his ankle along the asphalt, until he reached a pair of empty cabins in a clearing -- a ranger's station -- and smashed out a window in one and climbed inside. Pennington then called 911, setting in motion a series of events that will culminate next month in a historic trial: For the first time, the federal government will prosecute someone for a hate crime aimed at a gay person. In 2009, President Barack Obama signed new legislation that gave the federal government an unprecedented ability to crack down on crimes motivated by anti-gay prejudice. Months later, the federal government began an investigation that led to the hate crime charges against the Jenkins clan. They didn't let him. James B. American Family Association Calls For Boycott Of Google Over Company's Support Of LGBT Rights. Dennis Mahon Sentencing: White Supremacist Faces Prison Time After Package Bomb Attack.
PHOENIX -- A white supremacist likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a federal judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison Tuesday for a 2004 bombing that wounded a black city official in suburban Phoenix.
Jurors in February convicted Dennis Mahon, 61, of three federal charges stemming from a package bomb that injured Don Logan – Scottsdale's diversity director at the time – and a secretary. They stopped short of finding him guilty of a hate crime after a six-week trial that included dramatic testimony from Logan and a female government informant dubbed a "trailer park Mata Hari" by defense attorneys. In handing down the sentence, U.S. Gay couples may get reprieve in deportation cases. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is planning to issue a policy memo stating that illegal immigrants with American same-sex partners are eligible to have their deportations put on hold under a federal program designed to focus resources away from low-priority cases.
The move had been sought by gay rights activists and their allies in Congress before Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced plans for the policy Thursday in a letter to 84 Democratic lawmakers. "It will mark the very first time that lesbian and gay couples have been recognized within immigration policy for relief," said Steve Ralls, the spokesman for Immigration Equality, an advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender immigrants. The instructions do not mean that foreigners who are married to Americans of the same sex will be eligible for green cards or citizenship, as are immigrants with opposite sex spouses.
Ash_femmefatale : Columbus Day? There's nothing... Expedia Reffirms Support Of Same Sex Marraige In Touching Social Ad. UNSEAT THE #1 PUBLIC ENEMY OF THE INTERNET: Keep College Affordable. Website Called 'IllegalAlienReport' Allows People To Anonymously Report Suspected Undocumented Immigrants.
A website called 'Illegal Alien Report' has surfaced on the the web, allowing people to publish reports about "illegal alien activity and border security threats . " Through user-generated reports, people have published personal names and included locations on Google Maps of the whereabouts of alleged undocumented immigrants. According to the site, it's purpose is to document "cases of migrant labor, drug trafficking, human smuggling, theft, fraud, and violent crime involving illegal immigrants and businesses hiring illegal aliens" in the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia, and most of Western Europe including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy.
Gender-Blind Fleet, Huh? The Navy Uniform Board is messing around with uniforms again…this time to make the uniforms “gender blind.”
In other words, the women will now be wearing men’s uniforms and covers. Won’t that be swell? This is in response to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus’ commitment to service where opportunities are gender blind, according to the independent Navy Times newspaper. Doesn’t the uniform board understand that does not mean that women have to look like men? How To: 5 Ways to Help Functionally Illiterate Adults - Education. New York, Through The Eyes Of The Homeless. Obama on gay marriage: The arc of the universe and its politics. Jon Stewart Analyzes The Evolution Of Fox New's Gay Rights Coverage. President Obama officially endorsed same-sex marriage Wednesday after his hand was more or less forced by comments Vice President Joe Biden made in an interview.
Swim lessons help minority children break cycle. The Josh Project has helped more than 1,000 children in Ohio learn to swimMost of them are minorities, according to Wanda Butts, whose son drowned in 2006Statistics show that minority children are less likely than white children to know how to swimDo you know a hero?
Nominations are open for 2013 CNN Heroes Toledo, Ohio (CNN) -- Wanda Butts dropped the phone and screamed when she heard the news that her son was dead.