• Monday, November 9, 2009 - 1:26pm By Tim McElreavy
    With its museums, architecture, gardens, and, of course, religious services, the Vatican is one of the most popular destinations in the world, welcoming millions of tourists every year. However, there is one population that is not welcome in the...
  • Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 8:24pm By Tim McElreavy
    With polls on the East Coast already closed for more than 3 hours, the referendum on gay marriage in Maine is still too close to call. The early returns show a dead heat with 148 of 608 precincts reporting. Nearly 100,000 Maine residents voted prior...
  • Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 12:09pm By John Pettitt
    It's all God's fault. That's the only logical conclusion you can draw from the ad produced by Protect Marriage Washington in the campaign against domestic partnership rights for gays and lesbians in the state of Washington.  The ad (below)...
  • Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 10:20am By Tim McElreavy
    It is no secret that some men will go to great lengths to avoid compulsory military service. The fine art of draft dodging has taken many forms from sudden homosexuality to self-induced medical afflictions to simple flight. But how many men would...
  • Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 4:16pm By Tim McElreavy
    Following the formation of a new coalition government under the long-serving Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of the center-right Christian Social Party on Monday, July 20, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the tiny tri-lingual country nestled...
  • Saturday, July 4, 2009 - 9:15am By John Pettitt
    The armed forces of the world have come up with some odd games over time, some more politically correct than others.. The latest, incorrect, game comes from the Australian navy ship HMAS Success where sailors ran a complex game to see who could...
  • Friday, June 26, 2009 - 2:22pm By Tim McElreavy
    The governement of the Republic of Ireland has formally granted gays and lesbians the right to same-sex civil unions, which include a number of both legal protections and legal requirements. "(The move) provides legal protection for cohabiting...
  • Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 3:29pm By Tim McElreavy
    In a country where having 'insulting relations' is punishable by up to a year in prison, it is not easy to be out of the closet as gay or lesbian. While homosexuality is considered a crime in Syria, it is nowhere explicitly mentioned in the laws. In...
  • Monday, May 25, 2009 - 8:37pm By Tim McElreavy
    While a number of other states prepare to wed gays and lesbians, Nevada governor Jim Gibbons today vetoed a bill that would give domestic partners, whether gay or straight, many of the benefits and rights afforded to married couples, including...
  • Friday, May 22, 2009 - 10:28am By Tim McElreavy
    It was announced this morning that the California Supreme Court will make its decision on a challenge to Proposition 8 public on Tuesday, May 26. Prop. 8 was the controversial ballot measure that eliminated the right of gays and lesbians to marry in...
  • Friday, May 22, 2009 - 9:40am By Tim McElreavy
    Tis the season for Pride, and this year that includes Baghdad, even if it will only be a small affair at the U.S. Embassy. The first-ever U.S. Embassy Gay Pride Theme Party will be held on Friday, May 29, at Baghdaddy's, the embassy employees' pub....
  • Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 1:53pm By Tim McElreavy
    In a shock to onlookers and media alike, the New Hampshire House voted 188 to 186 to reject a revised gay-marriage bill. The bill, passed by the Senate earlier this week, had been revised at the urging of Gov. Jim Lynch, who threatened to veto the...
  • Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 2:39pm By Tim McElreavy
    In an attempt to polish the image of Peru's national police force, a new law mandates that police officers who "damage the image" of the police force by engaging in homosexual behavior will lose their jobs. According to the law, which went...
  • Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 3:01pm By Tim McElreavy
    The Maine Family Policy Council, the Maine Marriage Alliance and the Catholic Diocese of Portland have jointly filed an application for a people's veto referendum on same-sex marriage with the Secretary of State's office in Augusta, ME, today. The...
  • Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 10:36am By Tim McElreavy
    The Associated Press reports that Maine's governor John Baldacci has signed into law a bill that legalizes gay marriage, making the Pine Tree State the fifth U.S. state and the fourth one in New England to allow gays and lesbians to marry. Baldacci...