Homosexuality - news
Civil Unions bill remains stagnant in the IL House
SPRINGFIELD—House Bill 1826, which would allow homosexuals the same basic rights as married heterosexual couples, lacks enough support to be voted on in the House, said the Illinois Family Institute’s Executive Director David E. more »
By staff - May 11, 2007
Topic: Family, Marriage, Parenting, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Pornography, Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation
SBC’s Land says legislation could lead to ‘serious infringements of our First Amendment’
NASHVILLE, Tenn.,—Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, commented today on the passage of the hate crimes bill in the House of Representatives. more »
May 3, 2007 - (3)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, Social Issues
House adds homosexuality to hate crimes
The U.S. House of Representatives passed May 3 a bill to add homosexuals and transgendered individuals to the classes protected under hate crimes laws. more »
By Tom Strode - May 3, 2007 - (2)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation, National
High court refuses lesbian rights case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined April 30 to accept a case involving a parental rights dispute between two women previously in a same-sex civil union. more »
By staff - May 1, 2007
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, National
House panel OKs hate crimes bill
A House of Representatives committee April 25 approved a measure to add homosexuals and transgendered individuals to the classifications protected under hate crimes laws. more »
By staff - Apr 26, 2007 - (14)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty
Ex-gays build opposition to hate crimes bill
Congress has initiated a renewed attempt to expand hate crimes protections to homosexuals and transgendered individuals, and opponents have mounted a counter effort they realize will be difficult to sustain on Capitol Hill. more »
By Tom Strode - Apr 20, 2007 - (3)
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation, National
Bill to ban gay foster parents dies, lottery amendment fails to surface
A bill that sought to reinstate an Arkansas ban on gay foster and adoptive parents has failed to win the approval of a House committee. The ban previously had been overturned by the state Supreme Court. more »
By staff - Apr 5, 2007
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Children, Parenting, Adoption, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Legislation
Civil unions to be voted on in Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinoisans might soon see civil unions for homosexuals become a reality in the state. On March 21, the Illinois House Human Rights Committee passed House Bill 1826 which would create a statute that while separate from the state’s marriage law, would allow homosexuals the same basic rights as married heterosexual couples. more »
By Lisa Sergent - Mar 30, 2007
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation
Homosexual rights group pickets Mississippi College
Five protesters among about 28 people demanding equality for homosexual, lesbian, and “transgendered” people at Mississippi College (MC) in Clinton were arrested March 22 after being warned that they would not be allowed to come on the Baptist-affiliated school’s campus. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Mar 29, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Family, Education, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality
Day of Silence countered by Day of Truth
This April 18, thousands of students at high schools across the country will once again be demonstrating their support of homosexuality during the annual Day of Silence. more »
By Lucretia Goddard - Mar 28, 2007 - (71)
Topic: Faith, Apologetics, Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Persecution, Religious Liberty, Social Issues