Blog Posts | OK 2B GAY - Part 6164

January 9, 2013

UKIP removes youth chairman from office for supporting gay rights

UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) has removed the chairman of its youth wing, Young Independence, in part due to his support for same-sex marriage. It has not however removed officials before for stating that gay couples adopting is "child abuse" or that people who read PinkNews should be sectioned under the Mental...

January 9, 2013

UKIP removes youth chairman from office for supporting gay rights

UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) has removed the chairman of its youth wing, Young Independence, in part due to his support for same-sex marriage. It has not however removed officials before for stating that gay couples adopting is "child abuse" or that people who read PinkNews should be sectioned under the Mental...

January 9, 2013

Update: Gay teenager denied Eagle Scout award, as he doesn’t adhere to ‘duty of God’

Gay teenager, Ryan Andresen, has been denied the highest Boy Scouts honour, the Eagle Scout badge, by the national Boy Scouts of America organisation, despite a recommendation for approval from a review board at his local council, and a 460,000 strong petition in his favour.

January 9, 2013

Student activist forced to justify sexuality in asylum case

A member of the NUS Black Students’ Campaign Committee is to be brought before a hearing on his asylum in the UK.

January 8, 2013

Michigan: Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by HIV-positive dental worker

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former dental centre employee in Michigan who claimed he faced discrimination at work and was fired because he is HIV-positive.

January 8, 2013

Paris: Court refuses permission for new gay bar after complaints from residents

A French businessman has accused the authorities in Paris of victimisation after a court refused to allow him to build a gay nightclub.

January 8, 2013

Chinese Court: Gay man who married a woman that committed suicide not to blame for her death

A lawsuit was rejected today by a local court in China, brought by the parents of a woman who committed suicide after finding out her husband was gay.

January 8, 2013

Rush Limbaugh: Accepting equal marriage is like ‘normalising’ paedophilia

US conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh believes there is a movement to "normalise" paedophilia, a movement he says is similar to society's growing acceptance of equal marriage.

January 8, 2013

US: Gay teenager allowed to continue as a Boy Scout following 460,000 strong petition

A Boy Scout Council in California has approved a gay Scout’s Eagle application to be allowed to continue as a boy scout after coming out as gay, following a petition of more than 460,000 signatures, started by his mother.

January 8, 2013

Conservative MEP: Same-sex marriage is a radical change in social policy

Conservative MEP Giles Chichester has dismissed the government’s equal marriage plans by saying of marriage “It ain’t broke so why spend valuable parliamentary time trying to fix it?”