California inducts nation’s first all-LGBT city council
The country’s first all-LGBT city council was sworn in this week in California, CBS Los Angeles reports.
Texas Adoption Law Seen as Major Victory for Religious Freedom
In order to prevent such lawsuits in Texas, lawmakers passed a bill that would protect Christian adoption agencies for refusing gay couples.
Sessions outlines broad exemptions for religious freedom
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued government-wide legal guidance Friday that urges sweeping protection for religious freedom and could impact a series of pending policy decisions involving health care, LGBT rights and even disaster relief.
Methodist Church will not hold weddings until same-sex union is allowed
A Texas congregation has voted that no couples can be married within its walls until the denomination permits same-sex weddings.
US votes against UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex – joining Iraq and Saudi Arabia
The Trump administration has come under fire for joining with Iraq and Saudia Arabia on voting against a UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex.
Scientific Research Refutes LGBT ‘Born That Way’ Claim
A new report by two Johns Hopkins University scientists reveals that scientific evidence does not support the claim that homosexuals are “born that way.”