World : Top Stories from LGBTQ Nation for 07/14/2014‏

Updates from LGBTQ Nation The Nation's Most Followed Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer News Source Own a business, or provide a service? Get listed in our Business / Service Directory. In the 07/14/2014 edition: Fischer doesn’t want to think about two men having sex while eating a Whopper Marriage News Watch: Calif. anniversary, waiting on Va. ruling, Colo. ban falls Court schedules arguments in Ind., Wis., same-sex marriage appeals Colorado AG asks state Supreme Court to stop same-sex marriages Wis. wants entire 7th Circuit to consider fate of same-sex marriage ban Colo. judge refuses to halt same-sex marriages in Denver Australia lawmaker: Gay marriage ban a ‘bizarre misappropriation of power’ - Poll finds 72 percent of Australians support marriage equality Transgender girl moved to male facility following alleged assault Archie to be shot saving gay best friend in comic book series conclusion - "He dies heroically. He dies selflessly. He dies in the manner that epitomizes not only the best of Riverdale but the best of all of us." The reluctant activist, and a S.C. town that fought back for their gay police chief Fischer doesn’t want to think about two men having sex while eating a Whopper Jul 14, 2014 03:00 pm Anti-gay activists were not happy with the news that Burger King was selling an LGBT pride-themed burger at one San Francisco location. On Friday’s radio program, Bryan Fischer said that the American Family Association is thinking about issuing an “action alert” about it out of concern that “if this isn’t bottled up in San Francisco, this kind of nonsense..." Read in browser »   Marriage News Watch: Calif. anniversary, waiting on Va. ruling, Colo. ban falls Jul 14, 2014 03:00 pm This week’s Marriage News Watch report from Matt Baume at the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) marks the one year anniversary of the return of marriage equality in California. It was in late June 2013 that the AFER’s case to overturn Proposition 8 finally concluded and equality was restored. Now, we’re awaiting a ruling in AFER’s Virginia case... Read in browser »   Court schedules arguments in Ind., Wis., same-sex marriage appeals Jul 14, 2014 02:30 pm A federal appeals court in Chicago will hear arguments in challenges of gay marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana's on Aug. 13. Federal judges in both states have struck down the bans as unconstitutional. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals consolidated the Wisconsin and Indiana cases on Friday and put them on the fast track. Read in browser »   Colorado AG asks state Supreme Court to stop same-sex marriages Jul 14, 2014 01:15 pm DENVER -- Colorado's attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to uphold Colorado's same-sex marriage ban and stop gay couples from marrying. Republican Attorney General John Suthers on Monday asked the court to stop county clerks from issuing marriage licenses to the couples until it rules on his appeal of a lower court's ruling that the... Read in browser »   Wis. wants entire 7th Circuit to consider fate of same-sex marriage ban Jul 14, 2014 12:30 pm MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin attorneys want all 10 judges on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to consider upholding the state's gay marriage ban. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb declared the ban unconstitutional last month. Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has appealed to the 7th Circuit. Read in browser »   Colo. judge refuses to halt same-sex marriages in Denver Jul 14, 2014 09:45 am DENVER — A judge on Monday refused to stop a Denver clerk from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex, despite a still-active ban against the practice. Colorado District Judge C. Scott Crabtree last week ruled that the state’s 2006 voter-approved gay marriage ban was unconstitutional. But he put that ruling on hold pending appeal, meaning the Colorado ban... Read in browser »   Australia lawmaker: Gay marriage ban a ‘bizarre misappropriation of power’ - Poll finds 72 percent of Australians support marriage equality Jul 14, 2014 09:00 am An Australian lawmaker is challenging Prime Minister Tony Abbott to allow Members of Parliament a free vote on same-sex marriage and said he would introduce legislation to amend the federal marriage act as soon as that happens. Liberal Democratic Senator David Leyonhjelm said he hopes the “closet libertarians” in Parliament will support him... Read in browser »   Transgender girl moved to male facility following alleged assault Jul 14, 2014 07:00 am HARTFORD, Conn. -- A transgender girl has been moved to Connecticut's juvenile home for boys after she was accused of assault, the latest transfer of a troubled teenager who was sent to a psychiatric facility after supporters protested her confinement in a women's prison without criminal charges. The Department of Children and Families said Sunday... Read in browser »   Archie to be shot saving gay best friend in comic book series conclusion - "He dies heroically. He dies selflessly. He dies in the manner that epitomizes not only the best of Riverdale but the best of all of us." Jul 14, 2014 06:30 am LOS ANGELES -- Archie Andrews will die taking a bullet for his gay best friend. The famous freckle-faced comic book icon is meeting his demise in Wednesday's installment of "Life with Archie" when he intervenes in an assassination attempt on Kevin Keller, Archie Comics' first openly gay character. Andrews' death, which was first announced in April, will mark the... Read in browser »   The reluctant activist, and a S.C. town that fought back for their gay police chief Jul 14, 2014 04:00 am LATTA, S.C. -- When openly gay police chief Crystal Moore was fired by a mayor who condemned her "lifestyle" as "questionable," she feared her two decade career in law enforcement in this town was over. Then, this conservative, small town rebelled. The people of Latta, who voted overwhelmingly for a state amendment banning gay marriage eight years ago... 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