- Supreme Court declines free speech, gay marriage case—"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether a New Mexico photography company had free speech grounds to refuse to shoot the commitment ceremony of a same-sex couple."
- Ohio will have to recognize gay marriages, judge says
- Michigan lesbian who gave post-wedding TV interview is attacked
- Legal fight over dead gay man's estate: his mom, 75, vs. his husband
- Lesbians' baby baptized by Catholic Church in Argentina
- Alabama House approves call to put same-sex marriage ban in U.S. Constitution
- Oregon GOP governor candidate links gay marriage and murder, suggests return to mid-century lawbooks
- Welby: backing gay marriage could be 'catastrophic' for Christians
- "Anti-Christian religious bigotry" is apparently what conservatives are now calling LGBTQ rights—"NOM president Brian Brown is seeing a rise in 'anti-Christian' bigotry, which is just a rise in LGBTQ rights." Uh, take that log out of your eyes. Salon
- Head of Anglican church: We must discriminate against gays lest someone think we're gay and bash us
- Brendan Eich resigns as Mozilla Corporation CEO—Can't see how someone who advocates discrimination could have stayed in a company that "believes both in equality and freedom of speech." How would he have treated employees in same-sex marriages?
- After Eich resigns, conservatives slam Mozilla—and call for boycott—Turnabout is fair play?
- No, Andrew Sullivan, Calling Out Bigotry is Not 'Intolerance'
- OkCupid's CEO Donated to an Anti-Gay Campaign Once, Too —What's the diff?
- Just a Reminder: The Campaign for Prop 8 Was Unprecedentedly Cruel
- Obama Administration Opens Medicare To Same-Sex Married Couples
- Same-Sex Spouses Can Amend Past Tax Returns for a Bigger Refund
- Same-sex retirement benefits retroactive to June 2013, IRS rules
- Fox News Hails Doctor Who Said Gay Rights Lead to Child Molestation—"Meet the right's new anti-Obamacare hero."
- LGBT housing non-discrimination bill killed by Louisiana lawmakers
- Mississippi Passes Watered-Down Version Of Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill
- Russian Court Declares Ban on LGBT Rights Protests Illegal
- Gay conversion therapy should have no place in NHS, says health minister
- Beware the Gay Mafia—"Why are conservatives afraid of LGBTQ activists?"
- Nun Reportedly Tells Catholic School Kids That Masturbation Makes Guys Gay
- Mississippi's Sex-Ed Classes Teach Kids That Homosexuality Is Illegal, Even Though It Isn't
- South Carolina Senator Convinces University To Cancel Play, Says It Was 'Recruiting' Lesbians
- Transgender substitute teacher upsets Lumberton ISD parents
- Parent Requests Gay Book Pulled from Fauquier High School's Library
- 'Gay of Thrones' Is Also Back, With a Vengeance
- Gay male seeks straight guy—"A new study sheds light on the allure of same-sex encounters with heterosexual men." Salon
- Match.Com Will No Longer Make Bi Users Pay For Two Separate Profiles
- How the Internet Is Taking Away America's Religion—"Using the Internet can destroy your faith. That's the conclusion of a study showing that the dramatic drop in religious affiliation in the U.S. since 1990 is closely mirrored by the increase in Internet use."
- How evangelicals won a culture war and lost a generation
- Congressman Who Campaigned on "Faith, Family, and Hard Work" Caught Kissing Staffer on Tape—Hypocrite.
- Megachurch pastor resigns, citing 'moral failing'
- New Policy in Italy: Catholic Bishops Are Not Obligated to Report Child Sexual Abuse
- Judge slams church over paedophile priest secrets—"A priest who allegedly witnessed predatory pedophile Gerald Ridsdale raping a young girl 40 years ago has been slammed by a judge, but the clergyman’s identity has been withheld from the public."
- Saudi Arabia Doubles Down on Atheism; New Laws Declares It Equivalent to Terrorism
- 'Islamic takeover plot' in Birmingham schools investigated
- France's Le Pen: ban non-pork meals in schools—"Leader of France's far-Right party says schools should not pander to Jewish and Muslim children by offering non-Pork alternatives for lunch."
- Book critical of Scientology, banned from America for 27 years, now goes on sale in US
- Who's Behind Newsweek?—"Pastor David Jang hopes that media companies will 'rain down blessings' on his Christian sect."
- Two Christian SC Senators Block Third Grader's State Fossil Proposal Because Jesus —One of them wants to give God credit.
- This GOP House Candidate Is Running for Office So His Daughter Won't Have to Learn About Evolution
- PBS vs. Creationists: A Fight Over Our Fishy Ancestors—"A PBS series aims to show how humans evolved from creatures of the deep. But creationists have denounced it as an attempt to 'package unconditional blind faith in evolution as scientific literacy in an effort to create interest in science.'"
- Lawrence Krauss: I Have No Idea How I Ended Up in That Stupid Geocentrism Documentary
- "Star Trek" actress denounces creationist movie she narrated—"Kate Mulgrew distances herself from geocentrism documentary, and creator's ultra-conservative, anti-Semitic views." Oh Janeway. Salon
- The Return Of The Back-Alley Abortion
- Court Keeps New Arizona Abortion Rules On Hold
- Why Antonin Scalia's 'Abortifacient' Confusion is Dangerous—Ignorantly believes contraception induces abortion.
- Murder charges dismissed against Mississippi woman on trial for giving birth to a stillborn—"The murder charge against Rennie Gibbs has been dismissed, but the state plans to re-present the case." Salon
- Wait, Did An Oklahoma Hospital Try to Ban Birth Control Prescriptions For An Entire Town?
- Is '16 And Pregnant' An Effective Form Of Birth Control?—"A study released Monday suggests that the MTV show 16 and Pregnant has contributed to a decline in the nation's teen birthrate. The researchers looked at teen births, Nielsen ratings, Google searches and tweets, and attribute one-third of the decline to the TV show."
- Sengalese girl, 10, raped, now pregnant, denied abortion—"Authorities have ruled she must carry to term. Senegal gives a 10-year sentence to a woman guilty of having an abortion."
- Philippines Supreme Court declares reproductive health law constitutional—"The Court however strikes down some provisions."
- Dear Harvard: You Win—Anonymous victim laments university's lack of action, but it looks like the school now is responding to the allegation.
- 3 get death sentence in India gang rapes
- This Guy Is Using 'Good Looks' as a Rape Defense—"This guy is using 'good looks' as a rape defense."
- Afghan girl married at six to cover her father's debt
- Iraq ready to legalise childhood marriage—"Children under nine years old could be legally married and wives forced to comply with sexual demands under newly tabled legislation described by critics as a setback for women's rights."
- Islamophobia in action? 'Honor Diaries' screening shut down by CAIR
- The Pink Gang in India: Victims No More—In other news, the Gulabi Gang gets shut down by Komen for choosing pink. (Not really... but stranger things have happened.)
- Staffer Who Was Caught Kissing Vance McAllister Resigns, While Congressman Keeps His Job
- Conservative Pundit Wonders Why Women Voters 'Are So Easily Fooled And Manipulated'
- 'Dirty Old Man' Judge Wants To Tell Women Lawyers What To Wear
- Princeton Mom Is Everything That's Wrong With Everything
- Thousands protest in support of breastfeeding 'tramp'
- Hillary Clinton: For women, 'Double standard is alive and well'
- Republican Slams Dems' Equal Pay Push As 'Condescending' To Women
- Senate Republicans Block Bill on Equal Pay—"A Democratic-sponsored bill meant to close the pay gap between men and women failed in the Senate, framing an election-year fight over whose policies are friendlier to female voters." NYT
- Republicans kiss votes from women goodbye WaPo
- Mikulski Tears Into Stereotype That Women Are 'Too Emotional'
- Obama Actions Test Workplace Ideas—"Obama will sign an executive order Tuesday barring federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their pay with each other." Check out GlassDoor.
