As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world.
Contents:
- SENATE CLEARS HURDLE TO MOVE GAY MARRIAGE BILL TOWARD FAL PASSAGE
- GOVERNMENT FUNDG, GAY MARRIAGE AMONG ISSU FACG RETURNG SENATE
- THE VIEW STAR REVEALS WHY SHE AGRE WH SUPREME COURT LG FOR SIGNER WHO OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
SENATE CLEARS HURDLE TO MOVE GAY MARRIAGE BILL TOWARD FAL PASSAGE
The Senate moved forward a bill that would dify gay marriage after receivg support om both Democrats and Republins. * gay marriage news today *
They clud Judh Kasen-Wdsor, widow of gay rights activist Edie Wdsor; Matthew Hayn, -owner of Club Q, the LGBTQ club Colorado Sprgs where a gunman last month killed five people a mass shootg; Club Q shootg survivors Jam Slgh and Michael Anrson; and a number of platiffs om s that culmated the landmark civil rights se Obergefell vs. Philanthropist and Democratic donor David Boht, who has been an outspoken gay- and transgenr-rights activist and longtime supporter of Bin, told CNN that Tuday’s bill signg uld not e at a more ccial moment. “[Bin] has monstrated his support for s for lbian and gay civil rights, and Tuday’s signg to law is a reaffirmatn of that durg this time when rights are unr asslt, ” Boht said.
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GOVERNMENT FUNDG, GAY MARRIAGE AMONG ISSU FACG RETURNG SENATE
'The View' star Alyssa Farah Griff revealed why she agre wh the Supreme Court's lg favor of a signer who do not support gay marriage. * gay marriage news today *
Same-sex upl Nepal said on Friday they were preparg to register their marriag after the Supreme Court issued a temporary orr clearg the way for gay marriage for the first time the largely nservative untry.
Along wh the grapplg over ernment fundg, Senate Majory Lear Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has vowed to brg a bill makg gay marriage legal natnwi to the floor but acknowledged last month that legislatn may be put on the back burner orr for Democrats to ph through Bin’s judicial nomatns. Wa on June 24 and Jtice Clarence Thomas issued a ncurrg opn qutng precent for upholdg gay marriage. LGBT activists and supporters held a rally outsi the US Supreme Court over a feral anti-discrimatn law that prohibs workplace discrimatn on the basis of sex verg gay and transgenr employe.
Tammy Baldw, the Democratic -sponsor, have lobbied for Republin support and have worked to ensure difyg gay marriage will not affect relig liberty protectns. He observed if LGBTQ+ folks "want to spend their liv together, a homosexual uple, natns have the possibily civilly to support them, to give them safety wh regards to herance and health" regardls of the church's posn.
THE VIEW STAR REVEALS WHY SHE AGRE WH SUPREME COURT LG FOR SIGNER WHO OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE
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"You don't know somebody's gay unls you ask them, so if the web signer says, 'Um, we're booked up, ' they don't have to al wh that other stuff this woman ma this about. " Goldberg prsed on, tellg Griff, "This is about beg able to say, 'I don't want to do a gay person's webse, ' that's what this is about.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn.