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In some ways, 2018 has felt like the worst of times: mass shootings becoming a new normal, the continued rise of nationalism, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires ravaging California, a U.S. Supreme Court that protects homophobia masquerading as freedom of religion, and of course, President Donald Trump. Yes, there has been an abundance of darkness in 2018, but as a gay, black man, I'm thankful for occasional bursts of sunshine.
According to The Washington Blade , Patrick Bumatay, a federal prosecutor, is among a group of 18 nominees, some of which are being named to judgeships. If confirmed to the post by the Senate, Bumatay would become the second openly gay person appointed to the federal appeals court.
First Congressional District candidates Eddie Edwards and Chris Pappas met today in the first of five general election debates. In the forum at NHPR's studios, the two came down on opposite sides of nearly every issue, except for the question of personal identity.
Hillary Clinton unloaded on President Donald Trump, charging her former presidential rival with being racist, sexist and anti-gay rights. 'He has been racist, he's been sexist, he's been Islamophobic, he has been anti-LGBTQ, I mean, there's a long list,' Clinton told the Atlantic Events Festival last week.
The move comes as President Donald Trump's administration chips away at protections of the LGBTQ community, although officials cast the decision as motivated by legal reciprocity rather than an anti-gay agenda. Under the new guidelines, diplomats regardless of sexual orientation will need to be married by the end of the year in order for their partners to receive visas.
The list of cases pending on the Supreme Court 's calendar this year lacks blockbusters - but court-watchers say they're hopeful some of the big ones get added in before the end of the term. The justices convene their 2018-2019 session Monday with far more drama over who will be the ninth member of the court than over the cases already on the schedule.
Child welfare agencies could be allowed to discriminate under a recent amendment to legislation pending before Congress that would threaten the rights of children in care. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people planning on fostering or adopting children in the US have a victory to celebrate.
In this week's Huffington , John Rudolf puts the spotlight on crime-ridden Camden, New Jersey, where instead of improving the police department, local leaders plan to replace it entirely. And Michelangelo Signorile looks back at an article he wrote 20 years ago about being gay at The New York Times , and how the paper rose to a new level of journalistic integrity by ending its silence on gay issues.
Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., New Jersey's longest serving congressman, was the only Garden State Republican considered safe. The furor erupted after the Washington Blade, a newspaper in the nation's capital that covers the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, published excerpts from a tape recording of Smith's May appearance at Colts Neck High School.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has denied an emergency request by Catholic Social Services for the immediate resumption of foster-child referrals to the agency while it appeals an unfavorable lower-court ruling. CSS provides foster-care services for about 100 children in city custody.
Levi Strauss, Yelp and Lyft are leading a coalition of 1,200 businesses and cities that are pledging not to discriminate against employees or customers based on race, sexual orientation, or other characteristics. Normally, making a promise to serve every customer might seem like a no-brainer.
COLBERT . Our president says don't believe what you see and read. "Oh good. Wooo, I was worried because what I'm seeing and reading is that the President is a racist, horny old burger-goblin who literally steals children from poor people."
After 50 years of fighting against corruption, racism, homophobia, and bigotry, activist David Mixner continues to shape D.C. politics and educate queer youth on the importance of remaining in the fight. Young people, Mixner says, have always been at the heart of change - from the early civil rights movement to modern day student-led gun reform protests.
None of Kavanaugh's roughly 300 opinions as an appellate judge deals directly with LGBT issues, but his approach to judging leads some scholars and activists to believe he is unlikely to echo Kennedy's votes. Still, they said Kavanaugh might be reluctant to overrule the landmark 2015 same-sex marriage decision, even if he might have voted against it in the first instance.
Historically, the term apparently refers to the original European settlers who came to the United States and later equated the protections of the U.S. Constitution solely with their own majority ethnicity and race - a tribal and chauvinistic mindset that still governs politics and immigration the world over, from China and Japan to most African and South American countries. Yet the singular transcendent logic of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence was that all people innately were created equal.
Despite its heroes' diminutive size, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales. Despite its heroes' diminutive size, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales.
On June 27th, when news broke that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was retiring , many began wondering who President Donald Trump would choose to replace him. Those on the left fear that Trump's replacement could overturn Roe v.
Victor Davis Hanson, writing in American Greatness , surveys how history's bad ideas inspire the "progressives." He focuses on the plans for court packing, the resegregation of students in universities, the growing movements to censor speech , restaurants' decision to refuse service to those whose views they disagree with and local governments' nullification of laws .
Democratic activists are hoping to make the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary as much an issue for their voters as it has been for the Republican base for decades. Democratic activists are hoping to make the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary as much an issue for their voters as it has been for the Republican base for decades.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, the ideological fulcrum of the high court whose support for gay rights culminated in his 2015 decision striking down state bans against same-sex marriage , is retiring at the pinnacle of his career. Kennedy's retirement will leave a hole for President Donald Trump to fill smack in the middle of the deeply divided court, where all nine justices tend to vote the way the presidents who nominated them expected.