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Tarleton State University has canceled Saturday’s performance of four student-directed plays, including “Corpus Christi,” the controversial production which portrays Jesus as gay. In a media release (PDF) posted on it’s website Friday night, Tarleton cited an unnamed professor’s decision to cancel the performances “because of safety and security concerns for the students, as well as […]

The Marine Corps’ top officer said Thursday that straight soldiers will not be asked to share rooms on base with openly gay soldiers if the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is repealed. Commandant Gen. James Conway said that even if the ban on openly-serving gays in the services is lifted, he would draw the […]

The Commanding Officer of U.S. Army Pacific received a sharp rebuke Thursday from Defense Secretary Robert Gates after publicly challenging proposed changes to “don’t ask don’t tell” policy which bans openly gay service members. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went further, suggesting that Lt. Gen. Benjamin Mixon should consider resigning […]

The U.S. Senate has rejected an amendment to the health care reconciliation bill that would have stopped same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia until a referendum could be held. Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), who has been relentless in his efforts to stop gay marriage in District, had introduced that amendment, but the full Senate […]

Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday that the Pentagon will make it more difficult to discharge openly gay or lesbian members of the military. The changes to the […]

The Pentagon is expected to announce Thursday that it will relax enforcement of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prevent gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military, a decision that officials described as a temporary measure until Congress can take permanent action. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is expected to announce […]

A Georgia teen has been kicked-out of his family’s home after going public on his plans to attend his high school prom with his boyfriend. In the small town of Cochran, GA […]

A class project depicting Jesus Christ as gay has hit a nerve in Stephenville, Texas. Tarleton State University is adding security for expected demonstrations Saturday when students perform the production, called “Corpus Christi.” The play, by Terrence McNally, opened in New York in the 1990s, and student John Jordan Otte chose the script for his […]

Gay marriage advocates plan to file an emergency appeal of a federal judge’s order requiring them to release documents from the political campaign against Proposition 8 as part of the ongoing legal challenge to California’s ban on gay unions. From the Mercury-News: In court papers filed Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union asked Chief U.S. […]

An 18-year-old senior at Bleckley County High School in Georgia has received his school’s permission to attend this year’s prom with his boyfriend. In stark contrast to a Mississippi school’s decision to cancel its prom […]