In the wake of the terrible tragedy in Orlando that rocked our nation this weekend, laymen and leaders alike spoke out on news and social media. For some, the massacre that claimed the lives of 50 people attending an LGBT event at the Pulse Nightclub was the perfect opportunity to push their own political agenda….
By Amber Randall A LGBTQ group dedicated to the legal and safe use of firearms for the LGBTQ community put out a press release Sunday that urged people to focus on the Orlando shooter’s heinous actions and not on guns as the problem. Oman Mir Seddique Mateen killed 49 people in a shooting at a gay…
You’ll hear the left scream about cakes that won’t be baked or bathrooms that won’t be opened to members of our community, but when it comes to radical Islam and the threat it poses to free Western Society you don’t hear their outrage. That’s because it isn’t there. They have sacrificed their sanity on the…
By Kevin Daley Several American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorneys took to Twitter to blame the “Christian Right” for Sunday’s deadly terrorist attack at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., which left 50 dead and 53 injured. Chase Strangio, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s LGBT and AIDS Project, claimed the social and political environment cultivated by…
By Jonah Bennett After a long battle, the Senate finally confirmed Eric Fanning as 22nd Secretary of the Army, making him the first openly gay civilian head of the service in history. The final hold on Fanning’s confirmation broke after GOP Sen. Pat Roberts relented and moved the process forward, Defense News reports. Roberts delayed Fanning’s confirmation because he…
Petersen, Johnson & McAfee Face Off One More Time Before The LP Convention By Avens O’Brien The last Libertarian Party presidential debate before the National Convention took place on Monday in Las Vegas. I was fortunate to be able to attend, and managed to “live-tweet” the experience extensively. The event was hosted by the Libertarian…
By Casey Harper A new video shows Seattle University students struggling to say how men and women are different, if they’re even different at all. The Family Policy Institute of Washington released a video this week where it interviewed students at Seattle University about gender identity and transgender bathrooms. The students soon struggle to explain how gender is…
By Casey Harper A Christian calligraphy studio is suing the city of Phoenix over its LGBT non-discrimination ordinance, the latest dust-up in a slew of same-sex legal battles nationwide. Lawyers for Brush & Nib, a calligraphy studio run by two Christian women who sell hand paintings and calligraphy for weddings and events, filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the Phoenix LGBT…
by Casey Harper North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed an executive order Tuesday to alter the state’s LGBT discrimination rules after two businesses announced they were no longer going to put money and jobs in the state. The executive order gives discrimination protections to state employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity, the Washington Post reports….
Casey Harper A new campaign by restaurants is countering Mississippi’s contentious religious freedom law with three words: “Everyone’s Welcome Here.” The Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association (MHRA) is launching a campaign to get Mississippi businesses to hang up decals at their establishments with the phrase “Everyone’s Welcome Here,” WAPT reports. Executive Director of the trade organization MHRA…