Conscientious objector bill introduced in House
By BTL Staff LANSING – A bill called the "conscientious objector accommodation act" was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives on May 5. The [...]
Creep of the Week: Vice President Dick Cheney
Vice President Dick Cheney Let's hear it for this week's Creep, Vice President Dick Cheney for yet again demonstrating that Bush administration politics trump [...]
Kerry pans same-sex marriage
By Bob Roehr BOSTON- The Massachusetts Democratic Party is expected to adopt a party platform that includes a provision supporting marriage equality when it [...]
Marriage equality foes push for restricted divorce, gay adoption ban
COLUMBUS AP Wire– Religious conservatives who succeeded in rewriting Ohio's constitution to ban marriage for same-sex couples are pushing state lawmakers to [...]
Microsoft to support gay rights
By Lisa Keen In a stunning reversal, the Microsoft Corporation announced May 6 that it will not remain "neutral" in the fight for equal rights for gays. Steve [...]
National News Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics Gay-rights foe admits to same-sex relations SPOKANE, Wash. – Mayor James E. West, a Republican foe of equal rights [...]
Secretary of State reverses pro-trans policy
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman LANSING – Transgendered people will not be allowed to have their gender on their driver's licenses changed unless they actually have [...]
Over 200 families at risk of losing benefits, says CMU Life
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman MOUNT PLEASANT – An April 27, 2005 report by Central Michigan University Life stated that 217 employees at nine state universities are [...]
Complicity in hypocrisy
By Mubarak Dahir Hypocrisy was the word of the day when the Spokesman-Review, a daily newspaper in Spokane, Washington, recently published the findings of a [...]
Curtain Calls
Review: 'Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train' Drama delivers message that God can be found in the most unusual places – and people If there is one spot on Earth where [...]
