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Withers: Social conservatives fight against UN recognition of gay rights group

James Withers — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:50:41 +0000

Two Republicans from Congress, New Jersey’s Rep. Christopher H. Smith and Arizona’s Rep. Trent Franks, are standing arm in arm with a coalition of Islamic countries to deny United Nations’(...)

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:30:51 +0000

(Dakar) An appeals court in the Senegal capital of Dakar overturned jail sentences Monday for nine men convicted on charges of homosexuality.

They were sentenced in January to eight years in(...)

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:50:16 +0000

The United States, by ruling of the Supreme Court, did not decriminalize homosexuality until 2003.

No kidding.

“American Idol” has been on the television longer than consensual same-sex sex has(...)