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Gay blood ban faces review, possible changes

logointern3 — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:00:02 +0000

The long-time outright ban on gays donating blood may soon come to an end, as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) narrowing down the areas they must study to possibly repeal(...)

Monday Watercooler: Pawlenty unsure about what makes someone gay

James Withers — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:04:05 +0000

Pawlenty not sure about science when it comes to sexuality. When people are on the search for the Republican nomination for president, that have to play extreme when the topic is gay. From(...)

Kerry: Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act

logointern3 — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:00:31 +0000

It was legalized discrimination — not to mention an abuse of the Constitution for political purposes. My vote against it — which some predicted would cost me reelection in 1996 — is among my(...)

Kerry: DADT should be lifted now

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:47:02 +0000

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) today released a statement regarding the Pentagon’s report on gays in the military:

“For years, Senators have said they’d lift the ban on gays serving openly(...)

Tues. Watercooler: NOM sign calls for murder of gay couples

logointern2 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:33:55 +0000

NOM sign calls for murder. The anti-gay National Organization of Marriage took its nationwide bus tour to Indianapolis on Monday, where one supporter delivered a deadly message.

In a(...)

FDA rethinks gay blood ban

logointern2 — Sat, 29 May 2010 14:00:08 +0000

The Federal Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability is set to hold a hearing June 10 and 11 to reconsider a FDA rule which bans gay from donating blood, CNN reported.

The rule,(...)

Mass. man says Brazilian husband denied US asylum

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:14 +0000

(Boston) The Massachusetts husband of a gay Brazilian man says his spouse has been denied asylum that would allow them to be reunited in the U.S.

Tim Coco said Monday that the Obama(...)

Lowenstein: Kerry tries to reunite a married couple torn apart by DOMA

Jenna Lowenstein — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:52:19 +0000

The Associated Press reported over the weekend that Senator John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum for a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after being married in(...)

Kerry seeks legal status for Brazil gay man

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:47:04 +0000

(Boston, Massachusetts) Sen. John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum to a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after he was married to a U.S. citizen in(...)

Withers: What happened to John Kerry?

James Withers — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:51:23 +0000

If John Kerry had this type of passion four years ago, he would be about to campaign for his second term. What got into him?!