Gay legal group takes on Birmingham mayor
Lawsuit says mayor violated free speech by rejecting Gay Pride fest
By LAURA DOUGLAS-BROWN, Southern Voice | Feb. 20 at 1:32 PM Feb. 20 at 1:32 PM
It's been a busy week for Lambda Legal's Atlanta-based Southern Regional Office. On Wednesday, the gay legal group announced it had filed a brief in support of a gay father who wants the Georgia Supreme Court to toss out a stipulation in his divorce decree that forbids him from "exposing his children to his homosexual partners and friends."
Now today, Lambda Legal announces it will represent Central Alabama Pride in the gay festival's federal lawsuit against Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Larry Langford. Last year, Langford Released Feb. 19 by an ELCA task force, the "Proposed Social Statement on Human Sexuality" and related "Rostering Recommendations" admit there is no consensus about how the Lutheran church should treat its gay members and pastors. The 20-page document recommends allowing churches and synods to make their own decisions on non-celibate gay pastors, a change from the current ban. But the document does not call for rites for blessing gay unions, nor does it call for the re-rostering of defr ... 
Lutherans divided over policy recommendation on gay pastors
Proposal would allow local decisions on whether non-celibate gays can serve
By MATT SCHAFER, Southern Voice | Feb. 20 at 12:58 PM Feb. 20 at 12:58 PM
Neither the conservative nor liberal wing of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is happy with a proposed statement that would change the way the church treats gay pastors.
Religious conservatives fear Congress will advance gay rights legislation
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Feb. 19 at 2:41 PM Feb. 19 at 2:41 PM
Anti-gay conservatives are increasing their rhetoric and activities because they fear public officials are more likely than ever to act on pro-gay initiatives.
That’s the perception of at least one activist, who said he’s noticed an upswing in the ferocity of opposition to pro-gay initiatives now that social conservatives have lost power on the national stage and may be unable to stop lawmakers from approving measures like hate crimes legislation and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said opponents of gay rights are “lying and spreading misinformation in greater ways than they ever hav ...
Gay legal group takes on Birmingham mayor
Lawsuit says mayor violated free speech by rejecting Gay Pride fest
By LAURA DOUGLAS-BROWN, Southern Voice | Feb. 20 at 1:32 PM Feb. 20 at 1:32 PM
It's been a busy week for Lambda Legal's Atlanta-based Southern Regional Office. On Wednesday, the gay legal group announced it had filed a brief in support of a gay father who wants the Georgia Supreme Court to toss out a stipulation in his divorce decree that forbids him from "exposing his children to his homosexual partners and friends."
Now today, Lambda Legal announces it will represent Central Alabama Pride in the gay festival's federal lawsuit against Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Larry Langford. Last year, Langford
Lutherans divided over policy recommendation on gay pastors
Proposal would allow local decisions on whether non-celibate gays can serve
By MATT SCHAFER, Southern Voice | Feb. 20 at 12:58 PM Feb. 20 at 12:58 PM
Neither the conservative nor liberal wing of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is happy with a proposed statement that would change the way the church treats gay pastors.
Released Feb. 19 by an ELCA task force, the "Proposed Social Statement on Human Sexuality" and related "Rostering Recommendations" admit there is no consensus about how the Lutheran church should treat its gay members and pastors. The 20-page document recommends allowing churches and synods to make their own decisions on non-celibate gay pastors, a change from the current ban. But the document does not call for rites for blessing gay unions, nor does it call for the re-rostering of defr ...
'Bible says it's wrong,' youth tell state Senate committee
By MATT SCHAFER, Southern Voice | Feb. 20 at 12:51 PM Feb. 20 at 12:51 PM
Conservative Christians packed a state Senate hearing Feb. 18 by recruiting middle and high school-aged children to fight a bill that would allow Georgia counties to vote on Sunday alcohol sales.
Roughly 40 teens wearing stickers proclaiming their allegiance to the coalition of “No Sunday Sales” attended the Senate Regulated Industries & Utilities Committee hearing on SB 16. The bill would allow a county-level referendum where residents would decide if they should expand their county’s alcohol sales to Sunday.
Almost a dozen teens spoke, most repeating variations of the argument that Sunday sales would give teens more time to illegally proc ...
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