Tag Archives: ballot measure
Trans issue on the ballot in Massachusetts
It's been six years since an anti-LGBT ballot measure has ridden a state ballot. But there's one this year, in Massachusetts.
Houston rejects non-discrimination law; HRC predicts ‘tough battles ahead’
Sixty-one percent of Houston voters cast their ballots against the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance Tuesday. Mayor Annise Parker said opponents of the ordinance ran a “calculated campaign of lies designed to demonize a little understood minority.” But opponents said it
Speed Read: ‘The NAACP for gay people’
There is a potential for two ballot measures soon to repeal marriage bans in Ohio and Oregon. An effort to impeach Missouri governor for letting same-sex married couples file joint state tax returns appears to have little chance of passage.
Speed Read: Holy taxi dilemma
A ballot measure to require that same-sex marriages in Ohio be treated equally under the law cleared its first hurdle yesterday. The India Supreme Court ordered that people of a "third gender" be treated equally as citizens. And Muslim cab
Speed Read: Booted from the closet
Oregon group is seeking religious belief exemptions through ballot measure. Congressional Black Caucus pressures U.S. to do more about anti-gay laws in Uganda and other countries. And a former Idaho state senator loses her visiting privileges after being found hanging
Speed Read: Religious bias rejected
Eighty-one percent of adults surveyed said businesses should not be allowed to refuse service to gays, not even for religious beliefs. Wyoming becomes the 25th state to face a lawsuit challenging its ban on same-sex couples marrying, Boston Mayor says
Illinois, Rhode Island poised for marriage votes this month
The race to become the tenth state to provide for marriage equality just got more interesting, as both Illinois and Rhode Island legislatures are on track to take final votes this month.
Anchorage rejects anti-bias measure
Voters in Anchorage, Alaska, overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that sought to add “sexual orientation” and “transgender identity” to the city’s human rights law. With 102 of 121
Maine seeks to regain marriage equality
For the first time in history, LGBT activists are initiating a ballot measure to win marriage equality. EqualityMaine and Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) announced that they are taking steps to place a citizen’s initiative on the November
Marriage equality opponents vow rematch over public disclosure case
In a ruling hailed by gay activists, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law that requires public disclosure of the names of people who signed a petition to put an anti-gay referendum on the ballot in Washington State. But litigation
