Tag Archives: John Heyburn

Speed Read: A lot can happen in a week…

If this was a week you thought it was safe to take a vacation, you may have missed the big religious exemption ruling by the Supreme Court, a push for a religious exemption in President Obama's pending executive order, an

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: ‘Bad for Mississippi’

The Mississippi House Judiciary Committee Tuesday advanced a religious bias bill to the House floor, which could vote on it as early as today. The Kentucky Attorney General announced yesterday he won't defend the constitutionality of the state's ban on

Speed Read: Michigan parents on trial

MICHIGAN MARRIAGE TRIAL CONTINUES: A federal judge in Detroit heard testimony Thursday that the U.S. is becoming more accepting of same-sex couples but that “There is not complete acceptance by any means.” Williams Institute scholar Gary Gates was the only

Kentucky ordered to honor out-of-state marriages

A federal judge in Kentucky today ordered the state to recognize marriage licenses obtained by same-sex couples from other states.