Georgia’s Senate has passed a bill that could enable child welfare organizations to stop same-sex parents from adopting on grounds of religious beliefs, in what rights advocates have called a “dangerous step backward.” (more…)
Tag: USA
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US: Gay couples can now be refused as adoptive parents in Georgia
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BREAKING: US Preacher, Billy Graham dies aged 99
One of the United States most influential preachers, Billy Graham has died at the age of 99.
Billy Graham, a preacher who believed that homosexuality could be cured and that same-sex marriage should be banned, has died at the age of 99. In his 60 year career as a preacher, it is thought that he preached to over 210 million people.
On his website, he once wrote an advice column,for someone who found out that a loved one was gay, he wrote, “We want to assure you that any willing person can be liberated from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ”.
The BBC have reported his death and that he died at his home in Montreat, North Carolina
This is a developing story.
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Florida shooter supported racist, homophobic and Anti-Semitic views
“Shoot them in the back of head.”
Suspected Florida shooter, Nikolas Cruz repeatedly supported homophobic, racist and anti-Semitics views in a private Instagram group chat.
The 19-year-old, who opened fire at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in Florida killing 17 people “espoused racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic views” in a private Instagram group chat, CNN is reporting.
He used a legally purchased AR-15 in the 3rd most deadly school shooting in the US.
In the group, which was called Murica Great, CNN reports that racism was a “constant” theme. CNN found that there were hundreds of racist memes, messages and Instagram videos. CNN reports that Cruz wrote that gay people should shot in the back of the head. The statement came as a response to another user of the group, who expressed a hatred towards gay people. CNN was unable to confirm the identities of the group’s users.
Cruz joined the conversation in August 2017 and is believed to be between six people.
Cruz’s Instagram, Twitter, YouTube accounts have now been removed.
“There were problems with him last year”
According to reports teachers at the school were sent out an email by the administrators warning them about threats that Cruz is alleged to have made. Math teacher, Jim Gard told the Miami Herald, “There were problems with him last year threatening students, and I guess he was asked to leave campus.”
The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland is the third most deadly school shooting in the US, with Virginia Tech in 2007 remaining the deadliest with 32 fatalities. Sandy Hook comes second with 27 dead.
Florida was the scene for one of the worst mass shootings in US history in 2016, when a gunman killed 49 people at a gay club in Orlando. The shoot was eclipsed in 2017 when a shooter killed 58 people at an open-air concert in Las Vegas.
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Gay teacher fired by Catholic school after wedding
A Miami teacher returned to work after celebrating her wedding to her partner only to get fired from her job. The Catholic school teacher, Jocelyn Morffi, posted photos her marriage last weekend to Facebook and was fired from the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School on Thursday after returning to work the day before. “This weekend… (more…)
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Transgender rights advocate killed in US
A transgender woman was found stabbed and beaten to death in her Massachusetts home on Friday evening. Her husband has been charged with her murder. Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien becomes the first known transgender person to be killed in 2018, according to GLAAD, an LGBT-rights organization. (more…)
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Gay men can now donate blood in Israel, but not US
Israel announced Monday that it would be lifting a ban on gay and bisexual male blood donors, a change that has not been made in the United States. Israel’s national emergency service Magen David Adom devised a “double testing” system that allows blood banks to screen donations twice, allowing gay and bisexual men to make immediate donations, according to the The Times of Israel. (more…)
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Pulse Nightclub Shooter’s Wife Says He Told Her “This Is My Target”
The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, who killed dozens of people at a gay Florida nightclub in the name of ISIS told the FBI in the hours after the 2016 massacre that she knew her husband “was going to do something bad” and was plotting an attack, according to a new court document obtained… (more…)
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Michael Moore Says Donald Trump Has Dementia
With the release this week of Fire and Fury, President Donald Trump has gone on the defense, calling the book claiming to reveal the private workings of the White House a “phony” and referring to former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon–who is quoted frequently in the book – as “Sloppy Steve.” (more…)
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‘Fire and Fury’: Excerpts from tell-all book on Trump
The following are excerpts from “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” an incendiary new book by Michael Wolff which was rushed into bookstores Friday after President Donald Trump failed … (more…)
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Gay Couple Kicked Out Of Uber Ride Over “Quick Kiss”
A same-sex couple in Houston say an Uber driver kicked them out of the car for sharing a “quick kiss.” Randall Magill, 28, and his fiancé Jose Chavez, 26, told KTVU they believe they were singled out because they were gay. The incident happened last month after leaving a holiday event at a friend’s house, they… (more…)
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Shooter’s wife knew about Pulse attack beforehand, records show
The Pulse nightclub gunman’s wife knew he was going to conduct an attack when he left their home on the day of the shooting, according to her statement to law enforcement that was recently made public. (more…)