All posts tagged "Gay Rights Group"

A question from a gay soldier was met with boos during Thursday night's Fox News Republican presidential debate.

PASADENA, Calif (Reuters) - Obama administration lawyers asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to vacate a judgment declaring "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" unconstitutional now that the ban on openly gay men and women in the military is about to be repealed.

The retailing giant Target came under fire last year for its donations to run ads supporting an anti-gay rights candidate in Minnesota. Target insists that it is not anti-gay and has contributed to gay and lesbian organizations, but as recently as this month, concerns about last year's incident caused Lady Gaga to cancel an exclusive deal for Target to sell a special deluxe edition of her upcoming album.

The Supreme Court refused Friday to block enforcement of the military's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy which forces gay, lesbian and trans-gender members of the military to hide their personal lives or face expulsion from the service.

A New Jersey college student jumped to his death off a bridge a day after authorities say two classmates surreptitiously recorded him having sex with a man in his dorm room and broadcast it over the Internet.

The gay rights group that argued on the winning side of Thursday's court ruling declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional said Friday that it expects the Department of Justice to appeal the decision, and it's confident the cause of gay rights will prevail.