Tag: LGBT Issues

World Bank delays loan to Uganda over anti-gay law

World Bank delays loan to Uganda over anti-gay law

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2014 11:43 pm

Demonstrators including Christopher Bullock, center, celebrate after hearing that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was going to veto SB1062, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Phoenix. The bill is designed to give added protection from lawsuits to people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays. MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES.

Republican factions split over Arizona bill

BOB CHRISTIENICHOLAS RICCARDI · February 27, 2014 10:34 pm

A newly-diagnosed HIV positive woman, who arrived at the hospital with symptoms of tuberculosis (TB), lies in the treatment ward of the Mildmay Uganda clinic, which receives funding from the US government through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Kampala, Uganda Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Uganda's government has been hit with substantial aid cuts after the president enacted a severe anti-gay measure over which some Western governments had warned of consequences, and at least three European countries are withdrawing millions in direct support to Uganda's government, which depends on donors for about 20 percent of its budget. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie)

Uganda slapped with aid cuts over anti-gay law

Rodney Muhumuza · February 27, 2014 5:28 pm

Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer speaks at a news conference announcing she has vetoed SB1062, a bill designed to give added protection from lawsuits to people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays, at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona religious bill that angered gays vetoed

Bob Christie · February 27, 2014 3:37 am

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s statement on vetoed bill

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s statement on vetoed bill

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2014 2:15 am

Arizona bill raises complicated legal questions

Arizona bill raises complicated legal questions

Bob Christie · February 27, 2014 1:26 am

US eyes push against anti-gay laws worldwide

US eyes push against anti-gay laws worldwide

Lara Jakes · February 27, 2014 1:00 am

FILE In this Monday, March 19, 2012 file photo, Sexual Minorities Uganda program coordinator Pepe Julian Onziema speaks in an interview with The Associated Press in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda's health minister said Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 that gays will not be discriminated against by medical workers after the country's president signed a law that strengthens criminal penalties against homosexuals, but prominent gay rights activist Pepe Julian Onziema said that well-known homosexuals face constant discrimination and abuse and recalled being ignored many times by medical workers who served others as they gossiped about his sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera, File)

Uganda health minister: Gays will still get care

Rodney Muhumuza · February 26, 2014 12:27 pm

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Poll: Christianity under attack, losing culture war

Paul Bedard · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

A graphic designer sports an anti-Senate Bill 1062 sign that reads "Open For Business To Everyone" on Wednesday in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

White House criticizes Arizona anti-gay measure

Meghashyam Mali · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King is shown during appearance on the "Protestant Heritage" telecast over NBC-TV, on June 30, 1963 from New York. (AP Photo)

Eric Holder is wrong because Martin Luther King was right

Terence Jeffrey · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer delivers her State of the State address at the Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes religious freedom bill

Ashe Schow · February 26, 2014 5:00 am