Chipotle pulls sponsorship of Utah Boy Scout event
Chipotle Mexican Grill has pulled its sponsorship of Utah's "Scout-O-Rama" because of the Boy Scouts of America's long-standing ban on gays.

Clinton joins other Dems in backing gay marriage
Hillary Rodham Clinton's embrace of gay marriage Monday signals she may be seriously weighing a 2016 presidential run and trying to avoid the type of ...

GOP rolls out roadmap amid party divisions
This was to be a roadmap for a new, more inclusive GOP: attract minority voters, support immigration reform and embrace "welcoming and inclusive" ...

Madonna calls on Boy Scouts to lift ban on gays
Wearing a replica of one of the organization's uniforms, Madonna called on the Boy Scouts to lift its ban on gays while also calling for a ...

Politician's rise highlights NYC parade dispute
She's a leading candidate to be New York's next mayor. She's already one of its top Irish-American officials. Christine Quinn is also a lesbian and ...

Gay marriage: Senator's shift, GOP soul-searching
A Republican senator's embrace of gay marriage is the latest sign of soul-searching in a party struggling to adapt in a society whose demographics — ...
Dutch lesbians raising Turkish boy go into hiding
A Dutch lesbian couple have gone into hiding with their foster son after the boy's biological parents said on television in Turkey that they object ...

Zimbabwe to vote on new constitution
One campaign ad on the Internet shows video footage of a lawmaker in Zimbabwe's tenuous coalition government punching a Cabinet minister appointed by ...

GOP Sen. Portman of Ohio now supports gay marriage
Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is now supporting gay marriage and says his reversal on the issue began when he learned one of his sons is gay.

NJ governor asked to apologize for race remark
Republican Gov. Chris Christie has been asked to apologize for referring to the first black female leader of the state Assembly by race and gender, ...

NY AG: NFL must act on sexual orientation concern
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged the NFL on Thursday to investigate whether possible draft picks were improperly asked about their ...

Pope Francis: Simple image, complex past
On the streets in Buenos Aires, the stories about the cardinal who would become the first pope from the Americas often include a very ordinary ...

Argentine leader wishes pope well despite clashes
President Cristina Fernandez will travel to the Vatican to attend her fellow Argentine Jorge Bergoglio's first Mass as Pope Francis on March 19, and ...

57 charged in Florida gambling scandal
Florida's lieutenant governor resigned and nearly 60 other people were charged in a widening scandal of a purported veterans charity that authorities ...

Diverse high court families mirror country
With their Ivy League pedigrees and East Coast addresses, Supreme Court justices often are rightly described as unrepresentative of the nation.
Walesa avoids hate crime charge for anti-gay words
Polish prosecutors say they will not charge former President Lech Walesa with hate crimes for recent remarks deemed offensive to gays. Walesa, a ...
New Zealand gay marriage bill passes critical test
New Zealand lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill allowing same-sex marriage Wednesday, all but assuring that it will soon become law.

Colorado lawmakers OK civil unions for gay couples
Colorado lawmakers took a historic vote to approve civil unions for gay couples Tuesday, delivering on a campaign promise from Democrats who have ...
Scouts survey members on whether to keep gay ban
Faced with a backlash against their ban on gays, the Boy Scouts of America are surveying their members on a potential change in policy.
Sampling of questions from Boy Scouts on gay ban
The Boy Scouts of America are surveying their members on a potential change in their policy banning gay Scout leaders and members. Here are some of ...

What you 'like' on Facebook can be revealing
Clicking those friendly blue "like" buttons strewn across the Web may be doing more than marking you as a fan of Coca-Cola or Lady Gaga. It could out ...
Appeal by photographer in gay bias case is heard
In a case that tests anti-discrimination protection for gays, a religious rights group told the New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday that a photographer ...

Gay couples could see windfalls from court action
For Mina Meyer and Sharon Raphael, two women in their 70s who fell in love more than four decades ago and have been married for more than four years, ...

GOP chairman, lawmaker take heat on gay marriage
Two Illinois Republicans are finding out that for all the talk nationally of the GOP becoming more inclusive and appealing to voters by softening ...