While banning gay marriage in 2005, Texas accidently made all marriage illegal.
One of the clause reads: “This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.”
I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Cleve Jones, one of the leaders of the first wave of gay rights activists. He himself was a victim of a terrible hate crime and almost died.
He was him in the shoulder walking him and fell over. Then, the attackers kicked him on the ground and held a knife up to his throat, acting as though they were going to slit it. The blade bumped off his chin, but as he stood him he realized the first blow had been with a knife. He crawled back to his apartment and passed out in front of the mailboxes. If it weren’t for his neighbor realizing he forgot to get his mail earlier that day, Jones would have bled to death.
Maine voted down a law that would allow gay-marriage to take place in the state. The numbers were reminiscent of California’s Prop. 8 with about 87 voting for the people’s veto effort (to repeal the law) and 53 voting against it. During the same election the people legalized the use of medical marijuana.
New York’s Senate voted down the proposed gay marriage bill. This surprised many, for some of the Senators who voted against the bill claimed they would support it.
The Washington D.C. Council has approved the first draft of the proposal to allow gay marriage in D.C. Later this month will be the second vote, then it will go to Fenty for approval. Afterwards it will go to Congress for approval.
Uganda recently proposed a bill that would make it incriminate homosexuality and those who fail to report the existence of a known homosexual. It would be a crime for doctors to give treatment to homosexual patients and homosexuality would be punishable by death.
Two teenage homosexuals in Iran were hung for their relationship. Homosexuality is also punishable by death in Bangladesh, Yemen, Sudan, Mauritiana, Afghanistan, and Somalia. Gays are imprisoned in many other nations.