LGBTQ news and entertainment
Adoption by gays may be coming to Switzerland soon.
The upper house of the Swiss parliament on Thursday approved legalizing adoptions by gay couples.
The Council of States voted 21-19 on the legislation, which would allow gay couples in registered partnerships to adopt. Politicians supporting the new law say it reflects the reality of Swiss families in 2012.
The lower house must now consider the legislation.
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) has expressed her opposition to Amendment One, which bans all same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships:
Sony’s action comedy “21 Jump Street” starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops going undercover as high school students took down the animated hit “Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax,” which had been the top flick the previous two weekends.
Studio estimates Sunday put Universal’s “The Lorax” in second-place with $22.8 million, raising its domestic total to $158.4 million.
At No. 3, Disney’s costly sci-fi dud “John Carter” dropped sharply in its second weekend. The Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation took in $13.5 million, down 55 percent from its anemic opening weekend and lifting its domestic total to a measly $53.2 million. “John Carter” reportedly cost $250 million to make.
While tanking in the United States, “John Carter” has done decent business overseas. It took in $40.7 million this weekend to push its international haul to $126.1 million and its worldwide total to $179.3 million.
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American oil production is at an eight-year high, and we are less reliant on foreign oil than at any time in the last 16 years.
Oil and petroleum imports are down an average of more than 1.5 million barrels per day and domestic crude oil production has increased by an average of more than 720,000 barrels per day since 2008. Domestic oil production has gone up every year under President Obama.
Utah’s Republican Governor Gary Herbert on Friday vetoed a controversial measure which would have banned the state’s public schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
The measure, House Bill 363, would have also prohibited any instruction in regard to sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other instruction on human sexuality outside of promoting abstinence.
Had Herbert signed the bill into law, it would have been the first of its kind in the nation.
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Mayor Jim Suttle on Thursday signed the “Equal Omaha” ordinance, a measure that would prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Local groups who oppose the new law said they’re not backing down from trying to get it repealed or rescinded.
“To think somehow we don’t care for them or think they should have less rights, that’s not what we’re saying. But at the same time, don’t trample on, don’t walk on our first amendment rights. By granting special rights to one group, the city is taking rights from another,” said James Patterson, senior pastor at Trinity Hope Foursquare Church.
I can only assume the pastor means his right to discriminate is being taken away.
Proponents of the ordinance are happy the fight is over for now.
“Today, I can say, we are Nebraska, we are Omaha and we are proud to be here,” said Michael Gordon of Equal Omaha.
The Omaha city council approved the controversial ordinance earlier this week — the law is scheduled to take effect on March 28.
CNN guest host Jane Lynch and Joan Rivers criticize politicians and the debate over abortion and contraception.