AP News: Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill draws international condemnation after it is passed by parliament BY FRANCIS KOKUTSE — Feb. 29, 2024 ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A bill which criminalizes LGBTQ+ people in Ghana and their supporters drew international condemnation Thursday after it was passed by parliament, with the United Nations calling it “profoundly disturbing” and urging … Continue reading Ghana Anti-Gay Bill almost Enacted
Restoring democracy in Poland Donald Tusk, prime minister of Poland again after eight years, has a hard job ahead, Gwynne Dyer writes. Gwynne Dyer — December 15, 2023 It didn’t take the United States long to restore the normal constitutional order after four years of Donald Trump. He is a ruthless and lawless man, but … Continue reading Poland Enters Political Rehab; & the U. S. Military (Mostly) Repels An Assault By the Anti-Woke Brigades
Amid the upheavals, wars & rumors of war of the first weekend in October, 2023, there was a burst of light and fun and even joy, in one seemingly unlikely place — Alamance County, North Carolina. Let’s go visit it: The occasion was as unlikely as the locale, by the historic railroad station in the … Continue reading For Quakers, Friends & Others – A Welcome & Colorful Break From The Weekend Madness
October is Visitation & Board meeting month for Friends United Meeting (FUM). Besides board members from FUM’s shrinking but scattered territories, notable Friends will be gathering in and around its home turf of Richmond Indiana. Among the most notable of these visitors is Kenyan Friend John Muhanji, who heads FUM’s African ministries. Besides official sessions, … Continue reading FUM, John Muhanji, Uganda & “KILL The GAYS Laws: A Few Questions
Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk who denied gay couple marriage license, must pay them $100,000 Cybele Mayes-Osterman — USA TODAY—Sept. 14, 2023 A former Kentucky county clerk must pay $100,000 to a gay couple she denied a marriage license, a federal jury decided on Thursday. Kim Davis, formerly the Rowan County clerk, attracted … Continue reading Kim Davis, Antigay Kentucky Clerk, Must Pay $100K for Refusing Same Sex Marriage License