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19 01, 2024

Burundi President Says Gay People Should Be Put to Death

By JRL Charts|2024-01-19T16:06:25-08:00January 19th, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Burundian president, Évariste Ndayishimiye, Human Rights Watch, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, lgbt politics|

LAS VEGAS — (01-19-24) — Burundi president Évariste Ndayishimiye strikes fear into Gay people in the East African nation, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. Speaking with journalists on December 29, Burundi president Évariste Ndayishimiye said...“if you want to attract a curse to the country, accept homosexuality,” and “it is better to take [...]

14 01, 2024

Record anti-LGBT bills were Introduced and Passed in 2023

By JRL Charts|2025-11-13T22:58:24-08:00January 14th, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, anti-LGBT Bills 2023, Anti-LGBT legislation, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, religious freedom|

LAS VEGAS — (01-14-24) — A record number of anti-LGBT bills were introduced and passed in 2023, setting a record with over 510 anti-LGBT bills in state legislatures across the United States, according to American Civil Liberties Union data as of December 21, 2023. According to those numbers, that's an astounding three-times the number of [...]

7 01, 2024

Kim Davis Snubs Order to Pay $260K in Legal Fees to Gay Couple

By JRL Charts|2025-08-26T12:12:21-07:00January 7th, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: David Ermold, David Moore, Ernold v Davis verdict, Kim Davis, LGBT Legal News, lgbt politics, Liberty Counsel Mat Staver, obergefell vs hodges, religion and lgbtq, same-sex marriage license|

SALISBURY, NC — (01-07-24) — Notorious anti-gay activist Kim Davis is snubbing the federal jury order to pay $260,000 in attorney's fees to gay couple who she refused to issue a marriage license too in 2015. When the federal jury awarded David Ermold and David Moore $100,000 in their verdict back in September 2023, Davis [...]

26 12, 2023

Africa, Poland Bishops Reject call to bless Same-Sex Couples

By JRL Charts|2026-03-01T12:24:51-08:00December 26th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Africa Bishops, Catholic Church, gay Africa news, gay Poland news, gay Rome news, Poland Bishops, Pope Francis LGBTQ Legacy, religious freedom, same-sex couples, Vatican LGBTQ policy, Vatican same-sex blessings|

CAPE TOWN, SA — (12-26-23) — In a stunning rebuke of Pope Francis' order to allow the blessing of same-sex couples, Catholic bishops in Africa and Poland are saying they reject the vatican's order and will not implement the policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples in their churches. The reactions show how divided the church [...]

11 12, 2023

US Supreme Court Snubs Gay Conversion Therapy Ban Challenge

By JRL Charts|2025-10-08T17:05:19-07:00December 11th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Brett Kavanaugh, Brian Tingley, Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, conversion therapy ban, freedom of speech, gay conversion therapy ban, Gay Washington News, lgbt mental health news, Samuel Alito, US Supreme Court|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (12-11-23) — The U.S. Supreme Court shocked the LGBT community on Monday when it declined to hear a challenge to Washington state's Ban on gay conversion therapy on children brought by a Christian therapist who calls the 2018 measure an affront to free speech rights. The conservative packed Supreme Court turned away [...]

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