Day: July 11, 2011

Local Christians to Protest Hate Group’s Cosponsorship of Gov. Perry’s Prayer Assembly

July 11, 2011

 July 11, 2011, Melanie Nathan Fort Worth, TX – Not all mainline Christian churches in Texas are happy with Rick Perry’s plan to co-sponsor a prayer assembly in Houston on Saturday, August 6. Fort Worth First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, voted unanimously in a congregational meeting on Sunday, July 10, to endorse congregants’ … More Local Christians to Protest Hate Group’s Cosponsorship of Gov. Perry’s Prayer Assembly

Deportation of Uganda Gay Robert Segwanyi deferred as about to Board Plane

July 11, 2011

July 11, 2011, Posted by Melanie Nathan, Article by Paul Canning: The removal of Ugandan gay asylum seeker Robert Segwanyi was tonight “deferred” at the last minute. He had been moved today to a Heathrow ‘removal centre’ for an early morning 11 July flight to Kampala.  The deferment comes after the last minute intervention of … More Deportation of Uganda Gay Robert Segwanyi deferred as about to Board Plane

Groups Call on FIFA to Condemn Homophobia on “Day Against Discrimination”

July 11, 2011

Melanie Nathan, July 11, 2011, The international gay rights pressure group AllOut.org has called for FIFA to publicly condemn homophobia in league play, starting with a full investigation of head Nigerian Football Coach, Eucharia Uche, for her homophobic coaching policies documented last week in the New York Times and earlier this year in the Nigerian … More Groups Call on FIFA to Condemn Homophobia on “Day Against Discrimination”