NAACP Releases Annual Economic Reciprocity Report To Guide African Americans’ $700 Billion In Spending Power
After 11 years of tracking the diversity efforts of some of the nation’s largest companies in five key industries, the[…]
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As Bell Conviction Is Lifted, NAACP Remains Committed To Justice In Jena
NAACP leaders say th September 14th decision by Louisiana's Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Lake Charles is a good[…]
Read moreEpiscopal Church USA Votes To Suspend Ordination Of Gay Bishops
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church USA voted Tuesday to reaffirm the US church's moratorium on confirming new[…]
Read moreHuman Rights Campaign Statement On Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad That There Are No Gay People In Iran
On September 25th Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay civil rights organization, issued a[…]
Read moreHuman Rights Campaign Commends San Diego Mayor For Resolution In Favor Of Marriage Equality
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocacy group, on September 20th commended San Diego,[…]
Read moreEarly Treatment For HIV Act Reintroduced In U.S. House
On August 2nd, Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., reintroduced[…]
Read moreHuman Rights Campaign Expresses Disappointment On Judiciary Committee Vote On Leslie Southwick
On August 2nd, Today the Senate Judiciary Committee approved, by a vote of 10 to 9, the nomination of Judge[…]
Read moreStatement From Human Rights Campaign On Democratic Presidential Forum
On August 9th, the Democratic presidential candidates took part in a national forum on issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and[…]
Read moreEvangelical Lutheran Church In America Urges Bishops To Err On The Side Of Inclusion And Restraint
The leadership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America stopped short of voting to change the denomination's policy to remove[…]
Read moreHuman Rights Campaign Statement On High Point Church Refusal To Hold Funeral Service For Gay Veteran
High Point Church, a nondenominational congregation in Arlington, Texas, reneged on its original decision to host a funeral service for[…]
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