West Virginia rejects anti-gay amendment
(Charleston, West Virginia) A bid to advance an amendment to West Virginia’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage has failed.
Republicans and social conservatives had pushed the amendment, but it languished in a House committee.
Monday, Republican delegates attempted to drive the bill directly to the floor for a vote. The bid failed …
Anti-gay group accused of ‘intimidating’ lawmakers
(Charleston, West Virginia) A conservative Christian group opposing an LGBT equality bill and pressing for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage has been accused of trying to intimidate two West Virginia lawmakers.
House Judiciary Chairwoman Carrie Webster and Delegate Barbara Fleischauer say they are on the receiving end of a telemarketing …
Judge Removes Child From Lesbian Parents
(Charleston, West Virginia) The West Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a lesbian couple’s appeal of a lower court ruling that removed a child they had reared from birth because the judge wanted the child placed with a married opposite-sex couple.
Fayette Circuit Judge Paul Blake …
