Wednesday, March 15th In Brief - Afternoon Edition

365Gay - Shiite leader in Iraq calls on Shiite Muslims in Iraq to kill Sunni Muslims and homosexuals
The Advocate - Red Cross finally supports lifting ban on blood donations from homosexuals
PageOneQ - American Family Association’s boycott of Ford only hurts working families, not gays
Yahoo! News UK - Will & Grace spin off [...]

Equality Riders Arrested Again

I have been hearing about this Equality Ride that the group Soulforce has been conducting. The ride is a tour undertaken by a group of activists who are riding across the country and stopping at various private colleges/universities that have policies against admitting homosexuals such as Regent University in Virginia which is affiliated with American [...]

Oregon Student Expelled Over Gay Themed Assignment Allowed to Return

Yesterday I read a few stories on how a West Linn High School student, Brandon Flyte, was expelled for showing a film he made for an English class. The film, entitled ‘Brokeback High’, contained a non-sexual scene of two male teens cuddling. School administrators, in a flagrant violation of Brandon’s right to free speech, called [...]