Long Island Pride returning as in-person event in June newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Michael W. Chapman | April 6, 2021 | 10:39am EDT
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) (Getty Images)
UPDATE: The Arkansas Legislature voted to override Gov. Hutchinson s veto on Apr. 6, turning the SAFE Act into law.
(CNS News) Arkansas s Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, whose election was endorsed by the American Conservative Union and who holds an ACU rating of 84, vetoed legislation overwhelmingly passed by the State Legislature, which would have prohibited the use of transgender medical treatments, including sex-change surgery, on children under the age of 18.
The Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, HB 1570, passed the Arkansas House 70-22 and the Senate 28-7. Hutchinson vetoed the bill on Monday, April 5, much to the disappointment of conservatives.
By Michael W. Chapman | April 6, 2021 | 10:39am EDT
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) (Getty Images)
UPDATE: The Arkansas Legislature voted to override Gov. Hutchinson s veto on Apr. 6, turning the SAFE Act into law.
(CNS News) Arkansas s Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, whose election was endorsed by the American Conservative Union and who holds an ACU rating of 84, vetoed legislation overwhelmingly passed by the State Legislature, which would have prohibited the use of transgender medical treatments, including sex-change surgery, on children under the age of 18.
The Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, HB 1570, passed the Arkansas House 70-22 and the Senate 28-7. Hutchinson vetoed the bill on Monday, April 5, much to the disappointment of conservatives.
UPDATED Arkansas GOP Gov Asa Hutchinson Vetoes Bill That Would Have Prohibited Transgender Surgery for Children cnsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
LGBT Network CEO: Vatican decree on unions is mean-spirited
Vatican decree
The Vatican issued a decree as part of a response to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless gay unions.
NEW YORK - Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church welcomes and blesses gay people but cannot bless their unions because God cannot bless sin. Catholic teaching holds that marriage between a man and woman is part of God s plan and is intended for the sake of creating new life.
Pope Francis has endorsed providing gay couples in same-sex unions with legal protections but that is for civil protections only.