Circuit Judge Chris Piazza Friday, in Little Rock, Arkansas, overturned a state law that prohibits unmarried couples – including same sex couples – from either adopting or fostering children. Act 1, approved by voters in 2008 by a 57-percent to 43-percent margin, and was challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union acting on behalf of a number of families. Piazza ruled that the voter initiative unconstitutionally burdens non-marital relationships and acts of sexual intimacy between adults by forcing them to choose between becoming a parent and having any meaningful type of intimate relationship outside of marriage, adding that “it infringes upon the fundamental right to privacy guaranteed to all citizens of Arkansas.” The state argued that the Act protects children, because, according to the state, children are better when raised in traditional family settings, with married parents, protecting them from abuse and neglect. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said that he did not personally support the ballot initiated, but that his office advised and defended the Department of Human Services throughout the trial, and in a written statement, said that the state had yet to decide whether to appeal. “A number of factors will have to be considered and evaluated before a decision is made as to whether an appeal would be in the best interests of the state,” read the release.
I know this news will come close to being a dream come true for some of my readers, reports that the smoking sexy Taylor Lautner spent last Thursday attending an all gay male party at the Hollywood Hills home of Bryan Singer, the openly gay director of X-Man. Does it mean much more than Taylor has good taste, and likes to party? Um, well, yes.
Marc Jacobs is opening his sixth store in New York City’s late, lamented West Village, a bookstore; Jacobs taking over the vacated space at 400 Bleecker, which once housed the great Biography Book Shop, now relocated and renamed Bookbook. There are rumours that the new store will be named Book Marc.
A look at Prague’s energetic and exploding gay scene.
Ana Ortiz – love her; she played Hilda Suarez, Betty’s sister on Ugly Betty – says that America Ferrera wants to take the show, whose series finale aired Wednesday, to the big screen, like Sex and City.
Zac Efron spotted out in Los Angeles, California, early Friday morning, alongside Vanessa Hudgens, getting gas and food on the go, the two rumoured to be headed to Coachella, Zac sporting a new, oddly sexy moustache.
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