European court declines to take pro-gay marriage cake case
London, UKAP A top European court declined Thursday to rule in a high-profile discrimination case centered on an activist’s request to have a cake decorated with the Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie and the words “Support Gay Marriage”. The European Court of Human Rights said the case was inadmissible because activist Gareth Lee had […]
WHO says vaccine hoarding “keeps pandemic burning”
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Rich countries squabbling over COVID-19 vaccine supplies must consider the situation in poorer parts of the world, the World Health Organization said on Friday, warning that hoarding of shots “keeps the pandemic burning”. WHO officials were speaking after the European Commission said it had agreed a plan to control exports of vaccines from […]
“We got your back, Jack,” conservative black clergy in the US tell baker who refused gay couple
RNS Rev William Avon Keen, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Virginia, joined conservative black clergy in launching a campaign n support of a Colorado baker who refused to create a cake for a gay wedding. PICTURE: RNS/Adelle M Banks Conservative African-American clergy accused LGBT activists of hijacking the civil rights movement and […]