KEAN 105 Today's Best Country » gay rights http://keanradio.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:02:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Chely Wright Responds to Prop 8 Decision http://keanradio.com/prop-8-chely-wright-responds/ http://keanradio.com/prop-8-chely-wright-responds/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:30 +0000 Billy Dukes http://tasteofcountry.com/?p=70929 Chely Wright is one of many Americans celebrating a federal court’s ruling that the California state ban on same-sex marriage, Prop 8 — also known as Proposition 8 — is unconstitutional. “I am a gay American and it’s my Constitution too. #NOH8,” Wright tweeted, soon after the news broke.

]]> http://keanradio.com/prop-8-chely-wright-responds/feed/ 0 Cindy Ord, Getty Images President Obama Ends Ban on Gays in the Military http://keanradio.com/president-obama-ends-ban-on-gays-in-the-military/ http://keanradio.com/president-obama-ends-ban-on-gays-in-the-military/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:32:46 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=27608 On Friday, President Obama joined Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Adm. Mike Mullen in formally signing a document certifying that military readiness would not be hurt by allowing gays in the military. The notice will now be sent to Congress.

The action officially repeals the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy enacted during the Clinton Administration and begins the 60-day waiting period that will lead to a full lift of the ban.

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