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Oliver Bierhoff, Manager of the german national team, came under criticsm after a homophobic statement.

Oliver Bierhoff, former football pro and now DFb team Manager, is in critique after a homophobic statement in a german newspaper.

Gay football fans animadverted Bierhoffs statement who, after a episode of a tv show in which the discussion goes about gay football pros, made a statement in a famous newspaper. Bierhoff called the episode a ” attack on my family – the family of the national football team“. According to the oppinion of gay football clubs, Bierhoff gave the homophobic in german football a new face.

From now on, gay partner from american citizens are allowed to stay in the U.S.A.

After a  action against the “Defense of marriage Act“, homosexual foreigner, which are married with citizens of the U.S.A., don’t have to leave the country anymore.

The ” Defense of marriage Act” should protect the institution of marriage and was made in the middle of the nineties. According to this law, homosexualls may be marriaged in their state, but not on the federal level. And because of this reason, foreigners, which were married with american citizens, had to leave the country after their green card runned down. Now, every deportion will be encounted and tempoary green cards are given.

A campaign against homosexuality, started by the finnish curch,brought suprising results.

The campaign, named älä alistu (don’t bend), was financed with money from the church and aimed to “protect” young people against homosexuality.

The campaign was made in association of some finnish church organisations and aimed to tell young people that their homosexuality can be “healed“. Even on websites, like youtube, videos were shown, in which “healed’” homosexuals talked about their return to church. The consequence of this campaign ? More than three thousend people left the finnish chruch since the campaing started.

According to some newspapers, there will be no death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda.

It seems like the law, which was causing discussions in Uganda for more than one year, won’t be realised.

Uganda is one of the most homo- adverse countrys in the world, and this new law would have legalised death penalty for gays and lesbians. Interior Minister, Kabakumba Masiko, told the news sender NTV, that the active law would care about every question in sexual rights. In Uganda, its still illegal to be homosexual.

Today, the parliament in Vaduz accepted the civil union.

Today, the parliament in Liechtensteins capital city, Vaduz, accepted the civil union without any counterpart.

The discussion about the equation of gays and lesbians startet last december, and even then, most of the members of the parliament were for equation. Now the new law passed the parliament, and gays and lesbians have the same rights like heterosexual married couples.

The 11 year old Brenton Peraita got arrested, after he bridled against mobbing.

About one and a half year, the 11 year old Brenton Paraita got mobbed by his schoolfellows, until he bridled.

Alleged, his schoolfellows called him “Brentina“, ” gay‘ and  “fag“. His case got famous, because Brenton decided to bridle and to beat back. He impended the other guys with a weapon, therefore the police came and arrested him.

In the U.S. state Maryland, a big discussion about a new law for gay- marriage inflamed.

The law, wich is going to open the marriage for gays and lesbians, could pass the Maryland parliament this week.

However, christian motivated conservatives did not gave up and are trying to stop the new law at the last meters. So the catholic church is advising their members to fast against gay marriage, and also other conservative organisations are trying to stop the new law. The democratic Gouverneur Martin O’ Malley allready promised to sign the law, in case it passed the parliament.

The parliament of Kentucky is argueing if christs are allowed to mob homosexuals.

A new law, which actual passed all important public authorities, is coursing trouble in the parliament of the U.S. state Kentucky.

The new law, which is going to protect homosexual pupils and students of getting mobbed, is getting discussed. The reason for that is, that the republican party made a motion for a exception at the new law. Christs should be allowed to show their disrespect to homosexuality, if they can cause it religious.

The ultra fundamentalistic Westboro Baptist Church won in front of the court.

According to the decission of the constitutional court, the ultra fundamentalistic Westboro Baptist Church is allowed to go on with their work.

The father of a fallen soldier took them to court after the Church demonstrated on his sons funeral. The Westboro Baptist Church is against homosexuality and is sure that the dead soldiers in war are a godly penalty for tolerating homosexuality. Now the constitutional court decided that the Westboro Baptist Church is protectet through the freedom of opinion.

A gay couple got beaten at a american Burger King.

In Union City, USA, a gay couple got beaten because they complained about a wrong order.

Peter Casbar and his partner Noel Robichaux visited the Burger King to have a snack. When they complained about a wrong order, some employees affronted them and chased them onto the street. They followed the two men into a small alley, where they started to beat them up. Now a court in New Jersey decided that the franchise company, which runs the Burger King in Union City, have to pay 3,15 Million Dollar smart money to the couple.