Kyle Bell

Today was a historic day for gay and straight Americans alike. Judge Vaughn Walker, a federal judge for the Northern District of California, ruled that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. His actions invalidate the initiative passed narrowly by voters in 2008 that banned gay marriage in the state of California. While Judge Walker issued a stay [...]

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A federal judge in the 1st Circuit has ruled that the government’s federal ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. The law being challenged in court, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), was passed in 1996 to prevent recognition of gay marriages between states and to deny any federal recognition of marriage benefits to gay couples [...]

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In 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that banning gay marriage in the Golden State was unconstitutional. The basis of this ruling was simple: the act of banning marriage for gays amounted to creating a status of second class citizens. Gay activists applauded the ruling, while conservatives derided it as an assault on traditional values. [...]

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I am not one to believe in the suppression of ideas. Political correctness in the United States has often run amok to the point that we can not even have honest and open conversations with each other anymore. The “word police” are not something that I embrace. Yet I am troubled by what I find [...]

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Yesterday, Houston voters elected city controller Annise Parker as their new mayor. Current mayor Bill White is running for governor of Texas. Usually an election of this nature would not make headlines, but Annise Parker is not your usual female politician. She is an openly gay woman in a state known for its conservative politics. [...]

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South Bend Mayor Stephen Luecke today signed an executive order that prohibits “discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in any city employment.” The South Bend Common Council failed to act on the issue of employment discrimination in the city of South Bend in 2006 when a proposal lost by a single [...]

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As many of you have undoubtedly heard, the California Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Proposition 8. This divisive and unconstitutional act by the voters of California should not go without notice. Voters in the state (along with in many other states) have decided that they are going to put our rights as citizens [...]

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With the election of the first African American president, Barack Obama, America won in last night’s election. Not only will he be the first black president, he will also be the first Democrat to win a majority of the popular vote since Jimmy Carter in 1976. With not all of the vote yet counted, Obama [...]

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