Author: Shawn Weston

ExxonMobil votes down gay protections

Protesters at the ExxonMobil shareholders meeting earlier today. Each year since Exxon and Mobil merged, a proposal has come before the shareholders to add sexual orientation to the company’s nondiscrimination policy. And...

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Brazil recognizes gay partners of diplomats

Brazilian President Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula da Silva The Brazilian Foreign Ministry announced last week that it has authorized issuing diplomatic passports to gay and lesbian couples, according to the Bolivian newspaper Los Tiempos....

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Former Rep. Donald Lukens dies in Dallas

Former Ohio Congressman Donald Lukens died in Dallas on Saturday. He was 79. Lukens began his political career as leader of the Young Republicans in the 1960s. He was first elected to Congress in 1966 as a hawk on Vietnam but...

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ExxonMobil protest on for Wednesday

Protesters gather outside a Mobil station in Tampa, Fla., on May 21. Environmental and LGBT groups will gather Wednesday morning outside the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, during Irving-based ExxonMobil Corp.’s annual...

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