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Folau wants to be lauded by the conservative, fundamentalist factions of the Christian Church while being excused as moderate by the mainstream, writes Samuel Leighton-Dore.
Gay rights
Pop sensation Lady Gaga has thrown the full weight of her stardom behind efforts to repeal a US ban on gays serving openly in the military.
This year, the UN General Assembly elected as its president Sam Kutesa, who was the foreign affairs minister of Uganda at the time that his country implemented its widely denounced and brutal law, originally written to impose the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”.
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear gay marriage cases from five states where bans on same-sex marriage have been deemed unconstitutional.
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced six people to death for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners five years ago.
Gay rights
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police briefly detained veteran British campaigner Peter Tatchell in Moscow on Thursday after he attempted to hold a one-man protest near the Kremlin in support of gay rights on the first day of the World Cup.
The European Court of Human Rights blasted as discriminatory Russian legislation banning the promotion of homosexuality, saying it fuelled homophobia and prejudice.
Human rights groups are urging Brunei to abandon a plan to introduce new laws next week that could see LGBTQI+ people whipped or stoned to death for same-sex relations.
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