Ruth Institute Blog

Jim Brown – OneNewsNow

The Obama administration plans to set up “the nation’s first national resource center” for older homosexual, bisexual, and transgender Americans.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday announced in a press release that the new Resource Center for LGBT Elders “will provide information, assistance, and resources for both LGBT organizations and mainstream aging services providers at the state and community level to assist them in the development and provision of culturally sensitive supports and services.” The Administration on Aging will be awarding a Resource Center grant of $250,000 per year. Read more…

By Piero A. Tozzi, J.D.

     (NEW YORK – C-FAM)  The European Parliament voted 349 to 218 today to condemn Lithuania for its “law on the protection of minors” which prohibits promotion of “homosexual, bisexual or polygamous relations” among children under 18 in the Baltic nation. Conservative critics contend that the measure, crafted in reaction to the domestic legislation of a sovereign member state pertaining to the family, oversteps the Parliament’s authority. Read more…