As thousands gathered Sunday in Washington for a march and rally focused on gay rights issues, lawmakers showed that some of the demonstrators’ key goals face major obstacles ahead. Even with President Obama pushing Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act — a stance he highlighted to one of the nation’s leading gay-rights groups Saturday night, to huge applause — members of his own party told CNN they’re not in lockstep.
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French minister says he won’t resign over sex with ‘boys’
French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said Thursday he will not resign over his admission in a book that he paid to have sex with “boys” in Thailand.
Viewers still in Letterman’s corner
David Letterman may be under attack from some quarters after the revelations that he had sexual affairs with staffers, but he still has the support of a number of notables, as well as TV viewers.
Saudi sex braggart gets 5 years, 1,000 lashes
A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced a man who caused uproar by bragging about his sex life on television to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes, according to Ministry of Information officials. Mazen Abdul Jawad, a 32-year-old airline employee and divorced father of four, spoke openly about his sexual escapades, his love of sex and losing his virginity at age 14
Letterman reveals affairs with staff, extortion attempt
“Late Show” host David Letterman acknowledged on his show Thursday night that he’d had sexual relations with members of his staff and that he revealed those liaisons during grand jury testimony for a case involving an attempted extortion.
Tufts University: No sex in room while roommate is present
A new policy at Tufts University prohibits students in dorms from having sex while their roommate is in the room, according to the university’s 2009-2010 student handbook. The Massachusetts university’s formal rule also bars so-called “sexiling” — exiling a roommate from the room so the other roommate can engage in sexual activity.
Victim: Courts did more harm than Polanski
The events of a single afternoon when she was 13 years old have haunted Samantha Geimer her entire life.
Stirring the pot of controversy with film remakes
Love them or hate them, when it comes to remakes, it seems the only thing people can agree on is that they more often than not stir controversy. The fall festival season has seen its own showdown of late over “Bad Lieutenant Port of Call: New Orleans,” Werner Herzog’s remake of the Abel Ferrara original.
Amanda Knox’s murder trial to resume in Italy
The murder trial of American student Amanda Knox in the death of her housemate two years ago is expected to resume Monday in Italy after a summer break.
Jaycee Dugard kidnap suspect used bondage, captivity in past
Fifteen years before the girl was held captive in the shed, there was the woman in the warehouse — and at least one other woman who escaped capture.