A Republican Texas Judge has ordered a lesbian couple to live apart or give up custody of their children. According to Think Progress, Judge John Roach of McKinney, Texas has given Page Price 30 days to move out of the home she shares with Carolyn Compton and Compton’s two children from a previous marriage because he does not approve of Compton and Price’s “lifestyle.” Roach has placed a “morality clause” in Compton’s divorce papers, which forbids Compton from having anyone she is not related to “by blood or marriage” in her home past 9:00 p.m. if the children are present. Same sex marriage is illegal in Texas, so by law, Compton cannot live with Price if she wishes to retain custody of her children. Compton said that she and Price have been together for three years. Compton’s ex-husband rarely bothers to see the children and was previously arrested on charges of third-degree felony stalking in 2011, charges that he was able to plea down to criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor. In a post on Facebook, Price wrote that Roach had inserted the morality clause into the divorce agreement when Compton’s ex-husband Joshua Compton attempted to gain custody of the children in 2011. The judge wrote that he disapproved of the two women’s “lifestyle.” “Our children are all happy and well adjusted. By his enforcement, being that we cannot marry in this state, I have been ordered to move out of my home,” Price wrote. The two women are working with attorneys to figure out what steps they can take to fight the state’s notoriously conservative court system. Ken Upton Jr., senior staff attorney for Lambda Legal’s Dallas office, told the Dallas Voice newspaper that morality clauses are a holdover from a time when judges tried to keep people with children from living together outside of marriage. Courts often insert the clauses without telling the people involved, particularly in backward, conservative areas like Collin County, Texas. “What the clause has become is an extra burden on gay people because they’re no more likely to violate it than straight people,” Upton told the Voice. “It’s a problem that continues with homophobia.”

Michael Blea and Nick Blea have been together for almosot a year and they truly do care for eachother. Ive never seen the most perfect couple until now. Nicks mother won't let them see eachother cause she doestn like Michael or the fact that her son is gay. I believe they should be able to see eachother.

It seems Pennsylvania is way WAY behind public opinion and the entire eastern US regarding legalizing same sex marriage. Every state north of our capital, Washington, DC has legalized gay marriage except New Jersey (but civil unions are recognized) and PA, where legal gay marriages are not recognized and our state says "Marriage is only between one man and one woman". Its time PA got in line with other NE states and legalize gay marriage!

Barbara Rothweiler, Ph.D.,a licensed counselor and principal of St Pius X School in New Mexico, is refusing to allow a student "Damien" to walk as a "male" at his graduation because he has "female" marked on his birth certificate -- even though his teachers, friends, and family all recognize and interact with him as a male. Forcing one to express a gender identity that is contrary to what one chooses to epxress is a clear violation of the ethics and professional license she holds, and has potential for causing long-lasting, and potentially irreparable psychological damage to Damien. As such, she should be disciplined by the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board, as well as each professional organization in which she holds membership for violating ethical and professional requirements of her license by refusing to recognize a St. Pius X's student's gender identity. Even though all his classmates, teachers, and family know Damian as a male. the St Pius X administration says that because he has "female" marked on his birth certificate -- despite the fact that he is now legally Damian and not Brandi -- he still must walk in a girl's cap and gown for graduation. See Rothweiler's bio: https://www.saintpiusx.com/page.aspx?pid=417 See the Phychotherapists' oath: http://www.americanpsychotherapy.com/about/oath/ This action is clearly a violation of her professional license, the counseling field - in general, and can potentially cause irreparable harm to this student.

Some of the prisoners at Guantanimo Bay who have been held without trial for more than a decade have been on a hunger strike for over 100 days. They are being force fed. to keep them alive . For humanitarian reasons it is time to resolve this situation , close Guantanimo and release these prisoners to their families and home countries.

This petition is about Reebok sweatshops. In China they are forced to work up to 72 hours a week when the company's law is about 40 hours a week and China's is about 44 hours.We are demanding better working conditions and higher pay. People are dying and being injured, they need to have more money to maintain their family.

Not all LGBT families can legally marry or adopt children or get to keep their children and if we don't make that change now, they will still continue to lose those rights and that's not fair.

As a transgender woman on SSDI/SSI and receiving Medicare, I am often denied the medical care I need as the woman I now am. That and in many states, I cannot get/ keep my current female designation on my driver's license; all because the SSA will NOT change my birth sex designation unless I show proof of sexual reassignment surgery. Several states, including Indiana and Ohio, now require just a letter from a licensed psychologist, psychiatrist, or MD to do so on a transgender individual's driver's license. Same with the US Passport. Rather than require proof of sexual reassignment surgery as they currently do at the SSA ; a letter verifying the individual is living " full time" in their chosen gender from a licensed psychologist, psychiatrist, or MD should be sufficient.

Human rights violations are being committed at the Guantanamo Bay detention centers. This fact is contrary to the ideals that have made America great, and represent a shameful chapter in our country's history. We demand that the illegal, unjust, and downright disgusting practices of torture and indefinite detention without trial be halted immediately. There is an honorable way to defend ourselves from our enemies, but this is not it. We call on the White House and the Congress of the United States to take any and all necessary steps to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centers NOW.

Marriage equality should apply to all. The definition of marriage should not be limited to one man and one woman but should include all our gay and lesbian citizens. The American way of life depends on inclusivity and is made richer by it.

St. Pius High School administration is refusing to recognize Damian's gender identity, even though all his classmates, teachers, and family know Damian as a male. The administration says that because he has "female" marked on his birth certificate -- despite the fact that he is now legally Damian and not Brandi -- he still must walk in a girl's cap and gown for graduation.

my petition is to ban the stop and frisk policy from ny