By Melanie Nathan, April 20, 2013. The News Publication, WND, with an extreme right wing slant describes itself on its about page as “an independent news company dedicated to uncompromising journalism, seeking truth and justice and revitalizing the role of the free press as a guardian of liberty.” And continues to note: “We remain faithful […]
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Scotus ruling on Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum concern for human rights cases
By Melanie Nathan, April 17, 2013. The Supreme Court has ruled in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, a case that raised the question of whether corporations could be held accountable for human rights abuses and whether U.S. federal courts can hear claims arising from human rights violations committed abroad under the Alien Tort Statute. The […]
Scott Lively’s lies may spell perjury at trial and should result in dismissal of summary judgment motion
Boston Globe highlights lies from the man charged with Crimes against Humanity and should result in Judge dismissing motion by Scott Lively for summary judgement By Cathy Kristofferson, February 28, 2013. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Sexual Minorities Uganda, a non-profit umbrella organization for LGBT advocacy groups […]
Pastor Scott Lively as pirate | Award winning attorney’s insights into Smug v Lively
Straight ally attorney to be honored for equality work at ST. Paul’s dinner – would like to file an Amicus brief in CCR case of SMUG v. Lively By Melanie Nathan, February 01, 2013. Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, President of St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation, recently interviewed Eric Isaacson, a straight attorney and LGBT ally, […]
Oral Arguments Convey Accountability for Scott Lively’s Anti-Gay Mission
The analysis speech, action and jurisdiction; without this opportunity under the Alien Tort Act, Lively could have got off without rebuke; now he cannot escape that what he did exceeds the bounds of his religious freedoms By Melanie Nathan and Cathy Kristofferson, January 11, 2013. This past week, a most unusual Motion to Dismiss was […]
Ugandan Award Winning Activist Frank Mugisha Joins U.S. Protests
SMUG’s Mugisha protests at the place where Scott Lively Case will be heard. By Melanie Nathan, December 08, 2012. Until recently the Ugandan activists, who could face death or life imprisonment in Uganda, were asking international activists to tread cautiously when protesting the impending passage of the Anti-Homsexuality Bill (AHB). Protests have now started ramping […]
Ugandan President Museveni and Scott Lively Play Gay
DECLARING UGANDA A CHRISTIAN NATION IN PREPARATION FOR THE ANTI-GAY -KILL THE GAYS- BILL By Melanie Nathan, November 24, 2012. On October 9 Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda had a moment playing God. He declared Uganda cleansed of all its sins. And now by a stroke of the despots pray all but one ill […]
U.S. Federal Lawsuit Filed by Uganda Sexual Minorities Group vs Scott Lively
A Ugandan gay rights group filed suit against notorious American evangelist, Scott Lively, in federal court in Massachusetts on Wednesday, accusing him of violating international law by inciting the persecution of homosexuals in Uganda. According to an Article by Laurie Goodstein in the New York Times
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