Gay-Rights Movement: Human Rights Campaign

Human Rights Campaign: From one end of the country to the other, the overlapping developments on a single day underscored what a historic year 2013 has been for the U.S. gay-rights movement "the gayest year in gay history," according to Fred Sainz of the Human Rights Campaign, the movement's largest advocacy group. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Republicans, for example, are increasingly split on how to address gay-rights issues some want to expand their party's following, while others want to satisfy the religious conservatives who make up a key part of the party's base. More than 40 per cent of Americans remain opposed to legalizing same-sex marriage. And even some prominent gays remain uncertain whether they should make their sexual orientation known to the world at large. NEW YORK, N.Y. - In Maine, a congressman running for governor came out as gay. In Hawaii, lawmakers prepared for a vote to legalize same-sex marriage. And in the U.S. Senate, seven Republicans joined the Democrats in a landmark vote to ban workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. Yet each of Monday's developments, while heralded by activists, revealed ways in which the gay-rights debate remains complex and challenging for many Americans. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.