LGBTQ advocates announce a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s 1988 “no promo homo” law – Photo: SC Equality.
27.02.2020 - 05:31 / metroweekly.com
Photo: SC Equality.
A group of LGBTQ students and supportive organizations has sued the state of South Carolina over a law that prohibits public school health education courses from including any discussion of homosexuality or same-sex relationships — except in the context of sexually transmitted diseases.
Such laws, known as “no promo homo” laws, effectively gag teachers from mentioning LGBTQ individuals or divergent sexual orientations in a positive or even neutral light, although teachers
LGBTQ advocates announce a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s 1988 “no promo homo” law – Photo: SC Equality.
By Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten
By Anita Bennett
Joe Biden scored a convincing victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, riding a wave of African American support and ending progressive rival Bernie Sanders' winning streak.
Joe Biden has won the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, marking the former Vice President’s first-ever state primary win despite two previous runs for the White House.
Joe Biden may have faltered in the early Democratic primaries, but with recent polls predicting a strong finish in today’s South Carolina primary, a coterie of Hollywood loyalists are hoping that the former vice president can still right his wayward campaign. "It’s crunch time," says James Costos, a former HBO executive and Democratic donor who served as ambassador to Spain during the Obama administration.
Tom Steyer is hoping to dance his way to the Oval Office.On Friday night (Feb.
Stephen Colbert showed Elizabeth Warren some hometown hospitality when the two went out to eat in South Carolina on Wednesday's episode of The Late Show. The CBS host introduced the segment by sharing that Warren revealed the most common misconception about her: that she doesn't "eat very much" during the most recent Democratic debate on Tuesday.
With Super Tuesday just a few days away, Pete Buttigieg will be required to make wins among Black and Brown voters to stay in the game as a viable presidential candidate — a Herculean effort given polls showing poor support among voters of color.
The line outside the Charleston Music Hall for John Legend’s Wednesday night (Feb. 26) appearance with Sen.
Voters in South Carolina and across the country, as well as outspoken celebrities in Hollywood, tuned in on Tuesday to watch the remaining 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls engage in their most intense debate yet. The top remaining Democratic candidates for president — Michael Bloomberg, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer — met for a heated and contentious debate in Charleston, S.C.
Update 2/26/20: CBS News has now made Tuesday's Democratic primary debate available online. If you somehow missed the 10th debate, which took place live in Charleston, South Carolina, you can now catch up with everything that happened in the video above, starting at the 1:00:00 mark.
By Dominic Patten
Will Michael Bloomberg get pummeled once more over NDAs and "stop-and-frisk" policies by fellow Democratic candidates at the next debate? Viewers will find out at Tuesday's South Carolina debate, hosted by CBS News, the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and Twitter. The debate, set for 8 p.m.
One week after Senator Elizabeth Warren obliterated Mike Bloomberg in Las Vegas, the Democratic presidential candidates are back for the third and final debate of February. Tonight, February 25, seven of the final eight remaining candidates will duke it out onstage at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, to prove that they’re the best person to win the Democratic nomination.
The Democratic primary debate cycle has been going on for quite a while, but the public's interest in what the remaining presidential candidates have to say is apparently at a fever pitch, because almost 20 million people tuned in to see last week's debate in Las Vegas. Buckle up, folks, because there's still much more of that to come. The candidates are not done trying to distinguish themselves from one another and will line up for another round very soon.