Today's news round-up

Good News

• North Carolina ultrasound abortion law ruled illegal by judge Correction: Abortion Lawsuit-NC story
• Pennsylvania judge strikes down state's voter ID law
• Uganda leader says gays 'sick', but blocks controversial law UPDATE However: Ugandan President Denounces Anti-Homosexuality Bill — But Stops Short Of Blocking It — In Letter To Parliament
• NIAA to allow transgender athletes access to sports for their identity

Bad News

• Winter Olympics: Putin cautions gay visitors to Sochi
• Ukrainian leader signs anti-protest bills
• Nigerian man whipped and fined for breaking gay laws
• Man sentenced to jail in Greece for mocking monk Any country that criminalizes blasphemy does not have true freedom of religion or freedom of speech.
• Federal judge sent hundreds of bigoted emails

Plat du jour

Yep.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Federal Judge Upholds Health Care Subsidies
• Affordable housing for gay seniors opens in Pa.
• Support Builds for This Bullied Transgender Student Charged With Battery
• Judge orders professor removed from no-fly list

Bad News

• India: Two held over gang rape of Danish woman in Delhi India is a dangerous place for women. Stay away.

Animal headline of the day

Neighborhood upset about chickens crossing the road

Public service announcement

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Today's news round-up

Good News

• US judge strikes down Okla. same-sex marriage ban
• Judge Reinstates Federal Oversight of Voting Practices for Alabama City
• Va. Gov. McAuliffe Sworn In, Signs Nondiscrimination Order
• Charges Seen as Unlikely in Scrutiny by the I.R.S.
• FBI to revisit fatal beating of California transient after police cleared
• Atheist Afghan granted religious asylum in UK

Bad News

• U.S. appeals court strikes down FCC net neutrality rules
• Chris Christie Vetoes N.J. Trans Birth Certificate Bill
• Many younger U.S. adults skipping flu shots: report
• US journalist David Satter barred from Russia
• Dozens arrested for being gay in north Nigeria

Animal headline of the day

Beagle won't be denied chicken nuggets