Councillor in gay 'joke' row
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A councillor refuses to apologise after he joked that a modern Noah would have to let gay animals on board.
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Council meetings in Reus could take a turn for the bizarre after the northern Spanish town voted in a councillor who promised to turn up dressed as Elvis Presley and wants to turn the square into a nudist pool.
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PUGHTOWN, Pa.  - A Methodist minister was tried by  an ecclesiastical court on Wednesday for being a practicing  homosexual and said she believes God created her as a lesbian  but she does not expect to keep her job.
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Home secretary's gaffe triggers row over the government's crime record
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A judge said it would be wrong to suggest London Mayor Ken Livingstone was &quot;anti-Semitic&quot; at the start of a hearing into whether Livingstone's Nazi jibe to a Jewish journalist warranted a one-month suspension.
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Media & professional: Councillors are most often male and over 50, but Scotland is taking steps to change the demographic - and facing some flak, reports Kirsty Scott.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Thursday his use of a Spanish word that some contend is a slur against homosexuals was meant to be playful but apologized to anyone who was offended.
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The gaffe-prone higher education spokesman for the Conservatives has been in the soup again for speaking out of line on key areas of the party's new philosophy.
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A FORMER Clarence House secretary, who claims she was sexually harassed by a senior member of Prince Charlesâ staff, knew he was gay, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.
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Scottish council attempts to slap cock A Scottish council is pursuing a cock with the threat of an Asbo if it refuses to cap its ear-splitting doodle-dooing.â¦
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The Labour Party was accused of religious insensitivity after unveiling a pre-election poster showing two leading Jewish Conservative politicians in the guise of pigs.
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A former DUP councillor goes on trial accused of groping a female council employee's chest.
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Scottish comedian Billy Connolly hit a raw nerve with offensive jokes about Ken Bigley, the British hostage who risks being beheaded in Iraq.
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A few weeks ago, San Jose Councilman Forrest Williams was outraged when his fellow members started talking about censuring colleague Terry Gregory because he allegedly took freebies from developers.
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Archbishop of Canterbury hits out at attempts by church leaders to undermine support for gay rights
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Gov. Mitt RomneyÂ s standing among conservatives is being hurt by a letter he sent to the Log Cabin Club of Massachusetts, a gay Republican organization.
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THE row over the appointment of Dr Jeffrey John as the Dean of St Albans is threatening to erupt again following a report on homosexuality within the Anglican Church.