Steven Anderson has been banned from entering the U.K., Botswana and South Africa due to his homophobic views. (YouTube Screenshot/sanderson1611)

American Pastor Deported From Botswana After Calling For Gays To Be Murdered

“We don’t want hate speech in this country. Let him do it in his own country,” said Botswana’s president.

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Daily Beast Withdraws Story Potentially Outing Gay Athletes At Rio Games

A reporter for the Daily Beast said in the story that he got three dates in his first hour of trying and also detailed what some men wrote on their profiles on Grindr, a popular gay dating app.

Daily Beast Withdraws Story Potentially Outing Gay Athletes At Rio Games

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Daily Beast has withdrawn a story that prompted ire of many readers, complaining that it could have outed gay athletes at the Rio Games. The story's removal from the site Thursday night came hours after the editor-in-chief for the

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FBI Told Orlando Shooter’s Wife Not To Tell US Media He Was Gay

In an interview with Brazilian TV, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen claimed the U.S. agency told her to keep quiet about his homosexuality.

FBI Told Orlando Shooter’s Wife Not To Tell US Media He Was Gay

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation told the former wife of the Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, Sitora Yusufiy, not to speak of his homosexuality or the fact that she, his family and others believed he was gay, Yusufiy’s current fiance, Marco Dias, told a Brazilian TV channel in an interview. Dias told the Brazilian television station SBT

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Poll Shows Trump Backers Support Ban On Muslims, Gays

33 percent of Trump voters in South Carolina think the practice of Islam should be illegal in the United States.

Poll Shows Trump Backers Support Ban On Muslims, Gays

A new poll on the South Carolina primary shows more than one third of Trump voters want to ban homosexuals and Muslims from entering the United States. Muslims and homosexuals should be banned from entering the United States, many supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump believe, according to a new poll ahead of the South

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In Israel, Jews Can’t Be Terrorists

One Knesset member has said African refugees are a “cancer” inside Israel, but the real cancer is Israeli hate, whether it be homophobia or Arabophobia. They are each part of the same malignancy that afflicts the body politic.

In Israel, Jews Can’t Be Terrorists

SEATTLE --- An ultra-Orthodox Jew rampaged through the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade on Thursday with a knife, wounding six participants, including one woman who was in critically injured. The suspect, Yishai Shlissel, was released from prison early last month after serving his

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Richard Silverstein is a MintPress analyst who has written the Tikun Olam blog since 2003, specializing in Israeli politics and US foreign affairs. Silverstein works to expose the excesses of the Israeli national security state. He breaks major news stories that are often under judicial gag or military censorship, and which may not be reported in Israel. He has been published in Haaretz, Al Jazeera English, the Forward, Christian Science Monitor, Middle East Eye, and the Seattle Times. He speaks Hebrew fluently and incorporates the Hebrew-language press into his blog and other publications. He earned a BA from Columbia University, a BHL from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and MA in Comparative Literature from UCLA. He did two years of undergraduate and graduate study at the Hebrew University. He lives in Seattle. Follow Richard on Twitter: @Richards1052

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Jewish Man Goes On Stabbing Rampage At Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

A similar attack took place at the event in 2005.

Jewish Man Goes On Stabbing Rampage At Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

JERUSALEM — Israeli police say a man has stabbed several people at a gay pride parade in central Jerusalem. Spokeswoman Luba Samri says the attack took place Thursday evening. Eli Bin of Israel's emergency service said six young people were wounded, two of them seriously. Witnesses told Channel 2 TV that an Ultra-Orthodox

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Supreme Court Extends Gay Marriage Nationwide

Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court’s 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage.

Supreme Court Extends Gay Marriage Nationwide

WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States, a historic culmination of decades of litigation over gay marriage and gay rights generally. Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court's 5-4 ruling means

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