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The UK food retailer Waitrose is selling gender-neutral Mother’s Day cards as retailers reduce their use of the M-word to make today’s celebration in Britain more “ transgender inclusive”. The supermarket chain is selling a “Happy You Day” card in which the word “mother” does not appear. Waitrose said the move was aimed at “broadening out who the cards can go to, whether it’s grandmas or transgender mums”. Traditional cards are still sold. Happy Mother’s Day. Picture: Thinkstock . Waitrose has been joined by other retailers, including Scribbler, whose Mother’s Day offerings include a “Two mums are better than one” card for same-sex couples and a “Dad, thanks for being the most amazing mum” card for single fathers and transgender parents. The changes come after calls by some transgender activists to rename Mother’s Day. Suggested alternatives include Special Person’s Day, Guardian ’s Day and Carer’s Day. Karen Pollock, a trans campaigner and therapist, said Motheri...

The third in a series from inside the International LGBT Leaders conference. See  Part One here  and  Part Two here . AT&T has intensified its efforts at the state level to lobby to “stop” pro-family , religious liberty bills that have been targeted for defeat by LGBTQ activists, said a spokesman, speaking at a International LGBT Leaders conference. Scott Sapperstein, assistant vice president, public affairs for AT&T, described how the  $234 billion telecommunications corporation  supports the homosexual and "transgender" political agenda as “part of our DNA. It’s a core value for the company. … It’s part of who we are.” “(We're) helping to defeat anti-LGBT bills, but also … to find areas and pockets where we can push pro-[LGBTQ]-equality pieces of legislation,” Sapperstein told an audience of about 100 fellow activists. He said he works closely with  GLAAD , HRC and other national LGBTQ organizations. AT&T’s current embrace of L...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT , February 26, 2015 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Last year, Salt Lake City police officer Eric Moutsos left his job after he was  suspended  for refusing to ride in the motorcycle brigade at the head of the city’s gay pride parade .  Now, after months of silence, Moutsos is speaking out, telling the  Associated Press  in an interview that his superiors violated his constitutional right to religious freedom when they tried to force him to take a public role in the event. Moutsos, 33, was placed on administrative leave for “discrimination” after he objected to his assignment at the front of the gay pride parade and asked to be placed in a less visible role. “It looks like we and I are in support of this parade,” Moutsos said he told his bosses. “I said I would feel the same way if this was an abortion parade. I would feel the same way if it was a marijuana parade.” Moutsos told the AP that he had no problem working the event in another capaci...

BENTONVILLE, AR , August 29, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The world’s largest retailer has quietly notified its more than 1.2 million U.S. employees that beginning next year, full-time workers can share company benefits any domestic partner of their choosing, whether gay or straight, married or unmarried. Arkansas-based Walmart , the nation’s largest private employer, sent out a postcard this week announcing plans to let employees share benefits like health insurance and life insurance. In a  memo  explaining the decision, the company said it was trying to keep pace with the competition, stating that “of 30 retail competitors, all but two (Publix and Stop and Shop union plan) provide either same- or opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.” The company also blamed ObamaCare and the recent Supreme Court decision striking down a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act for its new policies, saying that offering coverage for everyone was easier than trying to navigate...