A.V. Eichenbaum

Home News International International News Highlights — June 23, 2023 by A.V. Eichenbaum, SGN Editor-in-Chief Friday June 23, 2023 Estonia legalizes same sex marriage Estonia became the first central European country to legalize same sex marriage on Tuesday, June 20. The bill received 55 of 101 votes in the Estonian parliament. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas indicated to Reuters that she considered the law to be an indication of development and growth since Estonia's time in the Soviet Union.

Dear Reader, I was having a smoke outside the SGN office the other day. It's a terrible habit, I know, but it gives me space to think. Sitting there, blowing smoke out of my nose, I watched as one of our neighbors took the time to trim and water the roses growing in a nearby roundabout — a task she did with great care that gray morning, a task we both knew she didn't have to do. One person went out of their way to tend to something that brightened their community.

Home News International International News Highlights — June 16, 2023 by A.V. Eichenbaum, SGN Editor-in-Chief Friday June 16, 2023 Divisions widen in global Anglican Church over Queer rights Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, acknowledged a "deep disagreement" among the 42 provinces of the Anglican Church over LGBTQ+ rights and expressed "grief and dismay" over the Ugandan branch of the church's support of the country's brutal new laws against what Ugandan officials call "aggravated...