Results for: gay marriage
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More Than Words: The Associated Press Stamps Out Homophobia
You can take the word out of the stylebook, but you can’t take the complexity out of the word.
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Sorry, Texas, But Letting Student Groups Discriminate Is Not the Same As “Religious Freedom”
To your average conservative legislator, it may seem like a good idea to let anti-gay religious or political groups choose not to have members who don’t reflect their “values.” But when it involves having students pay for their own discrimination, it’s not so simple.
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Kirk Cameron Continues to Be Total Anti-Gay Jerk
Kirk Cameron is being a huge jerk again, this time to gay bullied teenagers. I’m so surprised. Can you hear the surprise in my voice?
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The Ones Who Got Away: Two Men Who Left Their Churches On Behalf of the Gays
The story of one pastor and one chaplain who chose to amplify their voices by stepping down from their churches.
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North Carolina House Passes Gay Marriage Ban to 2012 Ballot
North Carolina voters will most likely vote in May 2012 on a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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Why Does Boston Have Two St. Patrick’s Day Parades? In A Word: Homophobia
It’s an exciting day for people across the Greater Boston region and Massachusetts – except for its LGBT citizens, apparently. Because even in the first state to gain marriage equality, there’s still discrimination, and one is in the city’s annual parade.
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In Addition to Twitter Hero, Cory Booker Is Also Reformed Homophobe
In an op-ed from 1992, “Pointing the Finger at Gays,” Cory Booker admits to being homophobic. And then he talks about how all that changed.
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LGBT Retirement Homes Step Up in Response to Homophobia and Mistreatment of LGBT Elders
With support for gay equality at an all-time-high and the focus on an aging generation of baby boomers, our LGBT predecessors are finally getting the much-needed care they deserve.
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Caiden Cowger, 14-Year-Old Radio Host, Hates Gay People and Grammar
Caiden Cowger doesn’t have a good grasp on the differences between “your” and “you’re” but he does hate gay people on the radio.
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Loving Lesbian Family in JC Penney Catalogue Elicits More Whining from One Million Moms
It’s One Million Moms versus JCPenney… again.
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Michele Bachmann’s Gay Sister Also Not A Fan of Michele Bachmann
“It felt so divorced from having known me, from having known somebody who’s gay. I was just stunned.”
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Can NOM Just Shut Up About Gay Marriage Already
This seems like an opportune moment to throw in the towel, but then how would NOM get the 2 million dollars they allegedly need to support this dying cause?
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Priest Who Ruined Lesbian’s Mother’s Funeral Placed On “Administrative Leave”
The priest who denied Barbara Johnson communion at her mother’s funeral and walked out during her eulogy is suspended — but higher-ups claim it’s got nothing to do with that whole lez thing.
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Bradlee Dean’s Anti-Gay Metal Band Rocks Iowa School to Everyone’s Horror and Dismay
“In the aftermath of the apparently horrific “performance,” the school is now scrambling to not only recover the money paid to the Junkyard Prophets but provide counseling to the students who attended it.”
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Indonesian LBT Women Exposed to Backlash
CEDAW–the international beacon for women’s rights–does not shine on lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Indonesia. This is a painful disappointment, given LBT people’s need for protection from a fundamentalist backlash.
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Everything You Need to Know About Gay Marriage Today
In today’s edition of “I am gay and want to do things anyway,” gays are still trying to legally be in love, around the world, and state rights are still proving to be ineffective ways to govern the love lives of American gay people (ahem).
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Threats at Michigan Gay Day Highlight Why the Mitten Isn’t Cuddly for Queers
The state of Michigan isn’t having a banner year as far as treating its gay citizens equally goes.
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Kony 2012’s Latest Controversy: Invisible Children Gets Funding From Anti-Gay Groups
“Alternet’s B. E. Wilson researched 990 IRS tax forms and yearly reports from Invisible Children and 990s from its major donors and found deep financial ties to evangelicals and major funders of antigay organizations.”
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Why Claiming Republicans Are “Hardly Anti-Gay” Makes Hardly Any Sense
Spoiler alert: it takes more than “tolerance.”