According to the Associated Press, Senate majority leader Bill Frist invested a fortune in campaign funds in lousy stocks since 2000 — and ran up a loss of $524,000. Now Frist — a likely GOP candidate for president in 2008,…
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Religious Right’s Awkward Christmas Boycotts
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Dan Gonzales wrote last Friday with an update on the American Family Association and Concerned Women for America. Knight, of CWFA, claims three times in an AFA/AgapePress release that the United Way is supporting "pro-homosexual groups" but Knight does not…
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United Church of Christ seminarian Chuck Currie writes: I have a great deal of love for the United Methodist Church and the local congregations that really live by the slogan “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.” It is sad that…
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Focus on the Family and its political allies failed this week to convince the Supreme Court that marriage is imminent danger from a relative handful of gay couples who, under Massachusetts state law, cannot export their marriages to states where…
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Responses to ABC’s 20/20 program revising history in the case of Matthew Shepard: Chris Matthew Sciabarra: God hates fags… But Shepard’s killers don’tChris Bull: Antigay slayings that have been ignoredColoradoan: Shepard’s killers piece pandered to audience GLAAD Q&A Jon Rowe:…
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Focus/Family Honors Group Accused of Felonies
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Michael Marcavage and his antigay Repent America group await a Dec. 14 hearing on several felony and misdemeanor charges related to their raid against OutFest, a Philadelphia gay street festival. Marcavage has not drawn headlines recently in the Philadelphia newspapers…
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Thanks, And an Apology: Red/blue Moral Values
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Apologies to Avery at southern Gospel music blog averyfineline.com for letting down my guard against the red/blue-state myth that the major media pundits seem to thrive upon. (Keep in mind, though: I gratefully noted here the data showing that the…
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Double-talk on Civil Unions And Benefits
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According to PrideSource, throughout the campaign to constitutionally ban marriage for gay couples in Michigan, antigay advocates said that Proposal 2 was "only about marriage….this is not about rights or benefits or how people choose to live their life." But…
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Rick Mercier of the Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Va., pens a thoughtful commentary, too rarely seen in larger news media. Introductory paragraphs: I cracked open my Bible and started rereading the Gospels. And you know what? I can’t see what…
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Focus on the Family bases its campaign against Alfred Kinsey upon a foundation of hearsay. It may be refreshing, then, listen to NPR’s Fresh Air, hosted by Terry Gross, and hear the film director of Kinsey base his movie on…