A 12-year-old boy on YouTube is being hailed by some Christians as a martyr for enduring insults, although a better description would be “disturbed.” Scott, whose screenname is ChristianU2uber, has received thousands of views for his videos, in which he…
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XGW Digest: April 11, 2009
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-The North Dakota House of Representatives kills an anti-discrimination bill. -Nate Silver of Five Thirty Eight runs state-by-state projections for the decline of opposition to marriage equality. -Pam Spaulding catches Rick Warren in the act of bearing false witness on…
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As reported elsewhere, blogger Glenn Sacks wrote a post about his concerns that an organization such as Christian News Wire would issue bigoted, anti-gay press releases by Peter LaBarbera. Sacks describes his own organization, Fathers & Families, this way: Fathers…
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Slaughter of Gays Still Goes on in New Iraq
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The bodies of up to 25 suspected homosexual men have been found over the past two months in the newly democratic Iraq, according to the New York Times. A modicum of liberation for Iraq’s gays has arrived with the regime…
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Newspaper: How to Spot a Gay Ugandan
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The Observer, a newspaper in Uganda, has written a compendium of suggestions and comments by people there on how to spot a gay Ugandan. No doubt brought about by the heightened negative attitudes towards gays there brought on by a…
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Breaking: Vermont Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
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The Vermont legislature voted this morning to override Governor Jim Douglas’ veto of its same-sex marriage bill. Although the House’s initial passage of the bill had fallen short of a two-thirds majority, several legislators changed sides to pass the override by…
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Six gay men have been killed over a period of 10 days, according to an Iraqi official. In two separate incidents, the men were disowned by their families before their tribes pursued and executed them. The report comes in the…
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Open Forum: Ex-Gay Labels
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The term “ex-gay” is probably the most common one used to describe people who enter into reparative therapy. One can call themselves “ex-gay” even if they have not shaken their sexual attraction to the same sex. After years of public…
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XGW Digest: April 4, 2009
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-Anti-gay activists blame gay newsman George Weber for his own murder. -Former governor Howard Dean encourages Vermont legislators to vote for gay marriage. -Sweden legalizes same-sex marriage. -An anti-gay amendment is quashed in socially conservative West Virginia. -The Alliance Defense…
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The Iowa Supreme Court has just issued a landmark, unanimous ruling in Varnum v. Brien, a case involving six same-sex couples who sought and were denied marriage licenses in Iowa. Consequently, the language in Iowa Code section 595.2 limiting civil…