Not content with its injection of partisan politics and religious bias into Alaska marriages, Focus on the Family is campaigning to add job-benefit discrimination against gay employees and their families to the state’s constitution. And it’s waging this campaign with…
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On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously that law schools could not bar military recruiters from their campus. The Cato Institute (often described as “conservative” but in actuality libertarian) contrasted that decision with that which found…
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Heterosexuals Only Bumper Sticker Protest
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It’s about time somebody does a protest with this concept. Of course I have to question how difficult the stickers are to remove since if I were a legislator I might be inclined to vote against a group that vandalizes…
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The effort by Peter LaBarbera and the Family Research Council to lock HIV-positive gay travelers out of the United States reminds me of a Christian song. In 1985, conservative Christian contemporary singer Steve Taylor released a song called Lifeboat (lyrics)….
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On his web site, African-American exgay activist D.L. Foster acknowledged yesterday that he is an active supporter of the Constitution Party. Foster says he spoke at the Party’s 2004 Georgia convention. Foster appears to be correct that no professed racists…
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Peter LaBarbera’s Illinois Family Institute identifies itself as an independently financed partner of Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council, and the Alliance Defense Fund. His career has been spent protesting against communism, leftist Latin American Christians, liberal freedoms,…
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Concerned Women Oppose Burial Rights
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Sometimes I’m shocked at the degree to which anti-gay activists will go to bring pain and harm to gay people. This is one of those times. The State of New York overwhelming voted to allow domestic partners to make decisions…
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HRC, Just Wondering
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Does HRC have any policy analysts watching the threat ex-gay “ministries” pose to civil equality of gay Americans? Using HRC’s search page with keywords “exgay” or “ex-gay” didn’t turn up a single document more recent than 2000.
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Open Forum: Discrimination
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Facts solicited: Do same-sex-attracted persons suffer from discrimination? (Cite current examples and provide links.) Opinions solicited: Should it be illegal for private individuals or organizations to discriminate? Should it be illegal for government agencies to discriminate?
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Congratulations to Exgays of Maine
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Ex-Gay Watch would like to congratulate the ex-gays of Maine on the results of yesterday’s election. Now, regardless of where a resident of Maine falls on the spectrum of sexual orientation and however they chose to express their gender, they…