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Lesbos' home nation marries gay pairs
2008-06-04 00:53:00 Even though we tend to limit coverage to the "culture war" here at home, we'd be remiss if we did not mention that Greece today performed its first same-sex wedding: First Same-Sex Weddings in Greece [NY Times] Now, Greece?s top... More About: Home , Nation
Wherein Pete destroys the sanctity of call letters
2008-06-03 23:18:00 Dear Pete r LaBarbera: If you are going to raise a stink about a local anchor in Orlando Florida MCing a gay event at Disney World and are going so far as to email both the reporter and her news director... More About: Letters , Call
Bottom line: Any branch that helps gays is WRONG!
2008-06-03 22:53:00 06/03/08 -- The Alliance Defense Fund's Brian Raum speaking about NY Gov. Paterson's directive that his state must recognize out-of-state same-sex unions: "The future of marriage should be decided by the legislature, not executives who take matters into their own... More About: Branch , Gays , Wrong , Line , Bottom
Video: Lavy confuses bi love with 'Big Love'
2008-06-03 22:02:00 We showed you Mat Staver blatantly lying about the possibility of the CA ruling leading to legalized polygamy. We also showed you Tony Perkins suggesting that the California legislature had been overstepped, even though they have twice approved marriage equality... More About: Video , Love , Big Love
Video: By all means, let the legislature weigh in!
2008-06-03 17:54:00 We already showed you one clip from last week's FRC press conference, in which Mat Staver blatantly lied about the possibility of the CA ruling leading to legalized polygamy. Now check out this clip, wherein FRC head Tony Perkins has... More About: Video , Legislature , Weigh
Video: 't'-less Mat spouts fact-less logic
2008-06-03 17:01:00 Wanna see yet another blatant lie from a "pro-family" lawyer? Yea? Well check out this clip from a press conference held last week by the Family Research Council, in which the Liberty Counsel's Mat Staver, a an attorney who argued... More About: Video , Fact , Logic
CA: Proposed historical blemish gets go-ahead
2008-06-03 15:17:00 Oh, if you haven't already heard: California 's gay marriage opponents were yesterday given word that their anti-gay initiative has qualified for the November ballot: Gay marriage ban qualifies for California ballot [AP via Google] Upon hearing the news, we immediately... More About: Historical , Ahead
Video: 'Old McBiased had a farm, anti-G-A-Y'
2008-06-03 14:40:00 In his write-up of the following video, Americans For Truth's Peter LaBarbera says that "there?s more common sense and wisdom in this three-minute video by country Gospel singers and songwriters Lewis and Lewis than in a thousand court briefings by... More About: Video , Farm , Anti
Gay rights musts: (1) Bang the gavel (2) Ask social conservatives if they a
2008-06-03 00:49:00 Hey "pro-family" peeps: You have taken it upon your selves to push an initiative that would amend the California constitution so that it bans same-sex unions. However, your lil' "democratic process" is not something to which you are owed as... More About: Social , Rights , Gay Rights , Conservatives
Bruno: Needs to spend time in both Chelsea and Chinatown?
2008-06-02 23:32:00 Attn. lawmakers: If you are going to give quotes to national press outlets wherein you attempt to disconnect your antipathy for gay rights from a fundamental misunderstanding of the world and all of its people, then you might want to... More About: Chelsea , New York , Chinatown , Time , Bruno
My bi-familial orientation
2008-06-02 21:59:00 It's completely coincidental that this year's Blogging For LGBT Families event falls on a Monday after which this gay writer spent a weekend ensconced in quality family time. It's not an accident, however, that the young kids with whom I... More About: Orientation
Known cuties get AE treatment
2008-06-02 19:40:00 Wanna pause your political mind and focus on your aesthetic region for a second? Then you're in luck, would-be superficial objectifier, for AfterEllen and AfterElton have released their annual Hot 100 lists of the men and women who their gay,... More About: Treatment
NC: Justice tops bottom-barrel charge
2008-06-02 18:58:00 Good news for those who prefer to let decided legal precedent overrule antiquated and offensive notions of sexual immorality: Prosecutors in Wake County, NC. have dropped charges against two gay men who had been charged with "crimes against nature" for... More About: Justice , Tops , Charge , Bottom , Barrel
Why'd Barr raise his bar on gay-barring measure?
2008-06-02 17:42:00 Last week, former Republican Congressman and current Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr shocked many gay activists when he, the onetime author of so-called the Defense of Marriage Act, promised that he'd fight to repeal DOMA if elected to the White...
Army is gay & porn-addicted say the anti-gay & factless
2008-06-02 16:30:00 We all know that Westboro Baptist's views on God and morality are so wildly off-the-mark, they make the late Jerry Falwell's teachings look liberal. However, in their latest press release, the infamous Phelps family is not only overly hostile and... More About: Army , Anti , Addicted
Doublespeak: The 'pro-family' movement's one consistency
2008-06-02 15:12:00 Wanna see a blatant case of a "pro-family" leader shifting his talking points so that they fit the poliutical situation at hand rather than what is truly in his heart and mind? Well, check this out. At a press conference... More About: Family , Consistency
Exxon: As gas prices rise, LGBT consciousness stays bargain-basement
2008-05-30 14:30:00 Just as they've done every year since 2000, the Exxon Mobil shareholder have rejected a proposal to add sexual orientation and gender identity to their non-dicrimination policies: Exxon Refuses to Recognize Gay Rights (Again) [Edge] So LGBT folks and allies: When... More About: Gas Prices , Bargain , Consciousness , Rise
Another fair-minded decision, another call for mob rule
2008-05-30 14:09:00 If accurate assessment and fair-minded discourse were Gary Bauer's objective, then he never would've written the following: In response to an appeals court ruling brought by a homosexual couple ?married? in Canada, the governor of New York [David Patterson] has... More About: Fair , Decision , Call , Rule
Video: Standing up for gays, apologizing to no one
2008-05-29 21:32:00 This morning we told you about NY Gov. David Paterson making good on the idea that Empire State gay couples should have their out-of-state marriages recognized at home. Now in this afternoon press conference, Paterson has both explained the reasonable... More About: Video , Politics , New York , Gays , Standing
Gay-themed publishing's going in the toilet
2008-05-29 19:00:00 It's tough to land a book deal. It's even tougher when you write about gay issues, as the industry widely considers the commercial prospects of the topic to be limited (read: The Sex and the City Movie will make more... More About: Toilet
Video: 'Rash Behaviour' booted by same
2008-05-29 18:18:00 When your humble scribe was in the eighth grade, I travelled with my family to Charleston, SC, during the annual Piccolo Spoleto Arts Festival. For those not familiar with the event, basically it is a 17-day jamboree in which the... More About: Video , Behaviour , South Carolina
But he means 'force of evil' in the loving, Christian way
2008-05-29 17:54:00 How willing is our opposition to reduce our progressive ideas to nothing more than self-serving, destructive game-playing? Well, of the gay community's work to encourage the Boy Scouts of America to stop fostering a world in which gays are discriminated... More About: Christian , Force , Evil , Loving
And why shouldn't our existences be summed up in four talking points?
2008-05-29 16:57:00 To equip their "pro-family" friends and fellows in a way that encourages them to shut off their own independent thought and instead rely on canned ideas that have been crafted by the collective mindsets of a faith-based political movement, the... More About: Talking , Points
SF to 'stay': Go away!
2008-05-29 00:19:00 San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is coming out strong against those who want to "stay" the California ruling: Letting fair rulings take course: Now that, conservatives, is a true "San Francisco value." *Read this doc on Scribd: PROP22-OPP-FILING More About: Stay
Pop quiz time
2008-05-28 23:53:00 Q. If we told you that tomorrow morning, grown adults will be serving up a half-baked, one-sided, wholly unsavory product under the pretense of good taste, which event would we most likely be describing? (a) A disgruntled bunch of bakers... More About: Quiz , Time
'T'-less Mat wants baseless 'stay'
2008-05-28 20:57:00 So why do our opponents want to "stay" the fair marriage ruling that was issued by the California Supreme Court? Well, because apparently they want to protect us all from having to experience the emotional roller coaster that would result... More About: Stay
Video - From: Bayard, To: Barack
2008-05-28 19:08:00 Some passionate food for reasoned thought: The enraging part? Just how many people think they can trump all of these points with the four simple words, "You need Jesus, son!" Or even more than upsetting that? How many more people... More About: Video , Barack
Poll: Most Californians not planning to screw us
2008-05-28 15:42:00 A Field Poll released today shows that a small majority of California ns oppose the November ballot initiative that seeks to amend the state's constitution so that it bans same-sex marriage: Californians support gay marriage: poll [Reuters] Incidentally, the exact same... More About: Planning , Screw
And for her honeymoon, Matt suggests an 'ex-gay' conference
2008-05-28 14:14:00 Speaking about John McCain's recent appearance on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" and the tenuous well-wishes that that the senator wished the soon-to-be-wed talk show host, the Concerned Women For America's Matt Barber says the following to One News Now: "I... More About: Honeymoon , Conference
Video: Jesse "the body <
More articles from this author:2008-05-28 02:46:00 Alright, so we have trouble with the "give everyone a civil union on a state level and let the churches have the word 'marriage'" stance because we feel it complicates the matter at hand. After all, civil marriage is already... More About: Video , Body , Decoration , Style , Jesse 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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