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‘Matchmaker’ Patti Stanger issues apology, then reinforces more gay stereotypes
“Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti Stanger — who on Sunday made sweeping generalizations about gays and monogamy, Jewish men, and New York women — issued an apology on Monday for her remarks, but within hours taped an appearance for “The Joy Behar Show,” where she proceeded to reinforce more gay stereotypes.
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Commentary
Student’s story of suspension for speaking against homosexuality may not be true
Last week, a controversy erupted over a student, Dakota Ary, at a Fort Worth High School who claimed that he was punished for merely stating in class that homosexuality is a sin. But when everything is at its peak, the other side of the story comes out…
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News (USA)
Press shows no interest in anti-gay organization’s press conference
Reverend Louis Sheldon, founder of the Traditional Values Coalition — one of three California “pro-family” organizations leading the effort to overturn California’s FAIR Education Act — invited the Southern Californian press corps to attend a news conference on TVC efforts seeking a ballot initiate to overturn the law.
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Life
New Android App purports to help parents wondering: ‘Is My Son Gay?’
There’s a new app available in the Android marketplace that’s likely to amuse some, and annoy others — “Is My Son Gay?” According to the apps developers, “After this test you’ll have the proven answer to a question you might have since maybe a long time.”
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News (USA)
Parents of bullied New York gay teen say taunts continued after his death
The parents of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old gay teen who committed suicide last week, said Tuesday that the taunts and bullying directed at their son continued after his death.
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Lesbian actress Leisha Hailey booted from Southwest flight for kissing in public
Lesbian actress Leisha Hailey — who starred in “The L Word” — was escorted off of a Southwest Airlines flight on Monday after a flight attendant said passengers complained after witnessing her kissing her girlfriend.
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News (USA)
House Democrats to Boehner: Mr. Speaker, your DOMA attorney is out of line
Six Democratic lawmakers on Monday sent U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), a letter reiterating their request for a briefing on the efforts of the law firm hired by the Speaker to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in several ongoing federal court challenges.
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‘Playboy Club’ star Sean Maher reveals he’s gay: ‘This is my coming out ball’
Actor Sean Maher, the 36-year-old star of “Playboy Club,” on Monday revealed that his is gay, and with his partner of nine years, is the proud father of two children.
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News (USA)
Obama criticizes GOP; candidates mostly dismissive of audience boos of gay soldier
President Barack Obama on Sunday joined the critics with his own lambasting of the GOP presidential contenders, calling out the recent Republican candidate’s debate in which audience members booed a gay service member.
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Commentary
Bigot Scott Lively warns: Gays are winning ‘culture war’ and taking prisoners
According to Scott Lively, head of the SPLC-declared hate group Abiding Truth Ministries, “Many Christians are only now awakening to the seriousness of the threat to our society posed by the homosexual movement. But, unfortunately for us all, it is only the sounding of the victory trumpets by gay activists that has stirred Christians from their slumber.”
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News (USA)
Hagan announces support for federal LGBT employment protections
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) announced Saturday that she will become a cosponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, federal legislation that would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Richard Land: Gay activists seek full-blown ‘sexual paganization of society’
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, warns that gay rights activists seek to “reduce [Christians] to the level of the Ku Klux Klan” and that gays are “recruiting” children, which is a form a child abuse, while claiming that homosexuality is “incomprehensible.”
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NFL adds ‘sexual orientation’ to non-discrimination policy
The National Football League, in its 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement, has quietly updated its non-discrimination policy to include sexual orientation.
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Life
‘Millionaire Matchmaker’ offends gays, Jewish men, New York women
“Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti Stanger — appearing Sunday on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” — declared that gay men are not capable of monogamy, Jewish men are liars, and told a gay viewer she thought he was straight because he didn’t look “queen-y.”
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Commentary
Don’t believe Santorum’s claim about not hearing the audience boo the gay soldier
There continues to be so much fall out from the recent Republican presidential debate in which the candidates stood by and said nothing while members of the audience booed a gay solder….
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News (USA)
Marriage bans even worse than we thought
Holy cow. Where to begin? Dustin Lance Black’s play about Prop 8 hit Broadway for an incredible night. The tapes of the Prop 8 trial might actually get released. Florida’s working on domestic partnerships, North Carolina’s marriage ban is even worse than we thought, New Hampshire might repeal marriage, and Missouri — yes, Missouri — favors legal recognition for gay couples.
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Commentary
Out of the depths: Everyone should have the freedom to love, and be loved
No one should be bullied to death; that is a cruel, vicious waste of life. No one should ever die feeling unloved; that is a human and universal tragedy. Everyone should have the freedom to love, and be loved. That is the greatest thing we will ever learn.
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Lady Gaga performs tribute to Jamey Rodemeyer
Entertainer Lady Gaga on Saturday performed a tribute for Williamsville, N.Y. gay teen Jamey Rodemeyer, at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Jamey, 14, committed suicide last week after enduring years of anti-gay bullying at school and online. He was laid to rest on Saturday.
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News (USA)
NOM’s new project for ‘victims’ of imaginary gay intolerance spotlights liar Frank Turek
The National Organization for Marriage has began a new project which it calls Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance. This project will spotlight folks who are the supposed victims of imaginary gay intolerance:
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Commentary
Mainstream Christians must stand up to the Religious Right
It is critical that people realize that religious zealots have a radically different vision of this country than most Americans. If their power keeps increasing, they will be able to drastically reshape this country … bigotry, intolerance and religious conformity would become the law of the land.