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Commentary
Gay groups make religious individuals feel like ‘second class citizens’
Though I should be surprised, I have found myself expecting the National Organization for Marriage to make outlandish and ridiculous statements. In today’s episode of “what did NOM say,” I give you the repeat of “NOM becomes a victim.”
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Commentary
How is being gay like gluing wings on a pig?
Virtually all sins share a crucial, defining, common quality. Because that quality, which is present in every other imaginable sin, is utterly missing from being or acting gay, insisting on putting homosexuality into the same category as every other sin — or in the category of sin at all — is like gluing wings on a pig…
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Life
Linda Harvey: ‘There’s No Proof’ that LGBT people exist
Mission America’s Linda Harvey dedicated her weekend broadcast to criticizing the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, one of her favorite targets, and said “there is no proof” that LGBT people exist.
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Commentary
Irene: God’s Judgement on New York?
Many people, desiring to make sense of it all, will ask questions such as “Is Hurricane Irene a sign from God?” or “Is God punishing the Northeast — especially the state of New York — for its acceptance of the “gay lifestyle” and the regions embrace of gay marriage?”
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Life
Perry signs anti-gay pledge, vows to support federal marriage amendment
Texas Governor and Republican presidential contender Rick Perry on Friday signed an anti-gay marriage pledge, vowing to support a Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex unions nationwide.
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News (USA)
HRC announcement confirms March 2012 departure of president Joe Solmonese
Joe Solmonese, President of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, will announce his departure next Tuesday, reports Pam Spaulding at Pam’s House Blend.
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Life
The Grio: Rick Perry retreat co-host says MLK deserved no credit on civil rights
While hundreds of thousands of Americans converge on the National Mall to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend as the president dedicates a memorial to the slain civil rights leader, Rick Perry, the newly minted Republican Party presidential front-runner, will be attending a retreat with a man who believes King deserves no such honor.
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Life
New York Rabbi Yehuda Levin blames East Coast earthquake on gay marriage
New York Rabbi Yehuda Levin actually blames gay marriage for causing the East Cost earthquake. But what’s important to note about Rabbi Levin is his connection to the anti-gay group National Organization for Marriage.
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News (USA)
Michele Bachmann to deliver keynote address at anti-gay group event
GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann on Saturday will be the keynote speaker at the Florida Family Policy Council’s 6th Annual Policy Awards Dinner. The FFPC is a a conservative Christian organization dedicated to fighting against marriage equality.
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Commentary
Rick Perry’s homophobia problem is more serious than originally thought
While the gay community is distracted by the antics of Michele Bachmann and her husband, the real danger to our equality –Texas Governor Rick Perry — is trying to sneak into the Oval Office.
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News (USA)
Prosecution rests in murder of gay teen — ‘Larry King was executed for who he was’
Ventura County deputy prosecutor Maeve Fox told jurors in her closing arguments on Thursday, “It’s natural to feel sympathy for youthful murder defendant Brandon McInerney, who grew up in a home so violent and dysfunctional that he wasn’t even allowed to cry after his father punched him in the face. But the law does not allow for sympathy.”
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Life
Survivor: MIT grad student Samuel Brinton remembers ‘ex-gay’ therapy
On eve of a reparative therapy conference in New Hampshire, 23-year-old draws on painful experience to help others. Samuel Brinton is not afraid to say he’s gay. That is, not anymore.
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Life
Joy Behar Show highlights acceptance of LGBT people and Christianity
CNN’s Don Lemon, guest hosting for the Joy Behar Show, followed up his inspiring conversation with a transgender panel by exploring Christianity’s view of being gay. His conversation featured Randy Roberts Potts, grandson of televangelist Oral Roberts, and Jay Bakker, a New York City-based pastor.
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Life
Apple’s new CEO, Tim Cook, could be the world’s most powerful gay executive
The sudden resignation on Wednesday of Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs paves the way for the ascension of Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who, upon being named Apple’s new CEO, was hailed by many in the LGBT community as possibly the world’s most powerful gay executive.
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News (USA)
Embattled Indiana lawmaker says he’s not gay, admits to paying teen for ‘a good time,’ refuses to resign
In a bizarre turn of events, embattled Indiana state representative Phillip Hinkle has admitted to paying a young man $80 — but claims that he wasn’t paying for a sexual encounter. Hinkle, 64, acknowledged that he paid 18-year-old Kameryn Gibson “to have a good time,” yet insists in an interview with The Indianapolis Star that […]
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News (USA)
Anti-gay NOM still circumventing campaign finance laws for donor secrecy
The nation’s leading anti-gay group, the National Organization for Marriage, opposes marriage and civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, and earlier this month, many of the leading Republican presidential candidates signed NOM’s pledge calling for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. NOM has filed a raft of lawsuits to shield its donors from […]
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News (USA)
Boehner’s DOMA defense contains junk science, bad sources
On Monday it was discovered that one of the experts, Professor Lisa Diamond, cited by Speaker of the House John Boehner’s legal team in their defense of DOMA complained that her work was being distorted.
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Commentary
Sixteen reasons why Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council is a hate group
Tony Perkins of the hate group the Family Research Council recently had the temerity to attack the Obama Administration for its participation in the “It Gets Better” campaign. This is the campaign designed to raise the self-esteem of LGBTQ youth and raise awareness of the problems they encounter with bullying.
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Life
Study: Northwestern University researchers confirm bisexuality exists
A new scientific study confirms that men who have a sexual attraction to both men and women is real, and dispels the stereotype that bisexual men are just closeted homosexuals, or simply confused.
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News (USA)
San Francisco immigration judge drops deportation case against married gay man
An immigration judge in San Francisco has dropped the deportation case against a married gay man following the Obama Administration’s announcement last week of policy changes that would relax enforcement of “low threat” cases.