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Christian news site: ‘Lesbian activist’ Ellen DeGeneres bringing down ‘American Idol’
A Christian news site is making headlines by claiming Ellen DeGeneres is responsible for the ratings erosion of Fox’s American Idol. According to Gary McCullough, the director of Christian Newswire, Idol‘s decline can be directly linked to DeGeneres, whom he describes as a “lesbian activist” whose “lesbian one-liners” are hurting the shows ratings. Says McCullough: […]
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Gallup Poll reveals shifting attitudes toward Americans’ acceptance of gay relationships
Gallup released a new poll recently that shows American attitudes on homosexuality continue to shift in the direction of being more accepting. According to Gallup: Americans’ support for the moral acceptability of gay and lesbian relations crossed the symbolic 50% threshold in 2010. At the same time, the percentage calling these relations “morally wrong” dropped […]
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‘A Team’ star Rampage Jackson’s bad attitude extends off-screen: ‘Acting is kind of gay’
Pride of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a former light-heavyweight champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will make his acting debut as Sgt. Bosco “Bad Attitude” Baracus in the upcoming big-screen version of “The A-Team” — but Jackson’s bad attitude appears to be more than just an on-screen persona. Jackson has come under fire for a series […]
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Obama expands healthcare benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees
President Obama on Wednesday extended a wider range of benefits to the same-sex partners of eligible federal workers, including access to medical treatment, relocation assistance, credit unions and fitness centers. The move goes beyond a memo Obama signed last June, which permitted same-sex partners to use the government’s long-term-care insurance and other fringe benefits. The […]
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Ted Haggard, cured of gay ‘compulsions,’ to launch new inclusive church
Ted Haggard, the disgraced pastor who resigned from his ministry in 2006 amid an embarrassing gay sex scandal, was back in his home town Wednesday to announce he was starting a new church in Colorado Springs.
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Logo’s ‘Gay housewives’ cast revealed
From Gawker: We got wind of the cast of Logo’s new “gay housewives” show. And it’s filled with just the fame-hungry, attractive, horrible people you could have imagined. They’re all models! This is going to be a fantastic mess. The show, which was initially called Kept, is now tentatively being called The A List and […]
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McDonald’s airing gay-themed ad in France: ‘Come as you are’
McDonald’s is running a new ad on French TV that features a gay teen and his father, who is unaware of his son’s orientation. The ad shows a gay teen seated at a McDonald’s table, talking to his boyfriend on his cell phone. He hangs up when he sees his father coming. The father, unaware of his son’s sexual orientation, proceeds to joke about the son’s all-male class at school. “It’s […]
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FedEx to expand health coverage to include same-sex partners
Shipping giant FedEx announced Tuesday it will begin offering health insurance to same-sex domestic partners. The benefit won’t become available until January 1, 2012, and while the company has yet to finalize many of the details, it has announced the expansion of its benefits program nonetheless. The Memphis-based shipper had been coming under pressure from […]
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Dutch researchers suggest ‘gaydar’ may actually exist
“Gaydar,” that innate ability gay people supposedly have to zero in on other gays even in a crowd, may really exist. A group of Dutch researchers recently looked at whether straight and gay people focus their attention differently when faced with a problem. A total of 42 men and women were shown pictures of outlines […]
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Powell: ‘the law will change and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will go away’
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said “the country has changed” in the 17 years since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” became law and now believes, “it is perfectly acceptable to get rid of the law and the policy.” The retired general and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs […]
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Malawi president pardons gay couple
A gay couple in Malawi sentenced to 14 years hard labor for holding the country’s first same-sex engagement were pardoned Saturday after a meeting between the president and the UN Secretary General. President Bingu wa Mutharika announced his pardon of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga after meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, according to […]
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Obama declares June ‘LGBT Pride Month’ in presidential proclamation
On Friday, President Obama declared June as “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, “and called upon Americans to “renew our commitment to the struggle for equal rights for LGBT Americans and to ending prejudice and injustice wherever it exists.” Following is the full text of the Presidential Proclamation, issued by the White House: As […]
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U.S. House vote on Pentagon policy advances effort to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
The U.S. House approved a measure Friday that includes a provision to allow the Defense Department to repeal the 17-year-old Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on gays serving openly in the military. By a vote of 229-186 that split largely down party lines, the House approved a larger Pentagon policy bill that contains the repeal, […]
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Outed California lawmaker changes course on anti-gay voting record
A California state lawmaker who was forced to reveal he is gay after a recent arrest for drunken driving spoke out passionately in favor of gay rights during a legislative session Thursday, urging his fellow senators to “rise above discrimination” and support letting gays serve openly in the military. Sen. Roy Ashburn, a Republican from […]
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House passes amendment to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ — Obama hails Congress’ efforts
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday night to authorize the Defense Department to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military, clearing another hurdle toward dismantling the 1993 law widely known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The provision to allow military commanders to repeal the ban was adopted as an amendment to […]
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Senate committee votes to add ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal to Defense budget
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday voted to repeal the ban on openly gay serve members, a major step toward dismantling the Clinton-era policy widely known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as part of the annual defense authorization bill. The New York Times reports: The Senate Armed Services Committee voted in a closed session, […]
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Lawmakers, gay rights advocates say they have the votes to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Lawmakers and gay-rights activists predicted Wednesday that both the Senate and House will have enough votes to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on openly gay service members. According to The Hill: Legislation to scrap the ban on openly gay service members in the military is expected to clear a major hurdle Thursday in […]
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California’s Harvey Milk Day first ever state recognition of LGBT person in U.S. history
Saturday marks Harvey Milk Day in California, the first official State Day of Recognition for an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person in our nation’s history. Last year, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law the Harvey Milk Day bill, sponsored by Equality California and authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). In honor of […]
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Malawi gay couple gets 14 years hard labor for violating ‘order of nature’
A Malawi gay couple was sentenced Thursday to the maximum 14 years in prison with hard labour, after being convicted of sodomy for holding the country’s first same-sex wedding. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were arrested on December 28 after their symbolic wedding and accused of violating “the order of nature,” and were told by […]
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Suspect pleads guilty in brutal slaying of gay teen in Puerto Rico
The man accused of the brutal murder of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico last November pleaded guilty on Wednesday and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Juan José Martínez Matos, who had been scheduled to go on trial Monday for the murder of Jorge Steven López Mercado, confessed to the crime during a […]