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No Easy Answers for Obama on Gay Marriage

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.09.2012

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Wayne Besen

The activist side of me wants him to embrace marriage equality today. Nevertheless, the pragmatic part of me wonders whether Obama embracing gay marriage will harm his chances in the nine swing states that will decide this election.

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KONY 2012 Effort a Ministry in Antigay Evangelical Barnabas Group, Reports LGBT Rights Nonprofit

Bruce Wilson | Posted 04.10.2012

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Bruce Wilson

Mounting suspicions about the evangelical nature of the Invisible Children nonprofit, which released the blockbuster KONY 2012 viral video hit in early March, have now been confirmed.

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Bachmann Drops Activist's 'Ex-Gay' Therapy Bill

Posted 12.16.2011

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A dispute between Marcus Bachmann and a prominent LGBT activist over unpaid charges for counseling sessions has been resolved. A voice message, le...

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Daniel Avila: The Catholic Culture Warrior Who Went Too Far

Wayne Besen | Posted 01.08.2012

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Wayne Besen

Unfortunately, for the church, one of its lead cultural warriors took it a bit too far when he ventured from co-belligerence to flat out belligerence.

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Herman Cain's Implausible Spin

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.31.2011

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Wayne Besen

Let me put it in simplistic branding language that Cain might comprehend: Don't bill yourself as a pepperoni pizza if you are actually a submarine sandwich.

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Attention Mainstream Christians: Be Fruitful And Amplify

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.07.2011

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Wayne Besen

Clearly, the loving and inclusive rhetoric of some mainstream Christians is fruitful. The million-dollar question is how do we get such voices to multiply and amplify?

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Mainstream Christians Must Stand Up To The Religious Right

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.22.2011

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Wayne Besen

What truly bothers me, however, was the lack of mainstream Christians standing up and speaking out against such fanatical behavior.

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Leading GOP Candidates Run Away From the Gay

Wayne Besen | Posted 10.24.2011

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Wayne Besen

Attacking LGBT people is not yet a third rail of politics. But it is clear that it is no longer the Holy Grail for electing Republicans that it once was in the not too distant past.

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Clinics Owned By Michele Bachmann's Husband Practice Ex-Gay Therapy

The Nation | Mariah Blake | Posted 09.07.2011

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In the summer of 2004, Andrew Ramirez, who was just about to enter his senior year of high school, worked up the nerve to tell his family he was gay. ...

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More Than 14,500 Rally Online to Fight "Gay Cure" Therapy in Hong Kong

Joe Mirabella | Posted 08.31.2011

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Joe Mirabella

A petition calling on the Hong Kong government to drop "gay cure" therapist Hong Kwai-wah has reached more than 14,500 signatures in the last 48 hours.

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Time for the Southern Baptist Convention to Apologize to Gay People

Wayne Besen | Posted 08.14.2011

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Wayne Besen

The SBC likes to portray its position on homosexuality as an unchangeable moral absolute. The facts, however, show that the SBC has changed its positions on minorities before.

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Gay Group Smart to Endorse Obama Early

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.27.2011

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While far from perfect, Obama did work to repeal Don't Ask/Don't Tell and used his bully pulpit effectively, even making an "It Get's Better" video. Whatever his shortcomings, he is light years ahead of his Republican counterparts.

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Mitch Daniels and the Family Values Trap

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.23.2011

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Wayne Besen

It is tragic that an intelligent, qualified politician felt he had to choose between his family and his desire to be president. However, Mitch Daniels has no one to blame but his own party, which has become a bastion of intolerant "family values" scolds.

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Dumbstruck That Michele Bachmann Is Star-Struck Over Glee

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.06.2011

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Wayne Besen

Maybe Bachmann is confused and thinks there are different kinds of gays -- the bad ones who sodomize and the goody-goody Glee type that harmonize.

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Why I Support J. Crew's Controversial Pink Toenail Ad

Wayne Besen | Posted 06.13.2011

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Wayne Besen

Anti-gay activists are exploiting J. Crew's ad to portray gay people as confused heterosexuals who are different because their parents let them play with the wrong toys as children. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Apple Should Dump 'Ex-Gay' iPhone App

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

Apple doesn't allow racist or anti-Semitic apps in its app store, yet it gives the green light to an app written by an anti-gay extremist group that condones violence against LGBT people.

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Forbidden Sex and Chicken Sandwiches

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

It was mid-afternoon and I was driving into Stillwater to speak at Oklahoma State University. Hungry, I saw a gleaming red Chick-fil-A restaurant in t...

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Offensive Catholic iPhone App Controversy Continues

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

Last week, Truth Wins Out caused an international uproar by criticizing a new Catholic iPhone confession app that asks users, "Have I been guilty of a...

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Obama's Gay State of the Union

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

Obama's relationship with the LGBT community has been much like a marriage saved by the husband delivering bouquets of red roses moments before the divorce papers arrive.

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Anti-Gay Hate Groups Waiting In The Wings

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

The Southern Poverty Law Center report is a sober reminder that we must remain vigilant in combating extremism. There are well-organized and wealthy hate machines waiting in the wings, poised to cause tremendous harm to LGBT people.

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To Win, Democrats Must Define, Defend, and Dumb Down

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

In the absence of a brand, Democrats have had to disproportionately rely on prodigy politicians, such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, as well as scaring voters into believing that Republicans are too radical to govern.

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Voting on Equal Rights is a National Disgrace

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

With a record of 0-31 in marriage initiatives, now may be a good opportunity to review our complicity in a process that doles out or strips away basic rights by majority vote.

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The Gay Community's Pope Problem

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

It is time to admit that the gay community has a gigantic Pope problem. Under the leadership of Benedict XVI, the Vatican has become an implacable foe of basic rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

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Word Thief To Lead Focus on the Family's DC Lobby Shop

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

Tim Goeglein is a perfect hire as lead Washington lobbyist for Focus on the Family. He resigned from the Bush White House, after it was discovered that he had plagiarized 19 of 38 columns.

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The Gay Republican Blues

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

Log Cabin Republicans are broke. The group's $100,000 debt comes at a time when the GOP is indebted more than ever to extremists: pandering to those who believe in the "End of Days."

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