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Compassion and Criticism

Sam Greenfield | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Homosexuality, Religion, Ted Haggard, Superbowl, Roseanne Barr, Rev. Ted Haggard, Ted Haggard Gay Sex Scandal, Homophobia, Homosexuality and Religion, Gays, Bruce Springsteen, Politics News
Sam Greenfield

One day, Ted Haggard may be the first gay evangelical minister. One day those of his faith may come forward and open the closet door and find peace. I wish all this for him.

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Some Sympathy for Ted Haggard

Michael Shermer | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Ted Haggard, Evangelicals, The Trials of Ted Haggard, Hbo, Alexandra Pelosi, Politics News
Michael Shermer

To find peace and happiness in life you have to be true to yourself, and herein lies Pastor Ted's conflict: Being true to himself meant being in absolute conflict with his religion, which was also his livelihood.

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An End to Name-Calling?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Name-Calling, Joseph Lowery, Homosexuality, Obama Joe Lowery, Education, Intolerance, Gay Rights, Cyberbullying, Effects of Bullying, Bullying, Gay, Glsen, Feelings, Emotion, Children, Idiots, Long Island, Emotions, Anger, Kids, Newsday, Sadness, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

Some will say "No Name-Calling Week" is more accurately called "PC Police Week." After all, an offensive term over the dinner table might be applauded in a rap song.

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Questions for Those Who Think I'm Going to Hell

C. Brian Smith | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christians, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Hell, Politics News
C. Brian Smith

You're terrifying lots of people with this Hell shit. So please, at least be more specific. Consult a thesaurus. Then come look sit down with me. Look me in the eye and let me know precisely what I'm in for.

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OMG! Rick Warren! BFD!

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Obama, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren, Religion Gay Marriage, Religion, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Inauguration, Prop 8, Homophobia, Barack Obama, Politics News
John Wellington Ennis

It is so small, in such a long day of pageantry, on the first day of some long years of the fight ahead. In terms of the fish-frying before us, Rick Warren is a scallop, and Moby Dick is circling us.

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'Sodomy Laws' Rooted In British Colonialism

Ipsnews.net | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: Criminalize Homosexuality, Sodomy, Homosexuality, Sodomy Laws, Human Rights Watch, United Nations, United Nations Gay Rights, Sodomy Laws British Colonialism, World News

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22 (IPS) - Although 66 countries signed a statement at the United Nations on Dec. 19 affirming that human rights protections exten...

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Sally Quinn: Coming Out of the Closet with LD

Quinn Bradlee | Posted 01.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Children With Learning Disabilities, Homosexuality, Health, In the Closet, Learning Disabilities, Living News
Quinn Bradlee

Being able to "come out of the closet" is the first step. The more who do, the easier it will be for others. Nobody should be ashamed of any disability.

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The Rev. Rick Warren Controversy: A "Blessing" in Disguise?"

Gary Cohan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Proposition 8, Obama Inauguration, Obama Gay Rights, U.S. Constitution, Gay Activism, William White, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Rick Warren, Obama Navy Secretary, Homophobia, Hate Speech, California Gay Marriage Ban, Obama Cabinet Picks, Gay Marriage, US Navy, Civil Rights, Rick Warren Invocation, No on Prop 8, Obama Inauguration Day, Evangelicals, Yes on Prop 8, Religious Right, Gay Civil Rights, Obama Warren, Politics News
Gary Cohan

I have expressed my outrage at Rick Warren's elevation to the national stage. Yet, if the gay community has the courage to take a deep breath, there's another way of viewing this situation.

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Gay and Feeling Hurt by Obama's Warren Choice

Chris Durang | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, The Bible, Barack Obama, Rick Warren, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, RICK WARREN / Obama Inauguration TAGS: Barack Obama, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Invocation, Obama Invocation, Obama Warren, Politics News
Chris Durang

I'm trying to be open to the "we must talk to those we don't agree with" idea. Still, this is the first event of his presidency, and gay people's feelings seem so easily sacrificed by Obama.

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Not Another Word on Gay Marriage Until They Execute an Adulterer

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Adultery, Bible, Human Rights, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Rick Warren, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Barack Obama, Obama Invocation, Invocation, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The Rick Warrens of the world pretend that the Bible says marriage is between a man and a woman. But the Bible is full of men taking on second wives, prostitutes and concubines. And all the while, God heartily approves.

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Colin Powell a Reformed Sinner?

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Colin Powell Endorses Obama, Homosexuality, Military, Gay Rights, Colin Powell, Sexual Orientation, Colin Powell Obama, Gay, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

The radical shift in Powell's stance on LGBT issues should not give him a carte blanche. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell justified homophobia as a simple objection to a behavioral choice.

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What Ms. Roosevelt Might Have Said About Gay Rights

Pia Sawhney | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Politics News, Politics, California Gay Marriage, Human Rights, Gay Rights, Religion and Politics, Breaking Politics News, Human Rights Abuses, Homosexual Rights, Gay Marriage, Eleanor Roosevelt, 60th Anniversary Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations, World, Politics News
Pia Sawhney

If Ms. Roosevelt was around today... would she have used the 60th anniversary of the UDHR the way gay activists have; and would she have endorsed a national boycott in solidarity with them?

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Oklahoma Politicos: "Homos" Should be Ordered Into Treatment

Lisa Derrick | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Sally Kern, Oklahoma, Homophobia, Christianity, Steve Kern, Homosexuality and Religion, Mick Cornett, Civil Rights, Oklahoma Governor's Race, Politics News
Lisa Derrick

In a bid to court conservatives, the duo seem to be teaming up to rid the state library system of all gay and lesbian materials, as well as those their church-based philosophies find objectionable.

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Have We Overcome?

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Religion, 2008 Election, Bigotry, Homosexuality, Proposition 8, Black President, President Obama, Civil Rights, First Black President, 2008 Presidential Election, Election Reaction, America Racism, 2008 Presidential Race, America Bigotry, Prop 8, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Lara M. Gardner

In spite of Obama's election, what America has not given up and seems loathe to give up, regardless how far backward we move socially, morally, and legally, is religion.

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Obama's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal To Be Delayed, Report

Washington Times | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Homosexuality, US Military, Army, Gay Rights, President Obama, Politics News

President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homos...

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Gay Greeks Hold Conference At DePaul

Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Houlihan | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Greek Leadership Conference, Homosexuality, Homosexual Greek Members DePaul, Homosexual Fraternity Sorority DePaul, DePaul University, Gay Greek Conference DePaul, Gay Fraternity Sorority Meeting Depaul, Gay Issues, Chicago News

For DePaul junior Bobby Schrock, a 22-year-old political science major, joining a fraternity at the country's largest Catholic university has been a "...

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Not So Fabuloso: Latinos and Proposition 8

Daniel Cubias | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Latinos, Homosexuality, Proposition 8, Hispanics, Maricon, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Is it possible that the old boogeyman, the Catholic Church, is somewhat responsible for the invincible strain of homophobia in Latino culture? To the surprise of absolutely no one, the answer is yes.

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Rick Warren and Prop 8 -- He Knows Better

Randall Balmer | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Baptists, California, Proposition 8, Bible, Rick Warren, Constitution, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Randall Balmer

Warren, a Baptist, knows better. The cornerstones of the Baptist tradition are adult baptism and the principle of liberty of conscience and the separation of church and state.

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Political Sex Scandals: Obama, McCain & Palin

Twanna A. Hines | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jessica Cutler and Eliot Spitzer Sex Ring, Cheating Relationships, Homosexuality, Pamela Druckerman, John McCain, Adultery, Mcpalin, Sex, Sarah Palin, McCain Cheating, Scandal, John Edwards Cheating, Barack Obama, Clinton Lewinsky, Political Sex Scandals, Politics News
Twanna A. Hines

Woe is the modern American politician: so much sex, too little time. Ho, hum. Nothing new.

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Gay Marriage and the Democratic Hazard

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mormon Church, Homosexuality, Equality, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Deepak Chopra, Moral Hazard, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

What gives the anti-gay marriage forces their influence comes down to moral hazard. If you run no risk sticking your nose into someone else's bedroom, some people are weak enough to go ahead and do it.

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The Professors' Wives' Club: An interview with Joanne Rendell

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Joanne Rendell, Wives, Manhattan U, Living News, Relationships, The Wednesday Sisters, Work-Life Balance, Female Friendships, Friendship by the Book, Book Review, Novel, The Friday Night Knitting Club, The Professors’ Wives’ Club, University, Intergenerational Friendships, Infidelity, Homosexuality, Washington Square, Faculty, Sisterhood, Homeschooling, Friendship Circles, Nyu, Moms, New York University, Domestic Abuse, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

In this breakout first novel, Joanne Rendell creates powerful characters struggling to define their roles as women and an engaging plot that keeps you glued until the end.

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San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial: Vote No on Prop 8

John Henning | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Churches, San Diego Union-Tribune, Proposition 8, San Diego, Politics News
John Henning

This change in position by the editorial board of the home town newspaper has got to be a blow to the pro-amendment forces.

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Gay Or Straight...And How To Tell

men.style.com/details | Anna David | Posted 09.07.2008 | Style

Read More: Coming Out, Homosexuality, Straight, Defining Sexuality, Gay, Style News

In the early nineties, Dan Rothenberg was having a gay old time--literally. A rising comedian in San Francisco, he spent his nights at clubs in the Ca...

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Gay Marriage is Natural

Paul J. Zak | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Animal Sex, Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Nature vs Nurture, Homosexuality Animals, Gay Marriage California, Gay Animals, Gay Marriage, Science Relationships, Politics News
Paul J. Zak

Much of the anti-gay-marriage argument rests on two assumptions: Life-long exclusive mate-bonding for purpose of rearing offspring is natural, and homosexuality is not. Both have little basis in fact.

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A Time to Ask. A Time to Tell

Richard Klass | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Homosexuality, Dod, Bill Clinton, Dadt, Homophobia, Civil Rights, Politics News
Richard Klass

What is often overlooked is that the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy was supposed to be a way station on the road to full acceptance of homosexuals in the military.

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