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Wayne Besen

The Gay Community's Pope Problem

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Washington Archdiocese, Thomas Tobin, Truth Wins Out, Patrick Kennedy, Brazil, Pope Benedict XVI, Wayne Besen, Bishop Richard Williamson, Chuck Colson, Barack Obama, Vatican, HIV/AIDS, John Kerry, LGBT Rights, Manhattan Declaration, Gay Marriage, Politics News
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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Voting on Equal Rights is a National Disgrace

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, Briggs Initiative, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Civil Rights, Lesbian, National Organization for Marriage, Maine Gay Marriage, Truth Wins Out, Referendum, Anita Bryant, Gay, Wayne Besen, California, Gay Marriage, Politics News
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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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Obama's Big Gay Speech

Wayne Besen | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights Campaign, Hrc, David Mixner, Wayne Besen, Barack Obama, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama HRC Speech, Glbt, National Equality March, Maine Gay Marriage, Saturday Night Live, Defense of Marriage Act, Big Gay Speech, Obama Big Gay Speech, Politics News
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Let it be known that the GLBT community is no longer interested in being pals with the powerful or having the famous tell us we are fabulous -- unless it leads to action.

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Pope Condom Quote Undermines Credibility

Wayne Besen | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, The O'Reilly Factor, Hiv, Africa, Raymond Arroyo, Condoms, Aids, Wayne Besen, Pope, Politics News
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"You can't resolve HIV with the distribution of condoms," the Pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde, Cameroon. "On the contrary, it increases the problem."

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

Wayne Besen | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Truth Wins Out, Focus on the Family, Tim Goeglein, Wayne Besen, Tim Daly, Media News
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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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Winds of Change

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gay, Proposition 8, Gay Marriage, Lesbian, Wayne Besen, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
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The rules of the Mormon, Catholic and Evangelical churches are now enshrined into civil law. I think people are finally awakened to this existential threat and willing to fight back.

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Palin's All Dressed Up and Plotting

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jerry Falwell, John McCain, Rick Warren, Gay, Prop. 8, Wayne Besen, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Lgbt, Politics News
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Like vultures circling the walking dead, social conservatives, these rapacious and repugnant culture warriors, are already poised to foist blame on McCain -- if he loses -- for not being conservative enough.

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The Radio Hall of Shame To Honor James Dobson

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Dump Dobson, Andrew Colvin, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Love Won Out, James Dobson, Truth Wins Out, Respect My Research, Focus on the Family, Radio Hall of Fame, Wayne Besen, Bruce DuMont, Conservative Radio, Chicago News
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James Dobson's self-righteous ranting about gay people overrides his ratings and the prejudice he perpetuates overshadows his popularity.

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Goodbye Gay Conservatives, Don't Let the Door Hit You On the Way Out

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Dan Quayle, Log Cabin Republicans, Dale Carpenter, Lesbian, George W. Bush, Pat Robertson, Gay, Truth Wins Out, Barack Obama, Wayne Besen, Politics News
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I wasn't aware that Congress had to choose between the economy and protecting GLBT people from job discrimination. I had no idea that passing a hate crime law might hinder our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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An Obama Administration and Gay Rights

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, John McCain, Gay Rights, Enda, Homosexual, Sarah Palin, Truth Wins Out, Barack Obama, Wayne Besen, Election, Politics News
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Palin's nasty one-liners aren't resonating at a time when peoples' bank accounts are flat lining. Cutthroat politics don't work as well when people are cutting back on gas and groceries. In a time of grave economic harm, one needs more than folksy charm.

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Log Cabin Republicans Should Disband

Wayne Besen | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Gay, Log Cabin Republicans, Sarah Palin, Homosexual, Wayne Besen, George W. Bush, Politics News
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Log Cabin's tragic endorsement of John McCain exhibits an obdurate denial of his anti-gay record and a stubborn unwillingness to admit that their one-time hero is now hopeless.

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Convention: What Obama Must Do To Win

Wayne Besen | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, Gop, John McCain, Lesbian, Obama, Right Wing, Joe Biden, Gay, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Wayne Besen, Democratic National Committe, Politics, Howard Dean, Andy Tobias, Dnc, Politics News
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For Obama to become president, the Democrats have to stop acting like bureaucrats and sell their candidate, while tearing down John McCain.

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Rick Warren's Carnival of Confession

Wayne Besen | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Glbt, Social Conservatives, Homosexual, Ex-Gay, Obama, Mccain, Religious Right, Right Wing, Gay, Democrats, Presidential Debates, Wayne Besen, Evangelicals, Politics, Religion, Rick Warren, Saddleback, Same Sex Marriage, Russia, Republicans, Scott Mcclellan, Politics News
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While Rick Warren is an improvement over Focus on the Family's James Dobson, he must teach evangelicals there is a better way than the selfishness of modern conservatism.

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The Big 'Ex-Gay' Extravaganza

Wayne Besen | Posted 08.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Randy Thomas, Consumer Fraud, Alan Chambers, Asheville, Flase Hope, Truth Wins Out, Ex-Gay, Former Homosexual, Exodus, Wayne Besen, Pfox, Narth, Civil Rights, Media News
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Exodus Intl. may smile and tell the mainstream media they love homosexuals, but at the "ex-gay" group's glitzy annual conference in Asheville, NC., 700 confused gay people had their souls strip-mined.

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The 'Pro-Family' Scam

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, Progressive, Lesbian, American Family Association, Truth Wins Out, New York Times, Right Wing, Gay, Wayne Besen, Politics News
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Right wing organizations can be considered many things -- but certainly not advocates for the family. They inhale money, exhale anti-gay pollution and have done absolutely nothing for the traditional families.

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