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MyGayZine – the vindictive pursuit of sexual uniformity
There was a time when a Christian printer could politely decline to p ... Continue reading
‘I vow to thee my country’…..’There is another country’
The church-state relationship in England at the present time is something of a dog s breakfast, the latest stage of a proce ... Continue reading
Madonna and Beyonce Pass Notes on Marriage Equality
Let's Start a Revolution" to her Instagram with the additional message, "#marriage equality.
A revolution of LOVE !!" Are you feeling the love from these ladies?
See both notes below. Continue reading
Meme: Stephen Amell Considers "Fifty Shades of Grey," Dave Franco and Zac Efron Are Frat Brothers, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson Is "Hot In…
Seriously? Please take time to meet Jack Andraka , who is 16, out, and a cancer researcher at John's Hopkins when he's not going to high school or dating boys. And that's really just the half of it.
The Croods is expected to win the box office this weekend with $42 million, followed by Olympus Has Fallen with $26 million. In West Virginia, the Lincoln Journal is under fire after publishing an anonymous voicemail left to the paper about a lesbian teacher allegedly fired for being gay. "We were really glad to hear that School Board is getting rid of them queers. The next thing is we need to get rid of all the n****rs, the spics, the kikes and the wops.
You know even them Catholics, they are wrong as baby eaters. We need to clear them people out and have good, white, God fearing Christians and everybody else needs to be put to death for their abominations. We'll keep Lincoln County white and right.
Thank you." A couple things: This is a really rural county, and I'm not surprised, these people exist, I hear them every day. But they are a tiny, shrinking minority. And Fairness WV thinks it can get HB 2856 passed this year, which would have prevented workers from being fired or evicted on the basis of their sexual orientation.
Finally, my local paper, The Register-Herald , only slightly less rural, ran a half page, above the fold in Section C today about American Academy of Pediatrics endorsing marriage equality. Jesse Tyler Ferguson is set to guest star in the Mary Tyler Moore reunion show of Hot In Cleveland . He'll play a "eccentric, esoteric character who speaks in intellectual terms about obscure movies." As the arguments for Prop 8 and DOMA approach, we're going to see a lot of news outlets trying to present "both sides" of civil rights, and failing miserably.
NPR committed journalistic malpractice with their profiles of my old friend Maggie Gallagher , saying It s easier to feel empathetic, Rauch says, knowing that Gallagher is not motivated by animus. They followed that up with NOM Chairman John Eastman , who says of marriage equality "It would forever sever the connection of marriage to procreation forever sever love from diapers. Love and diapers?
Isn't that Senator David Vitter's thing? USA Today joined in the "fair and balanced" thing with an article on the greatest opponents of civil rights, like drunk driving Cardinal Salvatore Cordileone , who says he has gay friends, and his position doesn't bother them. "It's a lot harder to be hateful or prejudiced against a person, or group of people, that one knows personally. When there is personal knowledge and human interaction, the barriers of prejudice and preconceived ideas come down." Do they?
Do they really, Cardinal? But in an expected piece of good news, Democratic Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has vetoed the bill that would have allowed anyone to discriminate against, well, just about anybody, as long as they claimed it was because of a sincerely held religious belief. In a brilliant bit of political cover, he says he only did it because the law would have led to a fortune in lawsuits.
Do conservatives or liberals have better gaydar? After outrage with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie saying he was skeptical of a bill to ban reparative therapy, his office clarified his remarks. "Gov. Christie does not believe in conversion therapy.
There is no mistaking his point of view on this when you look at his own prior statements where he makes clear that people s sexual orientation is determined at birth. Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse have joined Townies , with Seth Rogen and Zac Efron , with Efron starring as a fraternity president and Franco as his best friend. I'm hoping for toga parties.
With very short togas. Continue reading
Hillary Clinton Comes Out for Marriage Equality
That s why I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples. I support it personally and as a matter of policy and law. Clinton s sentiments in the video underscore the historic speech she made to the U.N.
in 2011 when she outlined the United States stance on an invisible minority and proclaimed a simple, powerful idea: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. She is the last in her family to voice support for marriage equality, with Chelsea Clinton and her father Bill Clinton joining the effort in New York to pass marraige equality in 2011. The former president has also since called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which he had signed into law while in office.
Watch Hillary Clinton s full statement below. (Via Advocate ) Continue reading
LGBT adopters and OSCR’s latest decision: putting children first
There s a critical shortage of parents in the UK at the moment.
And many LGBT people are in an ideal position to offer a loving a ... Continue reading
Whence comes this restraint?From too much liberty, my Lucio, liberty
I confess to having been impressed by O'Brien's contribution to the culture wars last year - not because of the arguments (which often lacked finesse and sounded sometimes ... Continue reading
Gay Marriage dabbling with the stats
This is in part down to years of campaigning for equal rights in the UK and our society s increasing acceptance of same ... Continue reading
Republicans Spend $3 Million Fighting Gay Marriage Instead Of…
The law, you may recall, forbids the federal government from extending any federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples. So the Center for American Progress took a second to illustrate several things that the U.S. government could do with $3 million, other than denying gay people their rights.
The image is below and it's genius . But for some reason, the Republican party isn't interested providing child healthcare or job training to unemployed veterans not that we're surprised by that. By the way, did you read the legal brief that the Republican lawyers filed to the Supreme Court earlier this week?
It argued that because gays and lesbians are "one of the most influential, best-connected, best-funded, and best organized interest groups" in the world, that we don't need the court to help secure our rights to marry or keep our jobs like everyone else. No really, that's what it said. You know who else was one of the "one of the most influential, best-connected, best-funded, and best organized interest groups" in the world?
The black civil rights movement.
We guess they didn't need the Supreme Court helping them out either. Continue reading
Dear Conservative Christians, It’s OK to Evolve on LGBT Equality
The controversy has sparked a more fundamental discussion: Are antigay beliefs welcome in the public square? The short answer is no, but this is not a wholesale rejection of Christian beliefs, or even traditional evangelical beliefs. At first glance, it may seem superficial to criticize Giglio based on a sermon he preached over a decade ago.
Even the president of the United States has evolved on LGBT equality in the past year. But Giglio has given no indication that his views have changed. In his withdrawal letter to the White House, he acknowledged that he doesn t agree with the President on every issue (read: LGBT equality), and on his blog he asserts that the right to hold differing views on any subject must be recovered and preserved.
We do live in a society that should welcome vibrant discourse on a variety of subjects. But when it comes to affirming the human dignity of an individual, there is no room for compromise. It s not up for discussion.
That s why, on second glance, something was very wrong with the initial selection. The problem was not merely a difference of opinion on an issue, but rather, that the prayer to our nation would be offered by a man who might not fully affirm the human dignity of all Americans. Pictured: Joseph Ward and Reverend Debra Peevey holding yards signs signed by interfaith clergy in Washington State.
I have no doubt that there are conservative Christian leaders who provide extraordinary ministry in the social justice arenas of their choosing. Reverend Giglio s commendable work to combat human trafficking was the rationale for his selection. But our culture is shifting, and when it comes to LGBT equality, Americans expect more from our churches.
The U.S. Episcopal Church, Metropolitan Community Churches, and the United Church of Christ are just a few of the denominations that are meeting this need. Christians are consistently becoming more visible advocates for the full inclusion of our LGBT neighbors.
Over the past few years I ve had many conversations with friends and families, and I ve seen folks move from antigay opinions to an unconditionally loving theology and everything in between. Christianity does not have to be exclusive of LGBT equality, and when it is, people are leaving the church. The Public Religion Research Institute found a significant increase in the number of college-age millennials who transitioned from being religiously affiliated in their childhood to religiously unaffiliated as young adults.
A sizable majority view present-day Christianity as antigay and judgmental and believe that what makes America great is our openness to change and new ways of doing things. As public opinion shifts, churches that do not fully affirm LGBT people will leave many in their flock behind. Scripture that is void of compassion is merely words, and our ability to have compassion for every human being is critical to our faith and in an increasingly diverse world.
If conservative Christians cannot stomach this evolution, they should not be surprised if progressive Christian traditions, like the U.S. Episcopal Church, gain more traction in society. For some, this is a necessary consequence to maintaining their biblical interpretation on homosexuality, but this shift should not be depicted as a decline of Christian beliefs in our society.
The exclusion of Reverend Giglio is not a matter of banishing conservative theology from the public square; it is a matter of the public demanding more from our churches more compassion, more understanding, and more dialogue about our biblical texts.
While I have and continue to appreciate the president s efforts to reach across the aisle, it is clear that his inaugural committee initially missed the mark on this one.
It isn t a problem to have an evangelical conservative give the benediction, but at the very least, a pastor who blesses our nation must fully affirm the human dignity of all Americans that includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans. ( Op-ed originally featured on Advocate.com ) Continue reading