gay issues

Howdy all, Things are looking promising for the passage of the civil union bill in Illinois before the end of the year, but the usual suspects are gearing up to kill the legislation... http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101117/news/711189836/ It is important for people to understand that...

Hey. I want to know how big this project is getting in terms of national awareness. How many religous leaders in the US are still insulting LGBT people like this guy : https://secure3.convio.net/hrc/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=945. Could someone please explain to me why they...

Seems there's some differences of opinion within the Muslim world. They are NOT all marching in lock step. This is an article from two years ago, but still relevant I think. Should beheading be the penalty for homosexuals? Brunei Times Emphasis added. And here's the kicker.

i see this term quite a bit in forums, particularly coming from the mouths/keyboards of ultra right wings christians. personally, i find it paranoid and ludicrous. having grown up as a queer man, and knowing the injustices that have been inflicted on my queer brothers and lesbian sisters, i...

How far do you think and feel society has come as regards to accepting homosexuality in the last twenty years? What do you hold up as evidence of progress? Where do you think society is stagnated on the issue? What do you think are the worst arguments against homosexuality that you've heard...

I heard this on the news this morning then looked it up for a link and am quite infuriated. http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/indianapolis_bakery_wont_serve_gay_students This is what bothered me most about the story: For context, the order that the owner considered obscene was of rainbow...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/31/cuba.castro.gays/index.html?hpt=T2 Why does he care now? He has kept the island a virtual prison for years, is he going senile? Ranb

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/2417426,CST-NWS-SNEED22.article The "parade" is the annual Chicago Pride Parade. Is this a first for the Stanley Cup? And major props to Brent Sopel for escorting it and representing the Blackhawks. And they're flying it in from the NHL draft in LA just for...

link I understand the state has a right to regulate which words can appear on a plate, but if they can't come up with a better reason than it "may be offensive to the general public," they should give up the fight.

OK, so heterosexual marriage is OK, but same-sex marriage is 'mature'? Personally, I think that giving players choice is a good thing, and that if a game allowed gay marriage without hassle in 19 freaking 60, it's frankly ridiculous to cry about the subject today. Stupid WorldNutDaily.

OK, so there's now a significant chance that Norway will allow gay marriage and adoption as well as artificial insemination in the near future, and of course the conservatives are making one last stand, throwing every last useless argument they have at the enlightened crowd. Gay is unnatural...

I watched a documentary a few nights ago, entitled We Are Dad, about two gay men, the six kids with HIV/AIDS that no one else wanted that they took into their homes and their hearts, and the family that they created for these children. The first four children that they took in and became...

It's a miracle. In just three weeks the Rev. Ted Haggard has declared himself cured of being a homosexual. He is convinced he is a hetero, completely and unequivocally. Will wonders never cease? Thank the lord! Haggard has beat SSAD or Same Sex Attraction Disorder hands down.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-vatican23.html Transitory homosexuality? What does that mean? And why three years? Is that how long it takes to get rid of the cooties? Wow. Why would the priesthood be so far above the national average? "I deeply respect you and your...

Here's a satirical page that sarcastically makes a lot of the same points we've discussed here about gay marriage. http://grove.ufl.edu/~ggsa/gaymarriage.html

http://www.msnbc.com/news/928192.asp Moving on forward. Edit- Best part of the article is: