Source: The Huffington Post
I hate to hold Dick Cheney and his wife out as models, but I'm absolutely going to in this case. Cheney is convinced of how right he is in matters of war and state -- but when it came to family, Cheney and his wife evolved. I know that he does not harass his daughter Mary.
Source: The Christian Post
Division among Baptists in Texas over the issue of publicly featuring homosexual couples among their membership.
Source: WorldNetDaily
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have announced a new program that will charge heterosexuals 10 percent extra for their air travel to specific locations during the Christmas season.
Source: The Stranger
"A small percentage of men who are principally sexually attracted to women—perhaps as many as 2–3 percent—are also sexually attracted to the idea of being women themselves.
Source: FOXNews.com
Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times has learned.
Source: Associated Content
The US House of Representatives have approved a bill, granting broad protections against discrimination in the workplace for gay men, lesbians and bisexuals.
Source: CNN
Obama takes heat for link to McClurkin Obama is taking heat for his link to Gospel singer Donnie McClurkin. A gay rights group on Monday urged Barack Obama to cut ties with a gospel singer who it says spreads false information about homosexuality being a choice.
Source: socyberty.com
A strangely inconsistent policy. It is becoming widely known that the Koran condemns homosexuality, and in many Islamic countries, gays and lesbians are put to death as the result of the scripture.
Source: pridedepot.com
A fanatical religious movement that preaches that gays caused the Holocaust because Hitler himself was a homosexual is gaining in popularity in the United States.
Source: Reuters
At least the spin is a two way street. Even ruthless dictators have press corps.
Source: The L.A. Times
The first generation of openly gay Americans chalked up a lot of firsts -- a gay-rights march in Washington, openly gay politicians in national office and out-of-the-closet actors on sitcoms.
Source: Science Daily
Science Daily — According to a study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations, blacks and Latinos do not have more mental disorders than whites.
Source: juancole.com
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's bigotted statement that there are no homosexuals in Iran derived from his rightwing religious commitments. What he said is very serious. He erased gays right out of existence.
Source: bestsyndication.com
The Iranian leader has questioned the number of Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II. In response to a question, Ahmadinejad said Monday "I am not saying that it didn't happen at all. This is not the judgment that I am passing here.
Source: Toronto
Undiplomatic exchange part of sparring over rights abuses since death of Zahra Kazemi Excerpts:
Source: breitbart.tv
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country. We don't have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who has told you that we have it."
Source: The Times
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to hold a secret Communion service for gay clergy and their partners in London.
America can't function without Presidents. Hell, most people can't function without some inkling of a President's superiority cradling their lofty, fragile desires. For many, a President's religion must be as much a part of them as their wake of mislead and broken promises.
Source: CNN
An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show.
Source: Newsday.com
"In an apparent distortion of the First Amendment, they are claiming that they have the right to discriminate against people who do not share their religious tenets," she said. I count at least three things wrong in this one sentence. Any takers?
Despite a clear liberal political track record on social issues that puts him on the wrong side of the influential conservative base of the Repubican Party, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to lead the pack of GOP presidential hopefuls.
Source: Telegraph
Muslim or Christian guest house owners who refuse to accept homosexual couples must impose a "sleeping together ban" on all other guests, the Government says.
Irony as best defined by the military services of these United States is the issue of discharging homosexual soldiers in a period of failing recruitment.
Source: pinknews.co.uk
Gloria Gaynor, the American singer whose hit I Will Survive is seen as a gay anthem, told Radio 4 this morning that gay people should embrace Christ and that her status as a gay icon allows her to lead them to Him.
Source: thelocal.se
Sweden, already a pioneer in giving same-sex couples the right to adopt children, looks set to allow gays to marry in the Lutheran Church, with plans to introduce a new marriage law in January 2008.