White House officials met with secularist and atheist groups for the first time in history. Of course since religious groups have lost their exclusive access to the WH they must have tantrums over the event.
The supporters of Proposition 8 realize how poorly their side argued their case in Perry vs. Schwarzenegger. So now, like monkeys, they are pulling yet more poo out of their backsides and flinging it in hopes that something will stick to the wall.
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The potential harms they cited included giving bisexuals a legal basis for pursuing group marriages and unmarried fathers an incentive to abandon their children.
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Bisexual means a person can be romantically and sexually attracted to either gender. It doesn’t mean they’re inclined to fall in love with both at the same time. Of course the bigots like to push the notion that it’s the latter because then they can also pimp their slippery slope fallacy. OMG, if we allow same-sex marriage it might lead to POLYGAMY!!! Yeah, and people might start squeezing the Charmin too. Please people, protect the toilet paper and vote NO on Gay.
As to the claim that same-sex marriage would give unmarried fathers an incentive to abandon their children…that’s pure horsecrap. There are already millions of “deadbeat dads” out there and it has absolutely nothing to do with same-sex marriage. It’s high time that heterosexual people stop blaming gay people and gay unions for the failings of heterosexual relationships.
A student in a Maryland middle school refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Her teacher mocked her and called her names on the first day, and had the school police escort her to the office on the second day. It’s a good thing the girl wasn’t doodling on her desk….
Yet another Christian is crying “persecution” and filing a lawsuit because he thinks they shouldn’t have to share public space with others, or be pestered with the opinions of those who think differently. Perhaps a secured commune would be a better place for him.
Finally, this “Christian” charity will stop providing aid to Haiti if they won’t turn from their evil Voodoo ways and convert to Christianity. This is exactly why I despise most “faith based” charities–they don’t truly want to help but only to push their religion on others. The aid they provide is only a vehicle to gain more bodies for their god. There is nothing moral about what they do.
Some people purposely claim LGBT people are not discriminated against in the US. They do so with the intent to deceive, and to perpetuate the system that oppresses us. Others mistakenly believe we have full protections under the law; this is the 21st century after all. But the reality is that we still lack many of the basic legal protections others have and take for granted. For example, in 30 states it is perfectly legal to deny housing to us just because we are gay. West Virginia is one of those states.
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Darby is gay. She and her partner, Erika Johnson, have been together for two years. They were looking forward to sharing an apartment together when they hit an unexpected roadblock with their potential landlord.
“I said, ‘Is it the gay thing?’ and I got a response that, ‘Yeah, I guess I have a problem with that,’ ” Darby said.
We talked to the landlord in question, and he adamantly denied that claim. He said the reason he didn’t rent to Darby and Johnson had nothing to do with them being gay. But, while investigating that issue, we learned that West Virginia has no law preventing a landlord from turning down a potential tenant simply because he or she is gay.
In fact, 30 states have no such law, including Ohio and Kentucky.
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The Federal Fair Housing Act also has no protection for those who are gay. Dotson says while there are no laws preventing discrimination, it’s absolutely the wrong thing to do.
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While there’s no state protection for discrimination based on sexual orientation in West Virginia, Charleston does have protection within the city limits.
For more evidence of the Christian Love in WV read the Comments Section under the article.
They’re being particularly efficient and lethal with their proposed bill, despite claims to the contrary. They want to fully isolate gay people by ensuring nobody will wish to associate with them (who would, when the penalty is death?). And of course this will lead to an all-out witch-hunt to weed out gay people and gay-sympathizers. In the process countless people who aren’t either will fall prey to this heinous law. But as I’ve said before, no amount of collateral damage is too much for the anti-gay bigots who want to exterminate us in order to sate their own hatred.
Of course they’re already being held up as martyrs, as were their MA counterparts before them. But the plain fact is that Catholic Charities chose to end its foster care program in DC, just as CC in MA chose to cease adoption services in MA, because they didn’t want to obey laws every other agency is subject to. Nobody “forced” them to do anything.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has ended its 80-year-old foster-care program in the District rather than license same-sex couples, the first fallout from a bitter debate over the city’s move to legalize same-sex marriage.
Catholic Charities, which runs more than 20 social service programs for the District, transferred its entire foster-care program — 43 children, 35 families and seven staff members — to another provider, the National Center for Children and Families. Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), the D.C. Council member who chairs the Committee on Human Services, said he didn’t know of any problems with the transfer, which happened Feb. 1.
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So that’s that. Despite former threats that children would be left wandering the streets and DC would implode because of Teh Gays, the entire caseload is already being served by another agency. Granted it’s another “faith based” provider, but I suppose I can’t expect perfection. At the very least they show no overt signs of being as bigoted as their CC counterparts.
Edward Orzechowski, president and chief executive of Catholic Charities, the archdiocese’s social service arm, said the group is optimistic that it will find a way to structure its benefits packages in other social service programs so that it can remain in partnership with the city without recognizing same-sex marriage.
Asked if that meant looking at ways to avoid paying benefits to same-sex partners or ways to write benefits plans so as not to characterize same-sex couples as “married,” Orzechowski said “both, and.”
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Translation: Catholic Charities wants to flaunt the law and still keep taking taxpayer dollars–including those of the people whose rights they’re directly violating. So much for the “moral values” instilled by religion.
Paul Cameron is an expert only in his own mind, much in the vein of Peter LaBarbera. His “Family Research Institute” is a certified hate group. Cameron had legitimate credentials until he was quite literally expelled from every professional group in the US and Canada due to his personal, unethical anti-gay crusade. Now he merely pretends to be a researcher and “expert” while he continues his demonization of LGBT people, and his quest to strip them of any and all rights they have, or might ever have.
(American Psychological Association) “Paul Cameron (Nebraska) was dropped from membership for a violation of the Preamble to the Ethical Principles of Psychologists”
Nebraska Psychological Association adopted a resolution stating that it “formally disassociates itself from the representations and interpretations of scientific literature offered by Dr. Paul Cameron
(American Sociological Association) “Dr. Paul Cameron has consistently misinterpreted and misrepresented sociological research on sexuality, homosexuality, and lesbianism” and noted that “Dr. Paul Cameron has repeatedly campaigned for the abrogation of the civil rights of lesbians and gay men, substantiating his call on the basis of his distorted interpretation of this research.”
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The American Sociological Association officially and publicly states that Paul Cameron is not a sociologist, and condemns his consistent misrepresentation of sociological research.
The Canadian Psychological Association takes the position that Dr. Paul Cameron has consistently misinterpreted and misrepresented research on sexuality, homosexuality, and lesbianism and thus, it formally disassociates itself from the representation and interpretations of scientific literature in his writings and public statements on sexuality.
Essentially, no legitimate professionals want anything to do with Paul Cameron. The only people who take him remotely seriously are the so-called “pro-family” groups, and even some of them have stopped citing his work to support their anti-gay agenda as he is so widely known as counterfeit.
At any rate, Cameron has decided to rear his ugly head for the first time in a while. For what reason? To defend DADT with the outrageous claim that straight male soldiers are in grave danger because gay soldiers are inherently prone to sexual predation. Needless to say, Cameron’s flinging feces again, as there aren’t any facts in his “research”.
Classically Liberal dissects multiple reports and studies to show what I’ve long known, and have reportedmore than once–that God and religion simply aren’t the answer to society’s woes.
A church leader declares many Christians have lost their way, and turned Christianity into a crusade against others rather than an effort to bring others to Christ and seek God’s Kingdom. It’s nice to see one of them speak up since our voices go largely ignored when we say it.
You probably saw the NYT article that claimed 50% of gay married men are in “open marriages”. What you didn’t see is how they distorted the study, and outright lied, to once again smear gay couples. Read the facts at Truth Wins Out.
Loving, committed same-sex couples cannot get married in most US states. Opposite-sex couples who are complete strangers, on the other hand, can do so with no problem whatsoever. This is the “sanctity of traditional marriage” we’re always hearing about? Gay people’s rights are being sacrificed to “protect” this?
SALT LAKE CITY—A film distribution company has bought the rights to a documentary about the Mormon church’s role in a California ballot initiative to ban gay marriage.
Filmmaker Reed Cowan says “8: The Mormon Proposition” will hit theaters this spring and a DVD will follow. Cowan says he sold the film’s North American distribution rights to the newly formed Red Flag Releasing.
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It’s rare that we feel a movie important enough that we’ll shell out the exorbitant fees theaters are now charging for tickets–it’s been more than a year since we’ve gone–but we will be there when this movie is in our area. Of course we’ll also get the DVD when it comes out.
“I think it’s a very important issue to us, not only gay marriage, but the issue of separation of church and state,” said Federbush. “We saw it at Sundance and felt it connected with the audience.”
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“I’m pretty excited,” said Cowan, a former Mormon who is gay. “Now the film does truly go on to be seen all over the United States and people can decide for themselves.”
I’m excited too. This is a movie that needs as much exposure as possible.
Every state in the Union at the time of the Founding had laws which made homosexual behavior illegal. In fact, that noted icon of the left, Thomas Jefferson, wrote a law for the state of Virginia that mandated castration as punishment for two men apprehended for male-to-male friskiness.
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This raises the question, then, as to whether sodomy laws should be, or legitimately have been, repealed just because they are rarely enforced.
The answer to this is a clear and unequivocal “No.”
Think for a moment of the current social controversies that could potentially be avoided if homosexual conduct was still against the law.
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Gay marriage: problem solved. We should never legalize unions between any two people when the union is forged specifically to engage in felony behavior. Would we sanction, for instance, the formation of a corporation whose stated purpose was to import illegal drugs?
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Hate crimes laws: problem solved. We wouldn’t throw a pastor in jail for saying that illegal behavior is not only illegal but also immoral. For instance, he’s free to say that murder is not only contrary to man’s law but also to God’s law. End of the threat to freedom of religion and speech.
Special rights for homosexuals in the workplace: problem solved. No employer should be forced to hire admitted felons to work for him. End of the threat to freedom of religion and freedom of association in the marketplace.
This list could actually be extended, but you get the point. Laws not only curb dangerous and risky behavior, they keep such behavior from being normalized, sanctioned and endorsed by the rest of society, and as such render an enormous benefit to a healthy culture.
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Bothered by those pesky gay people asking for equal civil rights? Solve the problem by making gay illegal! Then Teh Gays could be jailed, castrated, or even put to death legally. Now where have I heard that idea before?
So after Fischer and his AFA friends take out gay people, who will they want to go after next? Who will they next want to criminalize and eradicate in the name of their “deeply held religious beliefs”?
