Today LGR learned that at least seven openly gay people have been named President-elect Barack Obama's transition team and are being assigned to review federal departments and agencies.
Presidents traditionally appoint members of their transition teams to middle and high-level posts in their administrations. Officials working in presidential election campaigns also have been named to government agency jobs and White House positions under past president
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One often hears the argument from those against gay marriage that "Gays are not denied the right to marry: they can legally marry a person of the opposite gender.
A reader writes:
I think there is something missing in this discussion that is often overlooked.
At times I find myself telling anti-gay activists that I will pray for them. And I'm sure that they assume that if I really do pray for them that my prayers are a mirror image of those above.
File this under "makes me embarrassed to be human":
On November 16th, pastors and other clergymen will be congregating at our nation's capitol to publicly defame homosexuals, in order to "challenge" the Matthew Shepard Act , a congressional act which protects citizens against hate crimes committed because of the victim's perceived sexuality.
Perhaps the Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell picked up his unflinching boldness in his pursuit of justice from all those years he spent on the civil rights trail with the man he calls Martin King.
After the first ArtsBeat post on the South Park controversy appeared today, a commenter using the identifier "RW," wrote , "Didn't 'queer' used to be a derogatory name for homosexuals - " and yet today many gay groups embrace the term.
Irish pop group BOYZONE have been honoured by gay rights campaigners in London - with officials preparing a special tribute for late member STEPHEN GATELY.
There are dozens of statements about how one should not disparage another, especially when you, yourself, have dirty little secrets.
EXTREME SCENE: Natalie Portman - who has previously admitted she would consider embarking on a same-sex romance - insists there is nothing sexually compelling about the romp with Mila Kunis in new movie 'Black Swan'.
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