As he strolled with his girlfriend in downtown San Jose, David Palacios looked like the type of voter who will oppose the November ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage in California -- young urbanite, well-educated, a resident of a Bay Area metropolis. Except that Palacios is Latino. "I'm for civil unions -- not gay marriage," said Palacios, 20, who grew up on the East Side of San Jose and says he is likely to vote in favor of Proposition 8.
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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'.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - Conservative Christian group Focus on the Family donated just over $115,000 to the fight against gay marriage in Maine.
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