“Under the hate crimes rubric, gays are asked to see themselves as sad, passive victims of hate, reaching out to government to protect them more than those just targeted for other reasons (having money, for example). … Does anyone seriously believe that a hate-crimes federal law will actually prevent gay bashing? [...] Full story...
Our friend Mike Tidmus reports on his blog about an ad campaign by the American Humanist Association.
Terry Gross and Fresh Air broke this story yesterday, with an interview with Jeff Sharlet, author of “The Family.
(Weekly Column)
Earlier this week, extremists within the Republican Party proposed a 10-point checklist of principles that GOP candidates would have to sign if they expect to receive Party support.
Nathaniel Frank, author of Unfriendly Fire, has written the best response I’ve seen to the hateful, angst-ridden screed known as the Manhattan Declaration, which Bruce wrote extensively about on this site.
In more than twenty years of activism, I can honestly say that the anti-gay organization, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX), is by far the most immoral, bizarre and dishonest organization I have come across.
Michael Jones over at Change.Org has a post up wondering if same-sex marriage will be the next thing Catholic Bishops will start threatening to deny Catholic politicians over.
So, I’m perusing the wingnutty wares at ClownHall, and what do I find? I find Star Parker, anti-gay “writer” and “thinker,” tossing up a veritable word salad of Sad and Fail! So let’s read it, together:
Sodom in the nation’s capital
Oh, this must be a piece about road-weary travelers looking for food and a night of [.
H.L Mencken’s observation that theology is an attempt to explain the unknowable in the terms of the not worth knowing kept coming back to me as I slogged repeatedly through the six pages of The Manhattan Declaration over the weekend.
A Rutland, Vermont, Family Court judge ruled Friday that “ex-gay” activist Lisa Miller, who absconded with her daughter Isabella in 2004 and violated numerous visitation orders since then, must transfer custody to her ex-spouse Janet Jenkins.
The FBI said Monday that reports of antigay hate crimes rose 11 percent from 2007 to 2008. The FBI survey defines a hate crime as a conviction for a crime ranging from intimidation and simple assault, to murder.
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