DC archbishop got his start as anti-gay Vatican enforcer

  Archbishop Donald Wuerl. Background: Basillica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC

The Catholic archbishop of Washington, DC has remained mostly silent so far this week in the midst of a political firestorm ignited Wednesday when his diocese announced, through a spokesman, that social service programs run by the diocese under contract with the DC government would be shuttered if the city passes a marriage equality law that does not give the church an exemption allowing it to violate provisions of the DC Human Rights Act.
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"It's a dangerous thing when the Catholic Church starts writing and determining the legislation and the laws of the District of Columbia,&qu

Yesterday, John and I both posted on the Catholic Church's threat to abandon the poor, sick and homeless because of it unrelenting hatred towards gay people.
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Safe sex ad goes too far

With the slogan 'AIDS is a mass murderer' and images of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Saddam Hussein, it is no surprise that a series of German safer sex ads are getting a lot of attention, and not all of it good.
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Limbaugh, Hannity and Bauer urge Democrats not to let Kennedy's death rejuvenate push for health care reform

An addict, a pretty boy past his prime, and an effeminate heterosupremacist think Ted Kennedy is best remembered by not passing the health care reform bill that he said he wanted right before he died.
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HomoQuotable - George Takei

“Gay men and lesbians are in the military, fighting and sacrificing, and yet there is this discriminatory law: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
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Lalu against legalising gay sex, Sharad Yadav has no issues

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday said the Delhi High Court had done a 'very dangerous thing' by decriminalising gay sex, though Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav believed 'homosexuality is not an issue in India'.
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Halo 3 Killer Teen Gets Life In Prison

17-year-old Daniel Petric will be over 40 by the time he's eligible for parole: the teen who shot his mother to death and wounded his father after being grounded from playing Halo 3 was found guilty in January and sentenced this week to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 23 years.
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David Carradine: INXS Part 2

After initial reports that actor David Carradine had committed suicide by hanging, comes word that he probably died accidentally after engaging in auto-erotic asphyxiation - just as in the case of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence.
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