The Blight of Moral Cowardice

“The Vice Chancellor of City University London, Julius Weinberg, should resign. He is refusing to take any action after the Islamic Society hosted a fundamentalist preacher, Abu Usamah, who advocates the murder of gay people and of Muslims who give up their faith,” said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
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Latest News (Human Rights Watch)

Homophobic violence in recent months has threatened LGBT people's access to basic freedoms. Leading politicians should show the courage to condemn hatred and prevent abuse.
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Confessions of a Cryo Kid: "Religion isn't the answer (or even the question)

A quote by Lindsay at Confessions of a Cryo-Kid I'd like to highlight: "Each and every one of us should be concerned about human rights, regardless if we're Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Hindi, Buddhist, Muslim, or Atheist, because we are ALL human"

http://cryokidconfessions.
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A Tale of 2 Jurisdictions: California Voters Can Decide Marriage Law, But D.C. Cannot

While the District of Columbia just decided that allowing the people to vote, via ballot initiative, on same-sex marriage would violate the city's Human Rights Act — because popular vote should not decide civil rights — the State of California finds itself fielding five just-approved ballot measures to reverse Proposition 8, the ballot measure that [.
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Of Flesh and Blood We're Made

Does this mean if we'd just called them human rights instead of gay then we'd still be able to marry in California and Rhode Island?The Associated Press reports:The District of Columbia Board of Ethics and Elections said a measure that would ban same-sex marriages cannot go on the city’s ballot.
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.The President is still in China. Today, he kept pushing his message of human rights -- and he should.
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Integrity USA Challenges Anglican Communion to Uphold Uganda Human Rights

This weekend, Integrity USA expressed “grave concern” over the Uganda anti-gay death-penalty bill that is queued for approval by the Ugandan Parliament early in 2010.
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LGBT Hehlping Hands 11/16/09-The Bloomington Beacon (IN)

The Bloomington Beacon Center is a project of Bloomington Beacon, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. The corporation's mission statement says, "Bloomington Beacon provides human services and educational, economic and cultural opportunities for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) communities in south-central Indiana.
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Obama removes Suu Kyi's release from statement

Maybe he's a fierce advocate for human rights too. Reaching out to Myanmar to try another path forward is fine but dropping calls for the release of Suu Kyi in a public statement is beyond disappointing.
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China arrests dissidents before Obama arrives

The Olympics changed everything. How about a big round of applause for the IOC. Oh that's right, they already patted themselves on the back despite no sign of change.
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DC Catholic church says it won’t help poor if it can’t discriminate against LGBT people

St. Mathhew’s Cathedral, Washington, DC Flickr photo by MVI

The Roman Catholic church threatened Wednesday to shut down the social service programs it runs for the District of Columbia if the DC city council adopts a marriage equality law in its current form.
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China Aims to Supplant Western Aid to Uganda’s Executioners

Even as Western nations slowly rise to protest Uganda’s vow to exterminate HIV-positive Ugandans and to imprison friends and families of LGBT Ugandans, China is stepping in with $10 billion in new aid to Africa — much of it targeted at Uganda.
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WHAT WOMEN REALLY WANT!Apparently pretty much the same thing than gay guys ...

Here is an ad for a Danish website Fleggaard claiming to know what women really want ... And as you are about to see in the video below, women pretty much want the same thing than gay guys ;-) I hope no-one was offended by so much cliché [FYI, OMO is a very popular detergent washing powder in Europe] because when it comes to human rights Denmark is way way WAY ahead of our ancient civilization here in America.
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Headlines for Thursday

Gay News Headlines for Thursday: Update on Fort Worth Bar Raid; Update on Wisconsin SC Case; Mormon Gay Advocates; SF police post; NOM’s Maggie Gallagher Basks at pro-gay D.
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GAY IRANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH

Nemat Safavi, 21 years old, has been sentenced to death by the juvenile court in Ardebil, a city northwest Iran.
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Nov 19, 2009: Living Liberally / Drinking Liberally at Rookies Sports Club

Come down to Rookies for a bite and a brew and some good conversation with progressives in the community.
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UN panel faults Russia's support for human rights

UN panel faults Russia's support for human rightsThe Associated PressMoscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov is an outspoken foe of gay rights and always has blocked attempts to hold gay pride marches in the capital.
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US slams Uganda's new anti-gay bill

The US embassy in Kampala said on Thursday that if Uganda's recently tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill became law, it would mark a major setback in the promotion of human rights.
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Tatchell to deliver keynote speech at city festival

Human Rights campaigner Peter Tatchell will deliver a speech on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights as part of Birmingham's new SHOUT festival.
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"Her R71 ballot was the last document that she attached her signature to."

Joe Mirabella has given us permission to re-post this story.  I think anyone working in the trenches for human rights will appreciate it.
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