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Maine— A Maine school counselor wants a state board to toss out a complaint filed against him because he appeared in a television commercial opposing gay marriage. Donald Mendell of Palmyra, a counselor at Kokomis High School, calls the complaint against...
Tags: Maine, gay marriage, Donald Mendell, Newport, New England, Nokomis, Social Issues, Education, Kennebec, Homosexuality, Sexual orientation, Penobscot County Maine, Same-sex marriage
So have Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa. All these nations have legalised same-sex marriage, without evident undermining of heterosexual marriage and the family relationships based upon it. And in Britain, Sweden, Switzerland,...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, LGBT rights in Australia, Jon Stanhope, Rudd Government, Same-sex marriage, Robert McClelland (Australian politician), Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Politics of Australia, Kevin Rudd, Politics, Law Crime, Homosexuality, Marriage privatization, Status of same-sex marriage, Marriage, Same-sex relationship, Social Issues, Marriage law, Domestic partnership, Recognition of same-sex unions in Australia, Family law, Civil union
Mark Tidd's Highlands Church in Denver is trying "to live and love without labels" in an inclusive community. This kind of open-minded approach to full church life for gay, lesbian and transgender people, along with everyone else, Tidd said, could be...
Tags: Mark Tidd, Highlands Church, Mark Achtemeier, Denver, Christianity and homosexuality, Homosexuality, Gay Christian Network, Justin Lee, Homosexuality and Christianity, Sexual orientation, Christian philosophy, Social Issues, Religion Belief
The sentiment isn’t always worded this blatantly, but it’s out there. Usually, when people find out I’m a lesbian they say something like, “Oh, well, at least you live in New York City.” It’s true, being gay in New York is certainly better than being...
Tags: New York City, Upstate New York, Same-sex sexuality, Sexual orientation, Gender, Homosexuality, LGBT, Social Issues, Human Interest
To my 39 viewers who viewed my warning that this poem was coming, thank you. This ode will go down as one of the most controversial pieces of poetry ever created. Without further ado, let's go! This ode goes to one of the biggest idiots to...
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A new report released by the commission says the rise in homophobic crimes occurred at the same time as the county experienced a drop of 4 percent overall in hate crimes from 763 in 2007 to 729 in 2008. The commission found the number of religion-based...
Tags: hate crimes, county hate, Los Angeles, Crimes, Hate crime, Hate crime laws in the United States, Law Crime, Social Issues, Homosexuality, Violence against LGBT people, Matthew Shepard
This article was originally published in the October 16, 1984 issue of the Boston Phoenix. On September 10, Boston City Councilor David Scondras wrote a letter to the city’s group-health-insurance director. “We have a non-discrimination policy in...
Tags: Boston City Council, David Scondras, domestic partners, Boston Herald, Boston Phoenix, Boston, Gay community, Homosexuality, Lesbian, Domestic partnership in the United States, LGBT rights in Brazil, Sexual orientation, Domestic partnership, Same-sex marriage, Social Issues, Labor
Demonstrators targeted Uganda's UN mission in New York on Thursday to protest a proposed law that would punish homosexuality with life in prison in the eastern African country. About 40 people picketed the UN mission at Uganda House in Manhattan, chanting:...
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Longtime anti-gay activist Dave Wilson, who once led a successful effort to amend the city charter to deny benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian city employees, has sent out 35,000 fliers opposing the mayoral candidacy of Annise Parker in part because...
Tags: Dave Wilson, Annise Parker, Houston Chronicle, Houston, Gay, Homosexuality, Sexual orientation, Lesbian, Social Issues
Bishop Jackson, homosexuality and gay marriage are not to blame for black culture being in a free fall. Hundreds of thousands of black children are born to unwed parents, and quite often, these children know very little of their fathers...But don't go...
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