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Posts Tagged ‘Gays’
March 27th, 2015 - 2:27 pm § in Politics
Indiana Republicans cut their own economic throats by legalizing discrimination against gays
The backlash has already started. Organizations from the NCAA to big companies are reassessing their relationships with the State of Indiana. This isn’t about sentimentality or corporations suddenly getting a conscience and caring about human rights. These are hard-headed business decisions. T[...]
March 3rd, 2015 - 3:24 pm § in Misc.
California lawyer files initiative to have “Sodomites” put to death
A California lawyer has filed an initiative, called the “Sodomite Suppression Act,” requiring that ‘any person who willingly touches another person of the same gender for purposes of sexual gratification be put to death by bullets to the head or by any other convenient method”[...]
The U.S. Constitution treats belief and behavior differently
A Richland, Washington, florist is digging in for a legal fight she’s likely to lose. Meanwhile Seattle’s new police chief has imposed restrictions on what the department’s employees can post on social media, and the usually combative leader of the police union is counseling his [...]
February 28th, 2014 - 10:43 am § in Misc.
South Carolina: Trumps AZ, Blocks Books That Mention Gays
Seems like South Carolina is running for capital of the Confederacy, putting the legislature in charge of college curriculum. Why do good people choose to live there? Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to cut $70,000 in funding from two public colleges that a[...]
Anderson Cooper: “The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.”
Anderson Cooper’s Letter to Andrew Sullivan: Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I’ve thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to maintain some level of privacy in my life. Part of that has been for purely personal reasons. I th[...]
March 6th, 2011 - 7:57 am § in Jews
Sunday Revelation: San Francisco to Ban Male Jews, Will Not Solve Budget Crisis
Lloyd Schofield, and his supporters, have until April 26 to gather 7,200 valid signatures to ban male circumcision under age 18. Their website is www.sfmgmbill.org. The measure would make it “unlawful to … to circumcise, excise, cut, or mutilate the whole or any part of the foreskin, testicl[...]