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Mexico City Legalizes Gay Nuptials : Catholic Clergy Aghast

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Gay rights activist cheer after a session at the city’s assembly in Mexico City last December. Photo by Daniel Aguilar / Reuters.Mexico City sanctions gay marriage:Catholic Church warns of Sodom and Gomorrah In Morelia, Michoacan, Bishop Alfredo India added to … Continue reading →

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The Rick Warren Debacle : Views From the Left and the Right

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Barack Obama’s choice of pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration has stirred up a storm. Dancing with Rick Warren is more than making nice with a sector of our society that Obama probably views as an … Continue reading →

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Schwarzeneggar : Time to Show Some Muscle on Prop. 8

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Douglas Kmeic: ‘Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may well be a proximate cause of this breakdown … the Prop. 8 case should be settled, and there’s no one better to do it than our governor.’By Jon Ponder / November 20, 2008 Douglas … Continue reading →

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Replacement For ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ : ‘Don’t Care’

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Congress Revisits Military’s Policy On GaysBy David Welna / July 24, 2008 More than 12,000 gay men and women have been expelled from the U.S. armed forces since the Pentagon’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” took effect 15 years … Continue reading →

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Snickers : ‘Get Some Nuts’

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

New ad encourages drive-by shootings of unmanly men See video below. Via Towleroad comes a new spot for Snickers which appears to endorse violence against the effeminate, or at least against speed-walkers. In the spot, a yellow-shorts-sporting butt-shaking speed-walker is … Continue reading →

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African Anglican Leaders Call For Ouster of Gay Bishop

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Rev. Gene Robinson touring stalls at Lambeth. He is not invited to the conference itself. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images.‘Should resign for good of the church…’By Riazat Butt / July 22, 2008 Rev. Gene Robinson, the gay bishop … Continue reading →

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Taking the Bible to Court

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Ned Flanders of The Simpsons agrees with Bible publishers Zondervan and Thomas Nelson that homosexuals are “wicked” and won’t go to Heaven.Bible Publishers Sued for Anti-Gay References By Rick Pedraza / July 10, 2008 A Michigan man is seeking $70 … Continue reading →

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Oops! Christian Site’s Homophobia Leads to Big Faux Pas

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Calls Olympian Tyson Gay ‘Homosexual’The American Family Association obviously didn’t foresee the problems that might arise with its strict policy to always replace the word “gay” with “homosexual” on the Web site of its Christian news outlet, OneNewsNow. The group’s … Continue reading →

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