Gay Rights

Gay rights covers many topics, including marriage, benefits, tolerance, and religion. The issues surrounding gay rights invokes strong viewpoints from people on all sides of the debate. Some of the concerns deal with the line between "hate speech," "hate crimes, " and "freedom of speech."

Politicians on many sides of the issue continue to debate whether or not these matters should be settled at the national level, or if they should be handled by the individual states who continue to run their own ballot measures, initiate legislation, and hash out these arguments in court. Citizens on all sides of the debate feel as though they are fighting for the survival of an ideal society and the future of a nation.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Gay Rights”

• New Jersey Democrats rethinking marriage push

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  After meeting to discuss a marriage equality bill yesterday, New Jersey Democrats failed to schedule the measure for a vote in the Assembly.  Some Democrats worry they will be seen as “distracted by social issues,” in the Assembly’s lame duck session during tough economic times.  The New York Times reports: ...
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• Withers: New Jersey pulls back from marriage

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Looks like marriage in New Jersey is a no go. There was talk that Democrats, who run both houses of the Legislature, were going to compose a bill for lame duck Gov. Jon S. Corzine to sign; he said a gay marriage bill would get his John Hancock. Well those Democrats are now making the “maybe it’s not time” ...
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• Photo of the Day: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

  
  Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities — Authority: 426
  Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Jess, Bend, Oregon, 2009 Photography by:  Jeff Sheng, Los Angeles Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Jess, Bend, Oregon, 2009 is a photograph by the award-winning Los Angeles photographer Jeff Sheng.  Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is his new photography project, which consists of a ...
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• Kill-Gays Preacher Hosted by London Universities by Peter Tatchell

  
  Gays Without Borders — Authority: 104
  “Kill gays” preacher hosted by London universitiesVice Chancellor urged to resign, after ignoring complaintsStudent’s Union backs hosting Islamist hate-mongersLondon – 24 November 2009“University College London is planning to host an extremist Islamist preacher, Abu Usamah, who endorses the murder of gay ...
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• Today I was prevented from saving a life

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 531
  Worst of all, the ban on gay men [donating blood and bone marrow] who have had sex within the past five years doesnt eliminate the most at-risk class. Gay men, as the first group really devastated by AIDS in the early and mid 1980s, caught on to prevention very quickly. We learned the most common disease vectors, ...
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• Where has all the online activism post 26/11 disappeared?

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  By Azera RahmanNew Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) When the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks happened last year, the tremors also shook the virtual world. Filled with rage and a passion to set things right, people, especially youngsters, used the web world to create discussion forums and pledged not to let the carnage be forgotten. A ...
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• I honeslty do not what to do about Albert the German Shepherd. Now he is commenting on Australian Gay Marriage!

  
  EDDI HASKELL'S SECOND LIFE — Authority: 440
  Ok.   Granted, Albert our VKC Kennet German Shepherd is the most famous dog in Second Life, has appeared on many You Tube movies, blogs, and has his own Sarah Palin blog -- unlike me, he is a social conservative. But now he is writing comments on Joes blog, the number 1 gay political blog in the United States ...
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• When Would Be A Good Time, Mr. Walker?

  
  Cognitive Dissidence — Authority: 553
  The impeccable Emily Mills take on Scott Walker being opposed to equality for all Milwaukee County citizens: Open Memo to Milwaukee County Executive / Candidate for Governor Scott Walker: You recently vetoed a measure that would have granted same-sex domestic partner benefits to county employees, ...
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• The Annual Misuse of Hate Crime Statistics

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 685
  Every year around this time, the FBI publishes its statutorily-mandated  annual report on hate crime statistics .  Like clockwork, every year that report gets misused no matter what the FBI does to discourage that misuse (previous examples of misuse here ).  This year is no exception, as several prominent liberal ...
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• Give Thanks: LGBT Communications

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  It’s the Monday before a brief Thanksgiving break. Your dreams are taking you to a place of turkey, pumpkin pie and shopping heaven. It’s lovely there isn’t it? You’re reminded of family gatherings and that indescribable warmth of being home. For some of us in the LGBT community, this holiday season brings ...
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• Hate Crimes Against Gays Rise In LA County

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 482
  111: Hate crimes based on sexual orientation in 2007 134: Hate crimes based on sexual orientation in 2008 105: Hate crimes based on religion in 2007 120: Hate crimes based on religion in 2008 763: Overall hate crimes in 2007 729: Overall hate crimes in 2008 The Los Angeles Daily News is ...
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• World Net Daily Posts Wildly Homophobic "Poll" on Gay Rights

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 446
  From WND founder and CEO Joseph Farahs November 23 WND.com column headlined, "Why sin cannot be condoned by state": "On Friday, more than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration reaffirming their opposition to homosexual ...
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• Columbia: Being a Gay Parent in Columbia

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  In a great number of ways, my last two years of high school in Hong Kong were quite different from my years of schooling in Colombia. For one, my Hong Kong school was much more liberal, and so were my fellow students. I remember that one day our teachers had organized a discussion on gay marriage and gay rights, for ...
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• Marriage should move with the times | Adrian Tippetts

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  A straight couples application for a civil partnership highlights the discriminatory laws that segregate couples by their sexuality Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, from Holloway, London, hope to make history tomorrow morning by becoming the first straight couple to apply for a civil partnership in Britain . Their ...
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• Great Moments in Entertainment

  
  HolyCoast.com — Authority: 580
  The cultural slide continues: Openly-gay performer Adam Lambert is defending his man-on-man kiss at the American Music Awards, saying female performers have been pushing the limits for years. The American Idol runner-up kissed a band member while performing his new single, "For Your Entertainment." The ...
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• Terror Campaign Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Iraqis Continues Unchecked by Iraqi Government

  
  Gays Without Borders — Authority: 104
  Terror Campaign Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Iraqis Continues Unchecked by Iraqi GovernmentIRAQI LGBT – November 2009 – The rise of fundamentalist groups in Iraq since the 2003 U.S. led invasion has proven deadly to LGBT Iraqis, who are now being forced to either hide or face the ...
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• VIDEO: TATCHELL URGES LGBT COMMUNITY TO STAND WITH MUSLIMS RESISTING SHARIA LAW

  
  Gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV Gay TV, gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV — Authority: 137
  At Saturday’s protest against Sharia Law, Peter Tatchell urged members of the UK gay community to stand shoulder to shoulder with Muslim people around the world who are resisting Sharia law.Talking to HOMOVISION, he said: “In so many countries, like Uganda, Pakistan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran, LGBT people are ...
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• Brussels Says Churches Must Lift Ban on Employing Homosexuals by Peter Tatchell

  
  Gays Without Borders — Authority: 104
  Brussels says churches must lift ban on employing homosexualsEU decides British government was wrong to allow exemptions under equality lawThe government is being forced by the European commission to rip up controversial exemptions that allow church bodies to refuse to employ homosexual staff.It has emerged that the ...
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• Visalia Times Delta Shines spotlight on LGBT activist/teacher

  
  Queer Visalia — Authority: 129
  Photo VTD / Marta Evry Monday’s Visalia Times Delta carries an article about local LGBT activist Robin McGehee.  A teacher at Visalia’s College of the Sequoias,  Robin is a major player in Central Valley gay rights, as an organizer of Meet in the Middle 4 Equality, and a co-director of the recent National ...
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• Natural Born Leaders

  
  Best Gay Blogs — Authority: 141
  Meet Will Phillips, the 10-year-old from Louisiana who refuses to recite “The Pledge of Allegiance” Until there truly is “liberty and justice for all”. Now here is a natural born leader. Love this kid. Love is parents, and love his dedication to equality. Watch the video:
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