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”

• Uganda Begins Anti-Homosexuality Bill Debate, Andrew Cowles Files Formal Complaint Against Jan Moir, Closet Rugby Guy, Stuart Martin, Bruce Weber

  
  the time of my life — Authority: 139
  The Times reports that Friday, members of the Ugandan Parliament will debate the draft of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill , introduced in October by David Bahati; it famously proposes the death penalty for “aggravated acts” of homosexuality. The Bill states that “same sex attraction is not an innate and ...
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• Hey, Newsbusters — Christians DO commit honor murder

  
  Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian — Authority: 541
  We have a DVR and I record NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles because the former is one of my favorite shows and the latter has Linda Hunt, which makes it just interesting enough to tolerate. I also squirrel away various movies for my father, so on Tuesday I recorded “Gone with the Wind,” and something [...]
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• Focus | A move toward equity

  
  Augusta Free Press — Authority: 567
  Kaine proposes employee-benefits policy change Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net The Kaine administration, in a sort of last act as its final days count down, has proposed a change in state policy that would allow state employees to choose between covering a spouse or an “otherwise qualfied ...
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• Batwoman and "Dont Ask, Dont Tell"

  
  MoJo Blog Posts: riff — Authority: 124
  Because I don’t often read comics, it had completely slipped my mind that DC Comics’ Batwoman came out as a lesbian in 2006 . I was reminded while reading a recent blog by Eric Grignol at change.org , which details the superheroine’s gay-rightsy travails with a policy just like "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell."  ...
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• Some Positive News For A Change

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 533
  This past week brought some major news out of Houston, Houston Is Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor . Way to go Lone Star State! The win is impressive, as is the new mayor, Annise Parker. Ms. Parker graduated from a high school in Charleston, SC . Her mom still lives here, though they do not agree on ...
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• How Else Might They Have Spent $9 Million In Maine?

  
  CAFFEINATED POLITICS — Authority: 543
  The whole idea of justifying why civil rights should apply to all, and those rights should not be placed on a public referendum for the average joe to consider at the same time he is watching The Simpsons, should be obvious without saying.  Yet a large targeted series of ads were placed in Maine media to ...
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• BBC web debate: “Should homosexuals be executed?”

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  December 17, 2009Not exactly sure what the true intent was but the BBC asked on their website: “Should homosexuals be executed?” Followed by “Yes, we accept this is a stark and disturbing question.”Their questioned stemmed from Uganda’s proposed law aimed at eradicating homosexuality by jailing and executing ...
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• Portuguese Gov’t Seeks to Allow Gay Marriage

  
  Blog Out - Just Out Newspaper — Authority: 142
  The government of Portugal is looking into a proposal that would make the nation the sixth European country to legalize gay marriage.The Associated Press is reporting that the proposal is almost certain to pass, as the “center-left Socialist government has the support of all left-of-center parties, who together have ...
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• New Report Chronicles Gay Rights Advances Since 2000

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 148
  A new report shows the past decade has been a period of dramatic gains for LGBT people in the US. Two-thirds of the 36 statistical indicators compiled in A Decade of Progress on LGBT Rights showed significant advances, including significant increases in the number of LGBT Americans protected by nondiscrimination and ...
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• BBC apology for gay execution headline

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  BBC World Service director Peter Horrocks says forum headline too stark but debate on Ugandan policy crucial The director of the BBC World Service has apologised for any offence caused by the headline on its website talkboard post yesterday that asked "Should Homosexuals Face Execution?" In a statement published ...
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• Gay execution debate is a disgrace | Balaji Ravichandran

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The BBC is not being impartial by letting a homophobic Ugandan regime set its online agenda – its providing a platform for hatred Uganda is all set to introduce an appallingly barbarous piece of legislation that could send gay people to their deaths, and their friends and family to prison for not "reporting" ...
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• Be angry with Uganda, not the BBC | Lance Price

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The BBC headline Should homosexuals face execution? may be insensitive, but it has drawn attention to anti-gay legislation The headline on the BBC website " Should homosexuals face execution? " provoked predictable outrage. Predictable but, in my view, misdirected. The anger of those who demanded (successfully) ...
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• Evasive answers dont help | John Richardson

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The short answer is that the Bible is anti-gay. But this doesnt necessarily mean what we take it to The question: Is the Bible anti-gay? Is the Bible anti-gay? The short answer has to be "Yes". Despite Theo Hobsons commendable efforts to argue that it is not talking about us, and Davis Mac-Iyallas desire to ...
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• BBC Debate: Should Homosexuals Face Execution? By Peter Tatchell

  
  Gays Without Borders — Authority: 414
  BBC debate: Should homosexuals face execution?Have Your Say team criticised, but debate encouragedLondon – 17 December 2009A storm of controversy has erupted after the BBC News Channel hosted an online debate – “Should homosexuals face execution?” – on its website on Wednesday 16 December 2009.See the BBC ...
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• News, Entertainment & Cool Stuff - 12/17/09

  
  GAYTWOGETHER — Authority: 142
  Wells Fargo Donates $50,000 to Fund The Center’s Services | GLTNewsNow.com  http://ow.ly/MBp1 14 Offbeat Christmas Songs: VIDEOS - http://ow.ly/MgfY Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Have Uphill Battle For 2010 Ballot Initiative - http://ow.ly/MAM3 The Cheapest Healthy Lunches in America ...
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• Union attacks BBC over Should gay people be killed? talkboard post

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  NUJ criticises overly sensationalist post as World Service defends show for creating debate on proposed Ugandan law BBC news website asks: Should homosexuals face execution? The journalists union has attacked the BBC over the World Service online talkboard discussion that asked if homosexuals should be executed , ...
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• Gay activist killed in Honduras

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 684
  A gay rights activist has been killed in Honduras in a drive-by shooting. Walter Trochez, 25, was well-known for campaigning for equality in the country and had reportedly been harassed and beaten recently.
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• Daily View 2×2: 17 December 2009

  
  LibDemBlogs — Authority: 174
  Good morning, and welcome to Daily View. Today were wishing happy birthday to childrens author Jacqueline Wilson and commemorating the death of Dorothy L Sayers. 2 Must-Read Blog Posts What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs ...
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• The New "Lebanese" Mayor Of Houston (cartoon)

  
  A Blue View — Authority: 151
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• MAP Report on LGBT Right Progress 2000-2009

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 434
  Theres an interesting report out this week called " A Decade of Progress on LGBT Rights " written by one of the smartest (and least well-known) LGBT organizations, the Movement Advancement Project , (with funding from the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr Fund ) which puts where the LGBT community is now in a useful ...
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