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.
Original Technorati articles tagged “gay rights”
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in BusinessIt's Not About The Chicken - The Chick-fil-A Controversy!

The row between the fast food chain and human rights activists escalates.by jasonshaw99 / on Aug 1, 2012 -
in PoliticsThe Controversial KKK Looks to Adopt a Highway

Why can't the Ku Klux Klan adopt a highway?by kdbarclay / on Jun 30, 2012 -
DC Comics Hints a Major Character Is Now Gay
Who Is The Newest/Oldest Gay Superhero?by zacharyhunchar / on May 21, 2012
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “gay rights”
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The Daily Show. NPH as Hedwig. Polish MP attacked after pride. Sexy Putin.
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This edition of the Daily Show brings some insight onto whats currently happening in the US and across the world. Sure, the news is pretty sad on itself, but John Olivers style makes it sound a lot better, putting the whole thing in a new light and a whole new perspective. Thought Id share the video with you: In ...21 hours ago -
Gay rights campaigners urge straight couples to sign ‘stopgap’ cohabitation agreements
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Prominent gay rights campaigners are fighting for heterosexual couples’ rights to enter into a civil partnership, whilst urging them to sign cohabitation agreements as a stopgap measure. As the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is debated in the House of Lords this week, prominent gay rights campaigners lend their ...2 days ago -
Making gay marriage work
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The separation of church and state would simplify the issue of same-sex weddings I dont suppose the word "disestablishmentarianism" springs readily to many lips these days, but I have a notion that unhooking the Church of England from the state could lead to a solution to both the vexed question of gay marriage and ...2 days ago -
Evangelicals to GOP: Dont Betray Us Or Else
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The so-called GOP establishment continues to struggle to control the Frankenstein monster that it created in the pursuit of short sighted expediency when it allowed the evangelical Christians - the Christofascists, if you will - to begin their infiltrating of the local city and county committees 15 to 20 years ago or ...3 days ago -
Dallas Councilwoman Angela Hunt Speaks Out For Gay Rights, Blasts Failed Marriage Equality Resolution: VIDEO
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At a Wednesday morning Dallas city council meeting, outgoing Councilwoman Angela Hunt expressed her disappointment over the citys failed marriage equality resolution and made an impassioned speech for gay rights moving forward . Dozens of LGBT rights supporters showed up at the meeting as well to vent their ...3 days ago -
Waiting With Pride, Dignity, and Hope
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Several times in the next two weeks, the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States will file into their ornate Washington DC courtroom at 10AM, and issue their judgments on a variety of major cases that have been under consideration during the past 9 months, including Hollingsworth v Perry (Prop 8) and ...3 days ago -
ENDA and the coming wave of lawsuits
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The ENDA is near Harry Reid has attached himself to yet another media friendly, demographic identity cause this month after signing on as a co-sponsor to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA. The proposed legislation, which has been kicked around in Congress for years now, would ban at the Federal level ...3 days ago -
"Obama’s Pen May Shape Scope of Marriage Ruling."
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NYT headline. The article is about what the administration might have to do after the Supreme Court issues its opinion on the Defense of Marriage Act. If the justices do strike it down, they will sweep aside a law that has for years prohibited gay couples from receiving a vast array of federal benefits that ...4 days ago -
pewresearch:12 is the median age at which lesbian, gay and...
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pewresearch : 12 is the median age at which lesbian, gay and bisexual adults first felt they might be something other than heterosexual or straight. Among those who have “come out” to a family member or close friend, 20 is the median age at which they first did so. “I really have not had to tell anyone. ...4 days ago -
Russia bans gay "propaganda"
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| | Related Russia may change France adoption agreement following… 26/04/2013 23:45 CET Russian parliament mulls over ‘gay propaganda’ bill 25/01/2013 11:45 CET Russia’s Duma leaves gay activists kissing in the wind 25/01/2013 18:45 CET Russian MPs vote ...4 days ago -
Labour MEP Michael Cashman: Putin’s ‘hate speech’ has resulted in the ‘barbaric killing’ of gay Russian men
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The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning Russian MPs for passing a draconian homophobic censorship law, with Labour MEP Michael Cashman saying “hate speech” from President Putin and others has resulted in the “barbaric killing of gay men”. Several violent homophobic killings have taken ...4 days ago -
Gay News Headlines - Gay Rights, Marriage, Relationships
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Bonus interview: an Iranian homosexual in exile
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| | Related Bonus Mansour Osanlou interview 14/06/2013 09:46 CET Bonus interview: Sobhan, an baha’i Iranian refugee 14/06/2013 09:46 CET Iranian voices from Turkey 07/06/2013 11:23 CET Iranians head to the polls to elect new president 14/06/2013 06:45 CET ...5 days ago -
More Violence for Russias Gays, Supporters
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Between increasingly strident homophobic rhetoric, violent hate crimes [GV], discriminatory firings [GV], and now the newly-passed federal law that makes “propaganda of homosexuality” illegal [ru] (being an administrative infraction, perpetrators of such “propaganda” will be fined, rather than ...5 days ago -
How gay married couples get shortchanged
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How gay married couples get shortchanged There has been so much written about the republican party and, now, the tea party , that it’s at the point of ad nauseam. And of course, as history, (just the facts of the matter), the group of Americans that would become known as the Christian Conservatives , who then ...5 days ago -
Free Kate – because Jailbait laws don’t apply to gay people
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. ____ GREEN link below . Kaitlyn Hunt . Gay Heroine . . ____ GREEN link below . The Ame ri can Spectator : #FreeKate Insanity Intensifies : Is Teen Lesbian the ...5 days ago -
LGBT protestors arrested at Boehner office
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(CNN) - Police arrested members of an LGBT group on Thursday during a protest outside of House Speaker John Boehners district office on Capitol Hill. The activists who were handcuffed and taken into custody are affiliated with GetEQUAL action, the same lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization that ...5 days ago -
More highlights from L.A.s Pride Parade 2013...
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With the U.S. Supreme Courts ruling on the hateful Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Californias loathsome Proposition 8, its even more important that the gay community stand up and be loud and proud, so enjoy these further highlights from last Sundays L.A. Pride Parade in West Hollywood.When I look at all the photos ...5 days ago -
Homosexuals protest in Anambra
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Homosexual symbol | credits: blog.lifeassuranceministries.org Members of the gay community in Anambra State on Wednesday disrupted court proceedings at the Atani Chief Magistrate’s Court, while protesting the arraignment of two of them for allegedly having same sex relationship. The gay members had thronged ...5 days ago -
Caterpillar Inc. Drops Boys Scouts
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Caterpillar Inc. is no longer giving money to the Boy Scouts because the organization discriminates against homosexuals, a spokeswoman for the Illinois-based heavy equipment manufacturer confirmed Thursday. The company’s move wasn’t directly tied to the recent Boy Scouts decision to continue ...5 days ago



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