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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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  • John Sentamu’s argument against gay marriage is already lost | Andrew Brown


    top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority Authority: 164
    http://www.guardian.co.uk John Sentamu’s argument against gay marriage is already lost | Andrew Brown The archbishop of York must understand we are not facing a ‘dictatorship’ on gay marriage but a change in popular moralityThe archbishop of York, John Sentamu, hopes that people will pay attention ...
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  • John Sentamus argument against gay marriage is already lost | Andrew Brown


    Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 133
    The archbishop of York must understand we are not facing a dictatorship on gay marriage but a change in popular morality The archbishop of York, John Sentamu, hopes that people will pay attention to other things in his most recent interview than his attack on gay marriage . Fat chance. When he said that the ...
    1 day ago

  • GIFs: Obama on the gay rights movement


    Under the Mountain Bunker & Coffee Shop — Authority Authority: 132
    Source: billydarley [IMG: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh8mtJiaJ1qa9jn1o1_r1_250.gif][IMG: http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh8mtJiaJ1qa9jn1o2_r1_250.gif][IMG: http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh8mtJiaJ1qa9jn1o3_r1_250.gif][IMG: http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh8mtJiaJ1qa9jn1o4_250.gif][IMG: ...
    3 days ago

  • Archbishop of York: don’t legalise gay marriage


    top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority Authority: 164
    http://www.guardian.co.uk Archbishop of York: don’t legalise gay marriage Dr John Sentamu says government should not alter centuries-old social structures, but rights campaigner accuses him of being ‘religious authoritarian’The government should not overturn centuries of tradition by legalising gay ...
    3 days ago

  • Archbishop of York: dont legalise gay marriage


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 962
    Dr John Sentamu says government should not alter centuries-old social structures, but rights campaigner accuses him of being religious authoritarian The government should not overturn centuries of tradition by legalising gay marriage, the archbishop of York has said. Dr John Sentamu, the second most senior bishop in ...
    3 days ago

  • Why do gays want the right to marry? Simple: freedom (support the Mayors for the Freedom to Marry)


    Scholars and Rogues — Authority Authority: 549
    by Marti Smith “If all we feel is outrage, then we have not found a remedy.”- Jim Geringer, Governor, State of Wyoming, following Matthew Shepard’s death Since I was a young girl and old enough to understand who I was, I have known discrimination. It hardens your heart and dampens your soul until you ...
    4 days ago

  • Violent prejudice against Jamaica’s gay people must stop | Maurice Tomlinson


    top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority Authority: 164
    http://www.guardian.co.uk Violent prejudice against Jamaica’s gay people must stop | Maurice Tomlinson The Jamaican government, not its former colonial master, must confront entrenched homophobia, starting with a law changeAlmost a year to the day that David Kato, the Ugandan human rights activist, was ...
    4 days ago

  • Violent prejudice against Jamaicas gay people must stop | Maurice Tomlinson


    Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 133
    The Jamaican government, not its former colonial master, must confront entrenched homophobia, starting with a law change Almost a year to the day that David Kato , the Ugandan human rights activist, was murdered in his home because of his sexuality, I am flying from Toronto to London to accept the inaugural the ...
    4 days ago

  • Why? Because He Can.


    Balloon Juice — Authority Authority: 710
    And, like every other American, he should have this right: Congressman Barney Frank’s office has confirmed that the retiring 71-year-old Representative is marrying his longtime partner, Jim Ready, in a Massachusetts ceremony. A date has not been set. It simply perplexes me how many straight people value their ...
    4 days ago

  • Parker joins other mayors in push for marriage equality


    Off the Kuff — Authority Authority: 124
    Good for her . Good for all of them. On the right side of history Houston Mayor Annise Parker seized the vanguard of a drive by 78 mayors Friday to win the equal rights of marriage for gay couples, donning a national leadership role that contrasts sharply with her low-key demeanor back home. “This is an ...
    6 days ago

  • Jon Stewart vs. Newt Gingrich?


    elephant journal — Authority Authority: 604
    Genius Funny/True Alert. No contest. This is one of those insta-classic, A+ Jon Stewart segments that come along every six months or so. Could we just get Stewart and Colbert to moderate a debate, already? Enjoy:
    6 days ago

  • Three years ago today


    AmeriNZ — Authority Authority: 483
    Three years ago today , we had our civil union and became recognised as a couple under New Zealand law—not that it mattered then or now to the US Government (it may now be different in my home state of Illinois , for strictly state matters, of course). Similarly, the civil union we had three years ago today was ...
    1 week ago

  • Why Does the Catholic Church Really Need to Keep Gays Down?


    Gay Marriage Watch — Authority Authority: 434
    The Catholic Church is the world’s single largest anti-gay hate group. If we are to minimize its pernicious influence, we must educate societies about the Church’s financial motivations for keeping gay human beings oppressed. The Church’s business model depends on the cheap labor of priests and nuns, without ...
    1 week ago

  • Spanish News | Split With Vatican


    AMLA Spain News & Property in Spain on The Spanish Property MLS — Authority Authority: 127
    Spanish “Gay Rights ” associations across Spain have demanded that the Spanish government break off all diplomatic ties with the Vatican in Rome. Earlier this month the Pope Benedict , before 180 diplomats criticised same sex marriages by saying that “policies which damage the family threaten human dignity and ...
    1 week ago

  • Commons watering-hole is ‘virtually a gay bar’, says MP


    The Christian Institute News — Authority Authority: 525
    Parliament’s biggest bar is “virtually a gay bar now”, a homosexual Labour MP has said. Shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant made the bold claim during a debate on Parliamentary Representation last week. He said: “It is significant that we now have more out gay Members of Parliament than ever before. ...
    1 week ago

  • San Diego mayor to lead campaign for same-sex marriage


    L.A. NOW — Authority Authority: 783
    San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is set to appear at a Friday news conference in Washington with other mayors to announce the Mayors for Freedom to Marry campaign to win support for same-sex marriage nationwide.
    1 week ago

  • Star-Filled Cast in Prop 8 Play Promo (VIDEO)


    Civil Rights Blog — Authority Authority: 123
      A promo of Dustin Lance Black’s “8,” a play based on California’s landmark and ongoing Proposition 8 same-sex marriage trial, has been released. The promo, sporting on a star filled cast including Ellen Barkin, Matt Bomer, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, and Larry Kramer, shows highlights from the play as ...
    1 week ago

  • It’s happening again.


    Mind on Fire — Authority Authority: 387
    Remember Prop 8? For me, the wounds are still raw (current status: overturned but implementation stayed; trapped in the appellate process [English: not legal but in effect]). I went to a school that threw its 501(c) out the window in the name of religious zealotry and continues to treat some of its students as ...
    1 week ago

  • ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill to Get First House Reading


    Education Blog — Authority Authority: 117
      Tennessee’s controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, that would ban mention of homosexuality in schools, is to be taken up by a House subcommittee on Wednesday. KnoxNews reports that state Rep. Bill Dunn (R-Knoxville) said on Tuesday that he had turned the legislation over to state Rep. Joy Hensley ...
    1 week ago

  • Stand against homophobia on the Vancouver School Board


    Terahertz — Authority Authority: 100
    Robin Perelle, writing for Xtra!, gives a good background on the swell of opposition to anti-homophobia policy in the lower mainland. Basically, NPA trustees Ken Denike and Sophia Woo have been caught red-handed in videos lying to the Christian Social Concern Fellowship that Vancouver has no anti-homophobia policy, ...
    1 week ago

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