More than 2,000 people have signed on to Equality Utah’s push to pass gay-rights legislation.
The advocacy group has posted a petition online, inviting Utahns to join the Common Ground Initiative – six bills being crafted to provide rights to gay and transgender people that the LDS Church has
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The torrent of money that poured into campaigns for and against California’s Proposition 8 may make it the costliest state ballot measure ever.
Contributions to both sides of the successful ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage have already topped a total of $75.
Although they live a continent away from California, LDS Church members Gregory and JaLynn Prince, of Washington, D.C., still have felt the backlash from their church’s involvement in the traditional marriage initiative known as Proposition 8.
The gay-marriage ban issue could be back on the ballot in two years. Regardless, backers and foes are organizing supporters, waging a fierce public relations campaign and considering their next moves.
In normal political campaigns, election day – win or lose – signals the end.
But not the M-word. A key member of the religious right backs civil unions containing all the rights - federal and state - that apply to civil marriages. So if the far right now favors comprehensive civil unions at the…
Over on Huffington Post, Phil Zuckerman makes an interesting comparison between very religious nations and relatively secular ones in respect to the Christiantists’ claim that God smites heathen nations.Consider the nations of Scandinavia specifically. These countries are noteworthy because they were among the first nations to make abortion legal and readily available and they were also among the first nations (along with Holland) to allow for gay marriage. Indeed, gays and lesbians have been able to wed in these countries of Northern Europe for nearly 20 years now.
Gay comedy about Anita Bryant suddenly gets new relevance Michael Yawney paints a sympathetic picture of Anita Bryant – brilliantly portrayed by Merry Jo Cortada. BY JORDAN LEVIN, jlevin@MiamiHerald.com Despite the title, 1,000 Homosexuals, the powerful new play by Michael…
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Honestly, I don’t get it. If I start on on-line gay dating service, I certainly don’t want Tony Perkins suing me to create a Christian-oriented service (separate but equal). This has all become fodder for the right wing whackos. Michelle Malkin labeled us “mau-maus.”
In 2006 Congress failed to pass the ironically titled Marriage Protection Amendment (Senate Joint Resolution 1). If this legislation had passed it would have marked the first time that our nation enshrined in our Constitution a theological definition of a civil contract.
Don’t count on anyone simply handing over gay rights upon polite request.

Various sources report that Sarah Palin has entered into a book deal valued at $7 million. This is going to be a first:
Writing a book before you have actually read one.
One wonders if Sarah will title her tome “Things I Learned from Brittney Spears.”
Here is the final list of corporate donors in support of Proposition 8.
Latest News From the Self-Righteous Right:
The world’s largest “sub” sandwich restaurant chain is recruiting sexually-depraved employees to appease an angry homosexual who complained when one store’s owner supported the California marriage amendment.
The California Supreme Court agreed Nov. 19 to consider the constitutionality of Proposition 8, but – in a win for supporters – allowed the amendment, which prohibits “gay marriage,” to remain in effect during the interim.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee contends that his party must return to its social conservative roots and regain the strength of support from values voters it once enjoyed.
Read all about it. Homosexuals have long been one of the driving forces behind the scenes of beauty pageants. Now they’re getting tired of being in the closet and want to be out front with the other ladies. So while having a drag queen host a Miss Texas beauty pageant at a […]
For many Americans, all they’ve heard is that Christians are “anti-gay.” But few, if any, especially in the media, have given the public the “whole story” about churches and their persistent efforts to protect what they believe is God’s definition of marriage.
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