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Will Today's BSA Vote Affect You?

Kristine Bellino — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:17 +0000

The Boy Scouts of America leadership is voting today on whether the group will allow gay scouts in the organization.

Five-Year-Old Faces Expulsion Because His Parents are Lesbians

Donald Deane — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:05:34 +0000

South African lesbian couple Kally and Samantha Mabe enrolled their young son in a private Christian school because they were expecting tolerance and open-mindedness. What they got was anything but.

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Does The Literal Reading Of The Bible Capture The Heart And Character Of God?

Jeff Monaski — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:51:18 +0000

Do we read the Bible too literally?

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Legalize Gay Marriage? What Do You Think

Jeff Monaski — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:16:04 +0000

The Supreme Court is set to take up the issue, but before they do it's time for you to way in on same-sex marriage.

The question is simple, do you think gays should be allowed to marry in the United States?

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Gay Man Buys Home Across From Westboro Baptist Church

Keeler in the Morning — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:09:34 +0000

You'll never believe who bought the house across the street from the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church. A gay man.

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Gay Rights Trailblazer Frank Kemeny Dies on National Coming Out Day

Shauna Wright — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:22:06 +0000

Frank Kameny, one of the United States’ earliest gay rights activists, died Tuesday — National Coming Out Day — of natural causes at the age of 86.

“Frank Kameny led an extraordinary life marked by heroic activism that set a path for the modern LGBT civil rights movement,” said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese in a statement. “As we say goodbye to this trailblazer on National Coming Out Day, we remember the remarkable power we all have to change the world by living our lives like Frank — openly, honestly and authentically.”

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Lady Gaga Hopes to Meet With President Obama to Discuss Bullying Following Teen Fan's Suicide

Shauna Wright — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:26:03 +0000

Spurred by the recent suicide of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, who said in an online video that he’d been bullied over being gay, pop star and gay rights activist Lady Gaga hopes to meet with Barack Obama to discuss bullying when she attends a Democratic fundraiser next week.

After Rodemeyer’s death, the ‘Born This Way’ singer told her more than 13 million Twitter followers, “I am meeting with our president. I will not stop fighting. This must end.”

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