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Pentecostal minister calls on christian faithful to use the word ‘fag’
James Manning, a New York City-based Pentecostal minister has recently released a video in which he states that use of the homophobic epithet, “Fag” is biblically acceptable and needs to be employed frequently when referring to any LGBT person
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Gates urges repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ before new Congress is seated
U. S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking to reporters on Saturday, said that he hopes Congress will repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy during the upcoming post election session starting on Nov. 15.
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Monday morning quarterbacking the 2010 mid-term elections, and its effect on the LGBTQ community
As the Republican leadership meets to plan the impending transfer of political power in the U. S. House of Representatives coupled with the marginal difference of seats held in the Senate by both parties, it becomes obvious to most Washington observers that the 112th Congress will be frictional, adversarial, and hardly bi-partisan.
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‘My Son Is Gay’ blog post draws over 1 million hits, thousands of comments, and firestorm
A Kansas City, Missouri woman who allowed her 5 year old son to dress up as a female character from a television cartoon — Daphne From “Scooby-Doo” — for Halloween, and who had written a blog rant touched off by the severe criticism she and her son received at the Christian pre-school he attends, has caught the attention of the world.
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ plaintiffs petition U.S. Supreme Court to vacate stay
Attorney’s for the Log Cabin Republicans, plaintiffs in the case to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” filed a petition Friday with the United States Supreme Court to vacate the stay of the injunction issued last week by the U. S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which would have suspended enforcement of the policy while it was in litigation.
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State supreme court justice in Alabama calls DADT judge a ‘threat to national security’
Tom Parker, a Republican state supreme court justice in Alabama who has spent nearly $1.5 million dollars on his campaign for reelection, has compared U. S. District Court Judge Virgina Phillips to the Islamic extremist terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
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President Obama to progressive bloggers: ‘I don’t think that the disillusionment is justified’
Five progressive bloggers sat down with President Obama on Wednesday and individually asked questions pertaining to the current political climate looking towards the impending midterm elections, and the administration’s outlook on issues concerning voters.
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‘GetEqual’ video is rude, ineffective, offensive
Whatever the reason, I found, in my personal opinion, that the following video released by the LGBT activist group GETEqual would cause offense as it did in my case. As it was rude in its presentation it became ultimately ineffective.
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White House meeting scheduled to discuss congressional repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Obama Administration sources have told the Advocate’s Senior White House Correspondent Kerry Eleveld, that presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina are due to hold a meeting today on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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Gay student teacher, fired after parent’s complaint, rehired by Oregon school district
Seth Stambaugh, the gay graduate student from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR — who had been fired Sept. 15 after a parent filed a complaint — has been rehired by the school district’s superintendent.