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Athlete Ally: ‘Chris Culliver’s views are as marginal as they are misguided’
Hudson Taylor, Executive Director of Athlete Ally, a leading organization working to raise awareness and end homophobia in sports, issued this statement Wednesday in response to remarks made by Chris Culliver, cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers, where Culliver tells gay players to get out of the NFL.
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News (USA)
Gay marriage opponents running out of cash ahead of Supreme Court hearing
SAN FRANCISCO — ProtectMarriage.com, the principal advocacy group backing California’s Proposition 8, a 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, is suffering serious fundraising shortfalls, according to their attorney, Andrew Pugno.
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Dr. Phil interview: Manti Te’o was victim of girlfriend hoax by gay admirer
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Dr. Phil McGraw says Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who masterminded the dead girlfriend hoax involving Manti Te’o, told him the Notre Dame linebacker was not involved in the scheme and that he ended up falling “deeply, romantically” in love with the football player.
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Utah LGBT advocacy group to file amicus briefs in DOMA, Prop 8 cases
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Pride Center announced Wednesday that it will file an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the pending cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8. Utah Pride said it has retained a bipartisan team of prominent Utah attorneys to challenge Utah’s system of […]
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San Francisco 49ers’ Chris Culliver: Gay players not welcome
NEW ORLEANS – Just days before the San Francisco 49ers will take to the field In New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII, cornerback Chris Culliver on Tuesday said that a gay player would not be welcome on the team. Appearing on the Artie Lange show Tuesday, Culliver, responding to a question by Lange if there […]
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SF Archbishop: gay marriage a ‘natural impossibility’ — much like ‘male breastfeeding’
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, in a recent interview with the United Kingdom’s Catholic Herald, said the term gay marriage should be rarely used because it refers to a “natural impossibility” — much like “male breastfeeding.” Cordileone said that the struggle to protect “traditional marriage” is God’s “gift” to his generation. Archbishop Cordileone cautions against […]
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NOM’s Brian Brown earns $500K working to deny civil marriage rights to gays
Working to deny good, taxpaying LGBT citizens their right to civil marriage is a lucrative business for Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage. According to activist Fred Karger, founder of Rights Equal Rights, tax returns for the NOM reveal that Brown earned more than $500,000 in 2011. In a press release, Karger […]
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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is back, with new provision to ‘out’ LGBT students
A Tennessee lawmaker on Tuesday resurrected the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill which would prohibit teachers from discussing sexuality with their students, but with a new provision that would require school officials to “out” LGBT students to their parents.
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Poll: Support for marriage equality in Ireland increases to 75 percent
DUBLIN, Ireland — As the Constitutional Convention met in Dublin to discuss reforms to the Irish Republic’s constitution this past weekend, a 2012 year end poll showed increased support for the issue of same-sex marriage, one of the legal reforms being discussed by delegates.
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Barney Frank passed over as interim U.S. Senator
The governor of Massachusetts on Wednesday announced his choice for the interim replacement for outgoing Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) — and it’s not the gay former U.S. House member who was publicly lobbying for the position.
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Boy Scouts’ future uncertain if ban on gays is dropped
NEW YORK — The Boy Scouts of America’s proposed move away from its no-gays membership policy has outraged some longtime admirers, gratified many critics and raised intriguing questions about the iconic organization’s future.
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Arizona lawmaker’s bills seek equality for LGBT community
PHOENIX – Saying members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community deserve equal treatment under Arizona law, a Democratic lawmaker has introduced four bills addressing employment, adoption and marriage.
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FRC briefs: Anti-gay laws reflect public opinion; gay rights laws reflect powerful gay lobby
The Family Research Council submitted two amicus briefs to the Supreme Court on Monday, urging it to reject challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and to California’s Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
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Surprise, surprise, surprise: Actor Jim Nabors marries longtime partner
HONOLULU — Actor and singer Jim Nabors, best known for his starring role in the 1960s television sitcom “Gomer Pyle, USMC,” married his longtime partner Stan Cadwallader ealier this month.
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Jadin Bell: The Lynching of a Butterfly and the Modern Mob
The officials are calling the impending death of young Jadin a “suicide”. It was not a suicide; it was the destruction of something innocent, something beautiful, something of supreme contribution exposed to an environment that valued it not at all. The facts support their word perhaps. No argument. A 15 year old boy took a rope to a playground and without assistance from any visible being, hung himself.
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‘Would it have bothered you if your daughter, Whitney was gay? Absolutely.’
We will never know the sort of life Whitney Houston might have had if her Mother had been just a bit more compassionate, loving and accepting toward her daughter. If she is harboring this much anger still – one can only imagine what Whitney had to listen to while she was alive.
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Sports Illustrated captures cheers, kisses at San Francisco gay sports bar
SAN FRANCISCO — In the pages of Sports Illustrated, many readers will get a glimpse into a Bay Area 49er fan celebration they may not be familiar with.
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Oregon teen in critical condition after hanging himself due to anti-gay bullying
LA GRANDE, Ore. — A 15-year-old teen has been taken off life support and is in critical condition after hanging himself over what family members describe as anti-gay bullying. Jadin Bell of La Grande, Ore., went to the playground of Central Elementary School on Jan. 19, climbed on a play structure and hanged himself. He […]
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Kansas ends free HIV testing in most rural counties
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Health advocates are warning that Kansas’ decision to stop providing free HIV testing for many small, rural communities restricts services for some of the most vulnerable in the state.
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LGBT advocacy groups applaud Obama’s gay-inclusive immigration plan
LGBT advocacy groups on Tuesday applauded President Barack Obama’s plan for immigration reform, which included provisions that would allow U.S. citizens and permanent residents to sponsor a visa for a same-sex partner.