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Let ‘freedom to live, love and be happy’ be more than a slogan of our times
Let “freedom to live, love and be happy” be more than just a slogan in the passing of our times. Let it not be our epitaph, but our non-violent resistance to freedom being denied to us all.
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SPLC examines role, history of FRC, AFA in ‘demonization of LGBT people’
The Southern Poverty Law Center on Friday issued a ground breaking intelligence report that examines two of the most powerful and influential organizations in the American anti-gay lobby — the Washington D.C.-based Family Research Council (FRC) and the American Family Association (AFA), headquartered in Tupelo, Miss. — calling them the “chief purveyors of lies about LGBT people.”
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Fischer warns of ‘homosexual agenda,’ gays a threat to public health
Speaking at the the Values Voter Summit on Saturday, the vehemently anti-gay Bryan Fischer, spokesman for the American Family Association, warned of the “threat” of “the homosexual agenda,” said the nation must choose “between homosexuality and liberty, because we cannot have both,” and said gays are a threat to public health.
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Pastor accused of attack on gay son now facing theft charges
The Gibson County, Tenn., pastor accused of attacking his gay son and partner when they tried to attend church services last Wednesday, is now facing charges in another crime.
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Dear Mitt Romney: Prove Us Wrong
Mitt Romney is scheduled to speak at the far-right “Values Voter Summit” on Saturday morning, immediately before the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer, a man with a long and shocking record of bigotry toward gays and lesbians, American Muslims, Native Americans, African Americans, Mormons and other minorities.
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Uganda’s only gay bar shut down for attracting ‘strange’ persons
The only openly gay and lesbian Bar in Uganda has been forcibly closed, according to its owner. The landlord padlocked by the property and said the bar was noisy and attracted “strange” persons frequenting it.
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Values Voter Summit: GOP candidates plan weekend with anti-gay activists
This weekend, nearly every major GOP presidential candidate, along with the top two Republicans in the House of Representatives, will speak at the Values Voter Summit, an annual gathering of the leaders of the movement to integrate fundamentalist Christianity and American politics.
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Joel Osteen: Homosexuality is a sin, now and 200 years from now
“Homosexuality is a sin — I believed it before, and I still believe it now,” says Joel Osteen. Appearing Tuesday on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight,” Osteen, the pastor of mammoth Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, said his beliefs are rooted in scripture.
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Linda Harvey, the game of peek-a-boo is over — gay people exist. Grow up.
Linda, the game of peek-a-boo is over. You are a grown Christian woman now. Not only is yours the attitude of a two-year old, it is wholly non-Christian to ignore and discount others. What Jesus would do if He encountered His gay neighbor?
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Incoming NOM Chairman calls marriage equality advocates ‘evil’
The new Chairman of the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage has some thoughts on marriage equality advocates: “Evil will always be with us.”