With his approval ratings stuck somewhere between Dick Cheney and botulism, New York Governor David Paterson is staking it all on the line with a push this week to have the New York State Senate address the issue of marriage equality . Paterson has placed a gay marriage vote before state senators, scheduled for tomorrow, that could make New York the next state to recognize marriage equality. Paterson...
LGBT activists -- not to mention plenty of other people in the community -- have never been particularly impressed with President Obama's efforts on their behalf. Despite his campaign promises, he's not yet moved towards ending "don't ask, don't tell," or put his weight behind repealing the Defense of Marriage Act or passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. And that's only the...
NEWS RELEASE Contact: jmattbarber@comcast.net DATE: November 9, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Gay” Activists Mull “Organized Terrorism” Against Christians Pro-Family Leaders Targets of Death Threats Lynchburg, VA – In the wake of the horrific act of Islamic domestic terrorism at Fort Hood Texas, it has been learned that militant homosexual activists...
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Linda Harvey's Nov. 6 WorldNetDaily column was aghast that anti-gay activists in Maine who favored repealing the gay-marriage law there supported the idea of domestic partnerships: This is a huge concession to the hopes and aspirations of "gay" activists. Are there indeed "rights" that need to be accorded to the behavior of homosexuality? No self-respecting Christian...
A prominent social-conservative activist group is using comments made by readers on a gay-rights Web site as "evidence" that the LGBT movement is mulling using "organized terrorism" against Christians. The Liberty Counsel released a statement on Monday linking Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged shooter in last week's Fort Hood massacre, to the gay-rights movement. "In the...
Video: Maine voters shot down gay marriage - KXAN.com U.S. President Barack Obama has been blamed for the defeat of a gay marriage law in Maine. How you ask? Gay rights activists claim Obama, who recently signed legislation into law to protect homosexuals, didn't do enough. Are they serious. One would think the currently prevailing liberal theme in political circles in Washington, would have...
Another disturbing report from Cameroon, which boasts one of the Africa's more repressive anti-LGBT regimes. Sébastien Mandeng, the Cameroonian LGBT activist and deputy president of the Association pour la Défense de l’Homosexualité (ADEFHO), was subjected to police brutality and an...
... religious fanatics and homophobes. Strangely enough, however, the toughest criticism has come from gay activists such as the members of the group Arabiskt initiativ (Arabic Initiative) and from feminists. Arabic Initiative assumes the role of defender of the Arabs and Muslims and ignores the victims of the honor culture. The feminists continue to stubbornly refuse to see the honor-related...
Right-wing activists use Fort Hood shooting to rally opposition to hate crimes legislation. Scarborough predicted that the expansion of the federal Hate-Crimes statute, signed into law by President Obama recently, will not prevent crimes like the Fort Hood shootings, but will instead be used to silence dissent. “Gay activists will use it against preachers who present the [...] a...
Less than 24 hours after Mainers rejected a state law allowing same-sex marriage, Time magazine rushed to comfort gay activists with Michael Lindenberger's sloppy, transparently biased article titled " Gay-Marriage Activists Look Ahead After Defeat in Maine ." With condescension reminiscent of Peter Jennings - in 1994 the ABC anchor characterized the Republican takeover...
The Maine legislature had passed marriage equality and signed it into law. You know, the way we enact laws in this nation: via our elected lawmakers. That's what the elected Maine legislature did when they obtained a principled, reasoned "yes"...
Gay activists were frustrated that Obama, who insists he staunchly supports their overall civil rights agenda, didn't speak out forcefully in defense of Maine's marriage law before Tuesday's referendum.
The moderate, gay Republican blogger in Minnesota opines about Maine voters overturning gay marriages and Washington state's approval of a referendum that allows domestic partnerships : "I think that one way we can advance the cause of gay marriage is by doing a few things: first, redefining what victory means; second, listening to our opponents, and three divorcing gay marriage from the civil...
If there’s one thing gay activists love, it’s public moneyThat is, other people’s money. Do what you want but don’t use the state to step on my religious liberty as you correctly accuse conservatives of trying to do. From Damian Thompson.
A snippet from The New York Times pretty much says it all: Supporters of the [gay] marriage law, which the Legislature approved in May, have far more money and ground troops than opponents, who have been led by the Roman Catholic Church. Yet most polls show the two sides neck and neck, suggesting that gay couples [...]