Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | yesterday
`The Christian Institute' `Gay rights’ activist Peter Tatchell has called for an end to the longstanding safeguard which prevents blood donations from men who have engaged in sexual activity with other men. Under current rules the National Blood Service (NBS) will not accept donations from men who have had anal intercourse with other men because such sexual [...]
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has called for the ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood to be abolished. Speaking ahead of World AIDS Day, which is tomorrow, Tatchell said the lifetime ban was based on "stereotyped, irrational, unscientific and homophobic assumptions".
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
From the Islington Gazette A STRAIGHT couple battling to have a "gay" civil partnership in the name of sexual equality are to have their case raised in Parliament. Civil servants Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, of North Road, Holloway, feel "alienated from the patriarchal traditions of marriage" – but because they are heterosexual they are banned from [...]
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
New Jersey will take up the issue of marriage equality next week with a committee vote scheduled for Monday and a full vote occurring as soon as Thursday, according to PinkNews. Senator Ray Lesniak said the bill will come before the committee on Monday and is scheduled for a vote on Thursday. Addressing gay rights campaigners on [...] New Jersey marriage vote expected next week is a post...
24-7 Parliament (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
I never really expected to write this post. You have to have a certain grudging respect for veteran gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, but that rarely extends to agreeing with him. He is normally known for putting out the kind of gay supremacist demands which fuel the worst form of political correctness (ie anyone who disagrees should be silenced or removed, by force if necessary)....
