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Category Archives: gay rights
Podcast #139 – War on Christmas Continued
Rick Perry plays the homophobia card in his latest TV ad. Holiday displays in Leesburg, Virginia stir free speech controversy. The co-discoverer of a new earth-like world wants to call it the Christmas Planet. Prosperity gospel preacher Eddie Long’s wife … Continue reading
Allah, Liberty, and Love – Chapter One
[I'm blogging my thoughts chapter-by-chapter on Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji is an outspoken activist for Muslim reform, and the author of the influential The Trouble with Islam Today, a book I … Continue reading
Posted in books, civil rights, ethics, gay rights, islam, religion, religious rights, women's rights
Tagged allah liberty and love, irshad manji
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Allah, Liberty, and Love – Introduction
[Starting today, I'll be blogging my thoughts chapter-by-chapter on Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji is an outspoken activist for Muslim reform, and the author of the influential The Trouble with Islam Today, … Continue reading
Posted in books, gay rights, islam, religion, religious rights, women's rights
Tagged allah liberty and love, ijtihad, irshad manji, trouble with islam today
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Podcast #123 – Study on US Catholic Child Abuse
Assuming the world hasn’t come to an end or that you haven’t been Raptured away… The US Catholic Church reveals The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010, a study into the causes … Continue reading
Obama administration drops defense of DOMA
Well, this week has been (mostly) full of good news on the civil rights front. First, the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Kentucky that would seek to keep displays of the Ten Commandments. Then a court ruled … Continue reading
Posted in civil rights, gay rights, politics, religion
Tagged defense of marriage act, doma
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Obama disappoints (again) at NPB
The news from Egypt overshadowed everything else today, but… President Obama spoke yet again at the infamous National Prayer Breakfast, the only public event organized by the organization known as “the Family,” a group that seeks to co-opt the American … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, civil rights, commentary, gay rights, news, politics, religion, religious rights
Tagged barack obama, david kato, national prayer breakfast, the family
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TX fights gay divorce
Make up your mind, Texas. Either you want the gays to be married or you don’t. Texas officials are trying to persuade an appeals court to void the divorce granted to two lesbians who got married “up No’th” (specifically, in … Continue reading
Megachurch minister comes out of the closet
Jim Swilley, twice-married father of four, and founder/pastor of Church in the Now, a suburban Atlanta megachurch, has admitted that he is gay. He’s come out of the closet to his flock, and he’s keeping his job (for now) and … Continue reading
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FCKH8
Okay, maybe I’m a little late on this, but it’s still a good cause, and I laughed at the video: FCKH8.com Straight Talk About Gay Marriage from FCKH8.com on Vimeo.
Rick Perry is Strong. Bullshit Strong.
Good grief. Rick Perry is losing support among likely Republican voters, polling just ahead of herpes Rick Santorum. What’s a fella to do? Why, play the religion card, of course! Here’s “Strong,” the new TV ad he’s running in Iowa. … Continue reading →