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4IXO_CS.jpeg Taking the Bible out of context....again....and again..... by tomtoo
Oct 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The legalists and the self-righteous, smug fundamentalist professing Christians, who seem to monopolize the media, don’t speak for Christianity—at least not the Christianity that I know! These purveyors of a false Gospel impose their prejudices on the Bible, selectively picking certain verses th...
E1SF_firefighterstwo.jpg San Diego Firefighters vindicated after being "violated"....... by tomtoo
Oct 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
On Thursday of last week, four San Diego firefighters who filed a complaint against the California city for being forced to participate in the 2007 gay pride parade, won their battle in court. Oct. 14th, less than a week after hearing oral arguments, the California Court of Appeals upheld a ju...
I75R_obama1.jpg President Obama speaks at MTV Town Hall..... by tomtoo
Oct 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
President Obama today told an audience of young people during an MTV town hall that he doesn’t believe being gay or transsexual is a choice. “I don’t profess to be an expert,” the president said in response to a question on the matter. “I don’t think it’s a choice. I think people are born...
G7GH_pentagon.jpg DADT is over...Definitely, Maybe....... by tomtoo
Oct 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Yesterday the Pentagon announced it will comply with the court order to stop enforcing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” even though the Obama administration has asked a federal judge to delay implementing the ruling. Armed forces officials have stated they need more time to put new policies in plac...
8LDM_andrew_cuomo1.jpg The man that wants to make equality a reality in NY....... by tomtoo
Oct 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
On Thursday, Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in New York stated that he will legalize same-sex marriage in the state if elected. As reported on the New York Daily News Cuomo stated: “I don’t want to be the governor who just proposes marriage equality. I don’t want to ...
6GBJ_acvv.jpeg Vince Vaughn's Gay 'Dilemma'...... by tomtoo
Oct 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The story went viral after Anderson Cooper pointed out he was offended by the use of the word “gay” in a trailer for Vince Vaughn’s upcoming movie “Dilemma”, but in response, Vaughn is defending use of the word and seems to think that joking about it can somehow bring us all together. My point o...
KGKY_gates.jpg What "Enormous Consequences" would it really have??? by tomtoo
Oct 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
In response to California District Judge Virginia Phillips issuing a permanent injunction to bar the US military from enforcing the 17-year-old ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the ruling would have “enormous consequences” and added the Obama administratio...
33VO_2744661783.jpg "If loving you is wrong.....I don't wanna be right....." by tomtoo
Oct 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
by Jason Lawrence In the 2008 general elections, California voters decided by a close margin to disallow gay marriage.   On Aug. 4, federal district court judge Vaughn Walker ruled the state ban unconstitutional stating that, "it prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligatio...
IVGR_logo.gif $10,000 Pledged to Matthew Shepard Foundation..... by tomtoo
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Denver, CO, October 12, 2010 — The JustUsBoys website recently made headlines when Rutgers University student, Tyler Clementi, posted on the website’s message boards asking for advice in the final hours leading up to his tragic suicide. JustUsBoys.com was referenced on CNN, Time, The New York ...
62M4_spong.jpg Bishop speaks out on Hatred....... by tomtoo
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
I stumbled across this remarkable essay by one Bishop John Shelby Spong and thought that, in light of the recent surge of homophobic attacks on SGL individuals by politicians, religious leaders and ordinary citizens, it would be appropriate to have a dissenting voice from within that circle of h...