Tony Perkins fears the crossing of light sabers

“Give yourself to the Dark Side…yes,your thoughts betray you.” From Opposing Views: On his daily radio broadcast, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins attacked the video game ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ for allowing same-sex relationships: “In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be […]

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Cycling through symbolism: Nitpicking the Rick Perry ad mockery

AKA The post about Rick Perry’s jacket. If you somehow have missed seeing Rick Perry’s recent campaign ad, now one of the least liked videos on Youtube, here it is: Yes, that is a real ad produced by a real candidate for president of the United States and long-time governor […]

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The gay rights paradox

There’s an interesting discussion going on at Dispatches about Michele Bachmann’s recent statement to some Iowa high school students about gay marriage: JANE SCHMIDT: Then, why can’t same-sex couples get married?BACHMANN: They can get married, but they abide by the same law as everyone else. They can marry a man […]

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“Masculine Christianity” and the Penn State scandal

                                      .  This is University of Nebraska Assistant Coach Ron Brown praying on behalf of his football team and that of Penn State prior to their game on November 12th, in the […]

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LGBT news today

1. Lesbians sent to “forced confinement” clinics in Equador are being tortured. Change.org has a petition to the Ecuadorian Minister of Health to stop the practice. 2. The National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality’s (NARTH) annual conference this weekend will feature a speaker advocating for the imprisonment of gays around the world. 3. […]

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Why Rick Santorum is wrong

The title of this post might sound a little obvious to most who might read it– Rick Santorum, wrong? Perish the thought! But I think it’s important to take a look at why he was wrong, specifically, when he said this in an interview with Piers Morgan: I think just […]

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Dan Savage on the evolution of straight gaydar

Salon has an interview with Dan Savage titled “The evolution of Dan Savage” which is a pretty good read if you’re not very familiar with the progression of his career, and includes an interesting (to me) bit about his motivation for starting the It Gets Better Project: One of the […]

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Update

…on the April 18th beating of a trans woman at McDonald’s in Maryland: From dallasvoice: Teona Brown, 19, has pled guilty Thursday, Aug. 4, to first degree assault charges and a hate crime charge in connection with the beating of transgender woman Chrissy Polis last April in Towson, Md.  The attack was captured […]

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Another message to Rick Santorum from Dan Savage

Dan Savage’s New Threat to Rick Santorum from Dan Savage

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“Hell yes” of the day

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