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Homosexuality

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First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Politics)

Anti-Gay Bill Opens a Pandora's Box

Uganda: Ariel RubinKampala — While section 140 of the colonial-era Penal Code Act already criminalises 'carnal knowledge against the order of nature', this new legislation will attempt to give teeth to that dictumBeing gay in Uganda has never been easy, ... [AllAfrica.com - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Homosexuality, Uganda, Gay, David Bahati

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 12 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

NY: Gay couple rights OK'd by state's top court

ALBANY — In a case that mirrors a Rochester-area decision, the state's top court on Thursday upheld the rights of Westchester County and the state to legally extend benefits to same-sex couples married in other states.The state Court of Appeals rejected ... [Stateline - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Gay, Homosexuality, Westchester County, Andrew Spano

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 Documents

N.Y. can recognize other states' same-sex marriages: Court

ALBANY, N.Y.—New York’s highest court has upheld the state’s recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states.The New York Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Thursday in two cases, Margaret Godfrey vs. Andrew J. Spano and Kenneth J. Lewis vs. ... [Business Insurance - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Homosexuality, Westchester County, New York Legislature, New York State Department, Albany (New York, United States)

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 Documents

DONNIE MCCLURKIN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST HOMO...

*Pastor Donnie McClurkin has shown no tolerance for homosexuality calling gays â€œvampiresâ€ and â€œperversions.â€ His anti-gay rants were videotaped at the Church of God in Christâ€™s Holy Convocation Youth Service in Memphis last weekend and were ... [EURweb - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Donnie McClurkin, Homosexuality, Gay, Sugar

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Homophobia and AIDS funding can't coexist

Since its inception in 2003, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief -- PEPFAR -- has become the largest public health program in history. Created by President George W. Bush, it has distributed nearly $50 billion worldwide, mostly in Africa, to ... [Los Angeles Times - 18 hours ago]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Uganda, Homophobia

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 Documents

Civil Disobedience from the Religious Right

Forget WWJD. The new question is apparently What Would MLK Do? A coalition of politically and theologically conservative Christian leaders, including nine Roman Catholic bishops, who have just signed a declaration saying they will not comply with laws ... [Time - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Religious Right, Abortion, Homosexuality, Gay

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 Documents

Conferences on homosexuality to converge in West Palm Beach

WEST PALM BEACH --The other group believes such programs have tortured thousands of men and women, making it impossible for them to accept their natural sexual orientation and live happy lives.The two polar opposites are to meet less than a mile apart ... [Miami Herald - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Homosexuality, Heterosexuality, Gay

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 Documents

Christians Condemn Anti-Gay Bill

Global opposition is growing to the 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill' recently proposed in Uganda, which would introduce the death penalty for homosexual activity.An increasing number of Christian organisations are condemning the Bill but the Archbishop of Canterbury, ... [AllAfrica.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Rowan Williams, Uganda, Anti-Gay, Homosexuality

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Gay Couple to Marry in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Two Argentine men who will soon wed in Latin America's first legal same-sex marriage hope it will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry.Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello were granted a marriage license ... [ABC News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Argentina, Homosexuality, Gay, Buenos Aires

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 Documents

A show of unity at too high a price | Savitri Hensman

A show of unity at too high a price The Anglican church should no longer put the virtue of uniformity above the need to challenge prejudice and suffering 'United we stand, divided we fall' is a common saying. Likewise there is a Japanese proverb 'A single ... [Guardian.co.uk - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Anglican, Homosexuality, Rowan Williams

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 3 Documents

D.C. presses for compromise on Catholic Charities

After a week of heated rhetoric, District officials said Thursday that they see a way for Catholic Charities to continue operating programs with city money while assuring that the organization's gay and heterosexual employees would be treated equally ... [Washington Post - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Catholic Charities, Catania, Phil Mendelson

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

AMA, bad science, and gay marriage

The has approved a resolution that has the thinnest veneer of science to cloak its pro-gay marriage agenda. At its mid-year meeting last week, the good doctors considered a report from their Council on Science and Public Health ("Health Care Disparities ... [EnerPub - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Gay, Homosexuality, Health Insurance, David Boies, John Baldacci

Quotes

Ever an outsider, Sendak's childhood and career were further complicated by his homosexuality. "All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy" he told an interviewer from The New York Times. 'They never, never knew...

Call of the wild: Maurice Sendak [The Independent - 1 hour ago]

Whenever I read letters such as that from Mark Foster (19 November) urging that "we stop trying to impose our western values on those who have no use or respect for them" , I wonder how the writers react to reports of raped 13-year-olds stoned to death for adultery, acid thrown into the faces of schoolgirls carrying books...

Letters: Treating dementia [The Independent - 1 hour ago]

...Sexual Minorities Uganda said that the legislation "goes against the inclusive spirit necessary for our economic as well as political development" and described it as 'profoundly undemocratic and un-African'...

Christians Condemn Anti-Gay Bill [AllAfrica.com - 2 hours ago]

They also contend that "public policies contribute to the weakening of the institution of marriage, including the discredited idea of unilateral divorce" while "influential individuals and organizations are seeking to redefine marriage to embrace same-sex partnerships and to recognize multiple-party sexual...

20-Nov-09 - Unprecedented Coalition of Religious Leaders Call Americans To Stand for Sanctity of ... [Global Catholic Network - 7 hours ago]

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Leading article: Heavy hand of Rome [The Independent - 1 hour ago]
Call of the wild: Maurice Sendak [The Independent - 1 hour ago]
Tassie voted gay friendly [Tasmania Mercury - 1 hour ago]
Gays say draft law ignored them [Daily Nation - 1 hour ago]
Letters: Treating dementia [The Independent - 1 hour ago]
A warm welcome from the Pope sows Anglican unease [The Independent - 2 hours ago]
Committee rejects C of E proposal on Equality Bill [ChurchTimes - 2 hours ago]
Africans suffer from 'collateral damage' in US ... [ChurchTimes - 2 hours ago]
Anti-gay religious group takes vow against marr... [SmartBrief - 2 hours ago]
Judge: Federal public defender is entitled to b... [SmartBrief - 2 hours ago]
Christian Leaders Issue 'A Call of Christian Co... [Christianity Today - 2 hours ago]
False Prophets And The 'Social Church' [Post Chronicle - 2 hours ago]
Pope's Invitation to Anglicans: Merger, Coaliti... [AllAfrica.com - 2 hours ago]
Christians Condemn Anti-Gay Bill [AllAfrica.com - 2 hours ago]
31 CCHD-Funded Groups Supported, Trained by Pro... [Street Insider - 3 hours ago]
Ecumenism rebuffed [Times Online - 4 hours ago]
Sex advice: should I dress up as a man? [Times Online - 5 hours ago]
Refugee board to reconsider case of U.S. army d... [CTV.ca - 5 hours ago]
Under God: Religious leaders team up for social... [Washington Post - 5 hours ago]
N.Y. can recognize other states' same-sex marri... [Business Insurance - 5 hours ago]
Lesbian U.S. deserter to get new Canada hearing [Reuters: U.S. - 5 hours ago]
20-Nov-09 - Unprecedented Coalition of Religiou... [Global Catholic Network - 7 hours ago]
20-Nov-09 - Austrian Bishops Call Country's New... [Global Catholic Network - 7 hours ago]
20-Nov-09 - Archbishop Wuerl: Change Language o... [Global Catholic Network - 7 hours ago]
There are moral absolutes: aspects of Sharia ar... [Spectator - 8 hours ago]
Civil Disobedience from the Religious Right [Time - 8 hours ago]
The latest news on Health Care, Housing, Nuclea... [Sojourners - 8 hours ago]
sex cabbie gets 20 years jail [WA Today.com.au - 8 hours ago]
Uganda's gays: from advocates to outlaws [InSing.com - 8 hours ago]
A show of unity at too high a price \| Savitri H... [Guardian.co.uk - 8 hours ago]

Blogs

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Justifying Discrimination in the Name of Religi... [Firedoglake - 1 hour ago] photo: bastique via Flickr Evangelicals like Chuck Colson, Roman Catholics like Archbishop Donald Wuerl, and the other religious leaders who signed the “Manhattan ...
Asses: Another Installment In an Irregular Series [Wonkette - 7 hours ago] By the Comics CurmudgeonAs your Comics Curmudgeon demonstrated earlier this year, political cartoonists love butts. Just love ’em! The ass is the most polysemous ...
Quote For The Day III [The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 8 hours ago] "I meet with the gays here and there. They were in my house two weeks ago. I don’t mind gays. But I don’t want ‘em stuffing it down my throat all the time," - Utah ...
Utah lawmaker claims he doesn’t ‘mind’ gays, bu... [Think Progress - 8 hours ago] Earlier this month, the Church of Latter Day Saints made headlines when it threw its support behind a measure in Salt Lake City that barred “landlords and employers ...
A show of unity at too high a price \| Savitri H... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 8 hours ago] The Anglican church should no longer put the virtue of uniformity above the need to challenge prejudice and suffering"United we stand, divided we fall" is a common ...

Audio/Video

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Psychologists have been watching us on the subw... [Slate Magazine - 11/17/2009]
I Love Glee [Slate Magazine - 11/12/2009]
Fort Hood FAQ [Slate Magazine - 11/06/2009]
Gay vet booted for going public [CNN.com - Video - 11/05/2009]
Despite the one-child policy, millions of Chine... [Slate Magazine - 11/04/2009]

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