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Zsa Zsa Gabor, 94, Wants a Child via Surrogates, Egg Donors, Artificial Insemination, Husband says

April 15, 2011 – 2:27 pm

As Ms. Gabor’s daughter puts it, this is just “weird”: Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband wants his 94-year-old wife to become a mother again using an egg donor, artificial insemination and a surrogate mother, Prince Frederic von Anhalt told CNN Thursday. … Gabor’s only child, Francesca Hilton, described herself as shocked when told of the plan […]

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Why Adoption But Not SSM? A Reply to Prof. Culhane

April 15, 2011 – 2:17 pm

Prof. Culhane writes: Why adoption, but no marriage? Whenever I speak about LGBT rights, audiences are hard-pressed to explain why almost all states allow gays and lesbians – single or partnered – to adopt or foster-parent children, but so few allow us to marry…” Most people probably didn’t even notice the debate on gay adoption […]

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Dan Savage, Sex Columnist, Responds to My Critique

April 11, 2011 – 3:57 pm

A few days ago, I posted a link to an essay on Dan Savage’s view of ethics. I was struck by the final comments from the writer (a Lutheran minister) on Dan’s advice to a young man who had a girlfriend he loved, with whom he clearly enjoyed an extraordinarily good sexual relationship, but who […]

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Dan Savage Educates Your Children?

April 5, 2011 – 3:33 pm

Renowned sex columnist Dan Savage, who is an openly gay man, will be taking his popular sex and relationship advice column to MTV in a show appropriately called “Savage U” where he intends to educate your college student about the importance of honesty over just about anything else, including fidelity. He is of course the […]

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Prop 8 Opponents Receive Harassing Phone Calls

April 5, 2011 – 1:05 pm

I’d like to extend my personal sympathies to the litigants seeking to overturn Prop 8 who received harassing and repulsive phone calls from a caller (who apparently has previously harassed Nancy Pelosi, has a record of convictions for petty offenses, and in my non-clinical judgment shows signs of serious mental illness). Everyone should have the […]

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Going After Crystal Dixon

March 31, 2011 – 4:07 pm

In 2008, Crystal Dixon was fired from the University of Toledo for expressing her view that equating gay rights with civil rights is wrong. Now, Equality Michigan (which is funded by the Arcus foundation) is trying to get her fired from her next position, too – this one in Jackson, Michigan. They say a “public […]

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Indiana Marriage Amendment Passes Committee 7-3

March 23, 2011 – 11:05 am

—Breaking news from Indiana, the state marriage amendment passed the committee by a vote of 7-3. Word is the fight will be over whether to amend it on the floor to permit civil unions. Any amendment kills the bill, because it has to pass both the House and the Senate in exactly the same version. […]

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Why Doesn't the Daily Kos/PPP poll show Increasing Support for SSM?

March 21, 2011 – 10:23 am

If you are a casual reader of newspapers you can hardly fail to note the attention paid to the idea the majority now support SSM. When a group of Hollywood celebrities called on Pres. Obama to join the “majority of Americans” in support of gay marriage, PolitiFact, the allegedly non-partisan fact-checking outfit judged it “mostly […]

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Gay Marriage as an Economic Development Plan?

March 21, 2011 – 9:27 am

The headline in the March 16, 2011 Columbus, Indiana Republic said “Cummins: Gay Marriage Ban Bad for Business.” Cummins, Inc. which makes engines and emissions control systems and mobile energy units for the Army, and stuff like that, is headquartered in Columbus, Indiana. During state senate hearings over the Indiana state marriage amendment Jill Cook, […]

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If the Majority Supports SSM, Why Won't They Let the People of Rhode Island Vote?

March 18, 2011 – 10:29 am

Not even the gay rights folks believe that new poll. If the majority of Americans now support gay marriage, why is the gay rights lobby vigorously opposing a proposal to refer the question to an open vote of the people of Rhode Island? The answer given in the Warwick Beacon yesterday was: because they are […]

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Video: SSM = "Economic Development" plan, gay advocates say

March 17, 2011 – 1:19 pm

Rhode Island gay marriage advocates are claiming gay marriage is part of an “economic development” plan for Rhode Island. This has been a major talking point of Gov. Lincoln Chafee. Video source: www.golocalprov.com

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Maryland Update - “The Chairman Did What He Was Told”

March 4, 2011 – 6:04 pm

So an update on Maryland: They needed twelve votes to pass the gay marriage bill out of committee. Del. Sam Arora (D.-Silver Spring) who favored gay marriage before he opposed gay marriage, folded under pressure and said he was going to vote for gay marriage “in order to get it to the people.” Sorry Sam, […]

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WaPo Columnist: Supporting a Vote by the People is "Unconscionable"

March 4, 2011 – 3:44 pm

Here’s the weirdest position of all that pro-gay marriage advocates have settled on: it’s okay for the legislature to vote on gay marriage, but “unconscionable” for the people to do so.

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WaPo on Arora's "Disgraceful Wavering"

March 3, 2011 – 7:41 pm

I have two reactions to reading this WaPo columnist’s comments. First, if Sam Arora is wavering under this media firestorm, he must be hearing from hundreds of constituents who do not want him to vote for gay marriage. Secondly, as someone married to an Indian-American, I find it interesting that the gay marriage machine appears […]

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The Case for Gay Marriage -- Falling Apart in Maryland?

March 3, 2011 – 2:54 pm

Sam Arora was firmly for gay marriage. He told Equality Maryland so and co-sponsored the bill. So the reports that he’s considering no longer voting for the bill shows you how much flak he must be receiving from his constituents in Silver Spring, Maryland. Gay marriage advocates are furious: “You, sir, are a craven coward, […]

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