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Canadian Lawyer: Anti-Polygamy Law 'Relic' that Predates Rights Charter

April 12, 2011 – 10:54 am

Via the Canadian Press: The federal prohibition on polygamy is a relic from another time that imposes Christianity on all Canadians and violates their right to religious freedom, says a lawyer arguing against the law. … [the lawyer] said the Charter of Rights and Freedoms offers two protections regarding religion: laws cannot have a strictly religious […]

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Cook County to House Biological Males in Women's Jails if They Identify as Female

April 12, 2011 – 10:44 am

The worthy goal is to protect transgendered folks from abuse. But the means? Requiring women to live with biological males in jail. The story includes this priceless quote: “You’ve got people who are in every way a woman — but for their genitalia — who are being placed in male prisons,” said John Knight, director […]

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Italian Professor May Lose Job Because He Said Homosexuality Brought Down Roman Empire

April 12, 2011 – 10:43 am

Gay rights groups in Italy are calling for a prestigious history professor to be fired because he believes the spread of homosexuality helped cause the collapse of the Roman empire. Sources: The Advocate’s story Times of India version

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"Equality" Laws Require UK to Lift Ban On Gay Men Giving Blood

April 12, 2011 – 10:39 am

Experts calculate that the new rules, which permit gay men who say they have been celibate for at least ten years to donate blood, will only increase the risk that HIV enters the blood supply by 2.5 percent: The changes were instigated by Sabto, the advisory committee on the safety of blood, tissues and organs, […]

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Cyber-bully Perez Hilton to publish children's book on tolerance

April 12, 2011 – 9:00 am

Perez Hilton, who has made a career out of attacking people in childish ways, is about to publish a children’s book this fall – “The Boy With Pink Hair”: In a press release for the book, Hilton comments that the “story is about every kid that’s ever had a dream, felt excluded, wanted to belong, and […]

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Don't miss Dr. Morse's very first radio show tonight!

April 11, 2011 – 9:00 pm

From the Ruth Institute: Sure, she’s been a radio guest many times, but tonight…She’s running the show! Tune in to find out: What does the Next Generation really think about marriage? Tonight on “From the Front Lines of the Culture Wars” on Catholic Radio of San Diego (9-10PM EST – you can listen live at the link) […]

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HRC pressures 200 top law firms to not defend DOMA in court

April 11, 2011 – 1:55 pm

Apparently, law firms aren’t allowed to help some clients without getting on HRC’s bad side: “The Human Rights Campaign, a leading gay-rights group, has written to 200 of the country’s top law firms urging them not to take up the case on behalf of the House.” (AP) John Adams, in defending the officers charged in […]

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How much Target cowering is enough?

April 11, 2011 – 12:11 pm

Target is attempting to make peace with the gay community while also protecting its customers. Andrea Chang surveys the situation in the Los Angeles Times, and notes the many olive branches Target has extended, including: Meeting with gay activist groups Coming out in public support of ENDA Posting a video to its Facebook and website […]

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Uruguay moving to legalize same-sex marriage

April 11, 2011 – 11:15 am

From the Star Observer in Australia: Chile’s El Mercurio newspaper has reported that the Uruguayan Parliament is considering legislation legalising same-sex marriage. The bill is being driven by the country’s ruling coalition, the Frente Amplio which has a majority in both houses – giving it an excellent chance of succeeding. … The bill, would amend […]

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North Carolina Marriage Amendment Introduced in House!

April 11, 2011 – 11:11 am

Last week in the North Carolina House two Democrats and two Republicans introduced a bill defining marriage as “the union of one man and one woman at one time.” Similar language was introduced in the Senate in late February. If the Senate and House approve the language the issue will be referred to the voters […]

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Santorum Wins South Carolina County Straw Poll

April 9, 2011 – 6:39 pm

Via Scott Conroy at Real Clear Politics: Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s underdog presidential run picked up some validation on Saturday as the near-certain candidate won a South Carolina straw poll at the GOP convention in the state’s largest county. Santorum’s socially conservative bona fides registered with many of the 431 voters who cast ballots […]

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Ontario says Canadian Catholic schools must accept gay clubs where Catholic teaching is banned

April 9, 2011 – 6:36 pm

From LifeSiteNews (which is based in Canada): Ontario Catholic schools will not be permitted to use the support groups that are being mandated under the government’s controversial equity and inclusive education strategy to counsel homosexual students to “reform their sexuality.” The government revealed the unprecedented challenge to the province’s publicly-funded Catholic education system in comments to […]

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NOM Announces New Facebook Page!

April 9, 2011 – 10:00 am

NOM has a new Facebook Page! http://www.facebook.com/NationForMarriage Tell your friends to go “Like!” it! As for Louis Marinelli, Brian Brown responded to his announcement he no longer favors protecting marriage this way: “Louis Marinelli worked in a volunteer capacity as a bus driver during our summer marriage tour. Around this time, NOM began to pay […]

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Video: Concerned Parent Doesn't Want Her 2nd-grader Visiting Castro District

April 8, 2011 – 6:15 pm

In follow-up to our post a couple days ago (Is San Fran’s Castro District Appropriate For Young Kids?), here is the local CBS 5 Eyewitness video mentioned in that post:

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RI Blogger on "The Way the Marriage Battle Should Be Resolved"

April 8, 2011 – 5:19 pm

Justin Katz is a local blogger in the Ocean State, and he thinks the right way forward is something along the lines of the reciprocal benefits proposal floated earlier this week: The relationship formed in homosexual couples is different in substantive ways from the relationship formed between heterosexual couples, most critically in the latter’s ability […]

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