Gay Myths Busted
In fact, the same study found that gay couples tend to be better at resolving conflict and encouraging positive emotions.
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May 3, 2012
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North Carolina: Separate Is Not Equal
The North Carolina Legislature got the amendment on the ballot by a single vote last fall, one vote in the legislature that could ultimately lead to enormous and unpredictable damage. And LGBT couples and families are not the only citizens who would be negatively affected by passage.
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May 3, 2012
A Hero’s Grave
The publicity surrounding him was enormous, and he received thousands of letters from all over the nation and even Europe, praising his courage and bravery for coming out.
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May 2, 2012
9 Reasons Angry Bosses Should Hold Their Tongues
When you regularly, and especially publicly, show anger to your staff, here are nine extremely counter-productive things you’re also doing:
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May 2, 2012
The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget
But none touched me more than a woman I picked up late one August night.
May 1, 2012
An Open Letter to One Million Moms: Bullies by Another Name
Think about it. Are you teaching your children to embrace love, embrace acceptance and embrace each other? Or to fear change, fear diversity, fear difference, maybe even fear you? Will they join the bully in the schoolyard? Will they be the bully in the schoolyard?
April 29, 2012
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The Scarlet Letters of the GMC
When asked how long the GMC has held a tenuous relationship with the larger Mennonite conference and ruling bodies, Pastor Amy laughed, “For over 325 years!” The GMC was removed as a conference member in 1997 and again in 2002 for full inclusion of sexual minorities, once for baptizing a gay man and then for ordaining a gay man.
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April 28, 2012
Strip for Collars
Their ruling involved Albert W. Florence who was strip-searched after being wrongly detained over a traffic fine. In fact, the fine was already paid and he displayed an official receipt to officers who stopped him.
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April 26, 2012
And Marriage Equality for All?
But as with any social justice movement, change is painfully slow, and the bigger the bite of possibility we’re given, the more likely we are to want the entire cake, even as threats to progress lurk everywhere.
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April 26, 2012
The Cougar Phenomenon: Sex, Gender, and Love
By Alyssa Hart Cougars & Cubs! Provocative articles have drawn attention to the cougar-cub phenomenon in recent years. Discussions invariably focus on the sexual dimension of the relationships and jokingly -- sometimes unflatteringly -- portray cougars as older women who “prey” upon younger men, or cubs. These descriptions, however,…
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April 25, 2012