I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people's religious beliefs over others.
“I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important . . . to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.” These few words by President Barack Obama, on May 9, 2012, are certain to go down in history as a…
A gay bar could expect to be raided at least once a month, no matter what “payoff” they gave to the NYPD. The Stonewall Inn was one of those bars.
The extent seems boundless to which bigots and haters will go to wrap their hate up in the Bible, and make Christianity the medium for their message.
Imagine the pastor of your church telling you that heterosexuality is an abomination, and a sin against God, that it’s in defiance of the Bible, but that the church will still love you even though you are a sinner, and that if you just pray hard enough, and perhaps seek psychiatric attention, you may just be able to be cured of your perversion.
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.
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.
Last week, I laid into the Mormons and Brigham Young University for their codified bigotry. I also noted that the Mormon Church is but one villain in this drama, and that Brigham Young University is by no means the only campus where homophobia and abuse of LGBT students is…
...according to one gay student, "Most gays I know went to BYU initially with an undying desire to change,” and were encouraged to enroll there to rid themselves of homosexuality. When the desired change didn’t come, confusion, shame, and self-loathing often ensued.
By: Tracy Haygood & Sarah Collins Imagine this: A woman is denied employment because she is a woman. A Latino couple is denied housing because of their ethnicity. A 55-year-old man is fired because of his age. Imagining these situations is impossible because they are all illegal. Why then…