Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
Monday, July 14th, 2008
David Benkof/David Bianco, who recently made waves with a string of anti-gay op-eds in gay and mainstream news publications, has decided to give up his alliance with anti-gay, radical right activists.
“I no longer feel comfortable being allied with the people running the Prop. 8 campaign, and the same-sex marriage movement ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Ex-gay, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, United States | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
On Monday I posted again about the N.C. Christian Action League's misleading words and tactics regarding the School Violence Prevention Act (HB 1366). That was after first exposing their inaccurate op-ed written by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay, anti-marriage amendment supporter state Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston).
Late last evening, the ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | 3 Comments »
Monday, July 7th, 2008
InterstateQ.com was the first to tell you about the Christian Action League of North Carolina and the misleading, inaccurate op-ed written by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay state Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston County).
Now, the Christian Action League is misleading the public and their members again.
From a recent Christian Action ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
WFMY News 2 (Greensboro) did a wonderful story (video here) on my two good friends and mentors Gary Trowbridge and Frank Benedetti, a couple whose been together for decades. They are looking forward to a legal wedding in California. The state started legal marriages for same-sex couples yesterday at 5 ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, LGBT Families, North Carolina, Religion, United States, Winston-Salem | 4 Comments »
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A pastor at a Southern Baptist Church in Lewisville, N.C., a suburb of Winston-Salem, is one of six candidates for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Les Puryear, who worked as a telecom executive for 25 years, has been a pastor since 1996; this is his third ...
Posted in North Carolina, Religion, United States, Winston-Salem | No Comments »
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
The American Family Association's OneNewsNow.com recently ran an article titled "Schools out forever... for NC illegals."
The article profiles Americans for Legal Immigration PAC or ALIPAC. The group is "commending" N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper for his ruling that illegal immigrants cannot enroll in state community colleges.
It is already known that ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | 5 Comments »
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
The president of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, the Rev. Mark Creech, has responded to my various criticisms of an earlier op-ed published on their website ("The Real Homosexual Agenda" Feb. 29, 2008) by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay marriage amendment sponsor N.C. State Sen. Jim Forrester.
In ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | No Comments »
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Two days ago, I addressed the incidents surrounding Ken Hutcherson's appearance at a Mt. Si High School assembly for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. While respecting, and even supporting, the need for teachers and students to address the anti-gay rhetoric put forth but Pastor Hutcherson, I wondered if there ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, High School, Religion | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Ken Hutcherson was invited to speak at Mount Si High School in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. KOMO TV reports that two teachers booed Hutcherson, who is known for espousing anti-gay attitudes, at the assembly. Citizen Link is asking readers to contact the school and the ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, High School, Religion | 9 Comments »
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Every time a natural disaster strikes, we can count on Pat Robertson to blame it on the queers. In fact, we don't have to wait for disasters to hit us; he "predicts" they will happen.
But when natural disasters hit "holy" places like Union University, which actively discriminates against LGBT students, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, Politics, Religion, United States | 7 Comments »
