Archive for July, 2005
Sunday, July 31st, 2005
As seen in The Winston-Salem Journal
Thursday night is bluegrass night at the McDonald's over in King
By Lisa O'Donnell
JOURNAL REPORTER
KING - Every Thursday night, the McDonald's here serves fast pickin' with its fast food. Sounds of Bluegrass, a five-piece band, jams in a corner of the restaurant, cranking out such bluegrass ...
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Sunday, July 31st, 2005
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) has issued a statement concerning Zach Stark (pictured left), the gay 16 year old Tennessee boy who blogged about being sent to an ex-gay camp by his parents.
I have followed this story for a while now, in fact, I have followed ...
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Saturday, July 30th, 2005
According to an article originally appearing on 365gay.com on July 26, 2005, but now on About.com (see article), police in three German states are keeping secret computer files on gays.
The databases can be searched by entering "omosex," the German word for homosexual and the files include the names of all ...
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Friday, July 29th, 2005
From Sovo.com,
http://sovo.com/blog/index.cfm?blog_id=1819
Reporter Eartha Melzer returned this week from a stint in North Carolina, where she covered last week’s Exodus International conference for gays and lesbians seeking to change their sexual orientation.
For those who live in predominantly gay neighborhoods in the Northeast between Washington, D.C., and Boston it is tempting to ...
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Friday, July 29th, 2005
From The IntegrityUSA Blog
Here’s a question from a letter I received this week: "What we're asking for is a straight answer out of you people on where in the Bible you rest your case on the same sex relationship issue. Can you do that or not?"
Finally a question I can ...
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Friday, July 29th, 2005
According to an article on 365gay.com, a Methodist pastor in Virginia has been removed from his position for a period of one year for denyingmembership in his congregation to a gay man. For more details, read the article
According to an article on Express Gay News, Lamar Advertising Company in South ...
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Thursday, July 28th, 2005
I ran across some very interesting polls for the 2008 race for the Presidency today. One of the more interesting polls was the Marist College Poll, taken in April 2005 nationwide, and is below. Be sure to notice the pairing of Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and John McCain (R-AZ).
Visit www.pollingreport.com/2008.htm ...
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Thursday, July 28th, 2005
According to an article on Express Gay News, international watchdog groups are disputing claims made about the execution of two Iranian teenagers (see earlier blog post, "Two tid-bits").
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch claim that the two teenagers were convicted and ...
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2005
In today's edition of the Raleigh News and Observer, Zach Wynne, President of The University of North Carolina Association of Student Governments (www.uncasg.org) spoke out against the budget provisions harmful to the UNC System included in the proposed North Carolina Budget. He has written both an editorial and a Point ...
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2005
Last night I was asked if I would like to volunteer to help begin organizing for the 2008 March on Washington for LGBT Equality (projected date: April 2008). Well, of course, I said, "YES!"
The planning and organizing for the 2008 March will definitely be a grassroots movement, nationwide.
As of right ...
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