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Discrimination

Murder Of Mark Carson Is Fifth Anti-LGBT Violent Hate Crime In NYC In Under Two Weeks

by David Badash ● 9:26 PM May 19, 2013
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The murder of Mark Carson Friday night was the fifth — not third, as far too many mainstream media outlets and others are reporting — violent anti-gay hate crime in New York City this month.

Discrimination

Some Blaming Race, Immigration, Diversity For Anti-Gay Hate Crime Murder Of Mark Carson

by David Badash ● 7:46 PM May 19, 2013
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Some conservatives are blaming issues like “diversity,” and “immigration,” claiming they supposedly “lead to” the death of Mark Carson, the 32-year old gay man shot to death early Saturday morning in NYC’s Greenwich Village.

Civil Rights

EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation With Chief Justice John Roberts’ Cousin, LGBT Activist Jean Podrasky

by Joanne Kalogeras ● 2:53 PM May 18, 2013
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ cousin, San Francisco activist Jean Podrasky and her partner Grace Fasano talk with The New Civil Rights Movement’s Joanne Kalogeras.

Analysis

LGBT People Must Forge Global Solidarity Against Extremist Anti-Gay US Evangelicals

by Vincent Warren ● 2:35 PM May 17, 2013
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Today marks the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) when momentum to advance marriage equality in the United States is rapidly moving forward, while US evangelicals have shifted their focus to exporting hatred toward LGBTQ people internationally.

Discrimination

Whose Turn Is It To Tell America’s 3 Million Homeless And Foster Children Gays Can’t Marry?

by David Badash ● 10:16 AM May 12, 2013
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If you believe that LGBT people should be allowed to adopt children, you are logically required to believe that LGBT people must be afforded the right to marry.

Guns

2 Year Old Girl Shot By 5 Year Old Brother Survived ‘More Than An Hour’ Before Dying

by David Badash ● 8:10 PM May 4, 2013
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The two-year old Kentucky girl who was accidentally shot by her five-year old brother with a Crickett brand “My First Rifle” survived for “more than an hour” as paramedics worked to save her life,

News

Watch: At Press Conference, Obama Says ‘I’m Very Proud’ Of Jason Collins

by David Badash ● 3:00 PM April 30, 2013
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At a press conference this morning President Barack Obama said he is “very proud” of NBA center Jason Collins for coming out as gay yesterday. The President had concluded his remarks and the Q&A, walked away from the podium, stopped, and returned to make his comments.

Bigotry Watch

Noted Geneticist Bryan Fischer: ‘Deviancy Cabal Hero’ Jason Collins ‘Proves No One Is Born That Way’

by David Badash ● 12:49 PM April 30, 2013
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Noting that out NBA center Jason Collins has a twin brother who is straight, Bryan Fischer says Jason Collins’ being gay “proves” that people are not born that way.

Coming Out

Former Focus The On Family Spokesman Apologizes For Advocating Ex-Gay Therapy

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 1:48 PM April 25, 2013
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Former Focus On The Family Spokesman, John Paulk apologizes, acknowledging that he hurt people while championing the ex-gay movement.

News

Family Research Council Finally Scrubs Nazi Reference From Sermon Used To Fight Marriage Equality

by Andy Birkey At The American Independent ● 10:01 AM April 22, 2013
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A Family Research Council sermon said “homosexuals essentially practice Joseph Goebel’s [sic] Nazi philosophy of propaganda,” and after outcry from the LGBT and Jewish communities, FRC finally scrubbed it from their site.

Guns

Tony Perkins: Christians Must Buy Guns Because Democrats Won’t Force Americans To Pray

by David Badash ● 5:51 PM April 19, 2013
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Tony Perkins believes that the only thing that will stop a bad man from getting a gun is a prayer, and think it’s the Democrats fault that more people aren’t praying.

Bigotry Watch

GOP Lawmaker Says Gay People Are Hazardous To His Family’s Health

by David Badash ● 4:32 PM April 17, 2013
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A Republican state senator claimed today that gay people are hazardous to his family’s health, echoing some of the false claims put forth by Dave Agema, the RNC Committeeman.

News

Evangelical Christian Serial Adoption Of West African Children Leads To Child Abuse And Death

by David Badash ● 12:24 PM April 15, 2013
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Many of these children are told in Liberia the U.S. is “heaven,” some of the children’s parents often believe they are not being adopted but just going away to school, then some of these children become immediate second-class citizens, used for labor, live in compounds, receive no formal education, are beaten and abused, and, sadly, some have died.

News

Rick Santorum Lands In Hospital, Revealing Ties To Ralph Reed

by David Badash ● 8:22 AM April 15, 2013
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Rick Santorum was scheduled to speak today at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s fundraiser, but landed in the hospital Saturday, so Ralph Reed’s taking his place.