Category: LGBT
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An Open Letter to Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court of the United States One First Street N.E. Washington, DC 20543 January 8, 2014 Dear Justice Sotomayor, I am writing to you with anxiety in my chest and my heart sinking as I read the news that Utah will not recognize the nearly 1,000 marriages to same-sex couples, which it…
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Did One Person’s Narrow Mind Open Up on Twitter Last Night?
UPDATE: Lindsay Smith has posted on her own blog about her experience in the back-and-forth that occurred (and will no doubt continue to occur with others) on Twitter. Check it out here! ORIGINAL POST: Last night, a Twitter exchange began between an LGBT advocate and, probably bored, high schoolers who were, again, probably, looking for…
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For the umpteenth time… no one is threatening your Freedom of Speech!
The National Organization for Marriage is still insisting that their constituents are being silenced. Of course, this isn’t true nor is there any evidence of this happening. Just a few moments ago I posted the following on their Facebook page: “Lest you continue your ignorant mislabeling of this issue as ‘threatening freedom of speech’ please…
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Trying to Hide Behind Jesus, Bigotry Still Finds its (Duck) Calling
Why does the religious right care at all about the rights of LGBT people? I still don’t understand their fear or their desire to misinform their constituents. How my life, or the life of any one of the estimated 9 million Americans, impacts them is beyond my understanding. Are they sitting at home, quaking I…
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Cedar Point Cancels Wedding Contest to Avoid Same-Sex Participation
I read about this first in The Advocate and then read the original article in The Sandusky Register. I was already saddened by the park’s decision not to be inclusive and to take, what I would agree is, a cowardly approach by canceling the event. Then I read the comments beneath the Register’s article, a…
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Russian President Declares War on Homosexuals
The news is spilling over and I cannot do it the same justice that Harvey Fierstein gives it in his Op-Ed piece in The New York Times. He offers several theories as to Mr. Putin’s reasons for attacking the civil liberties of the Russian LGBT community. But this seems most likely. “Mr. Putin’s true motives…
Tommy Karr 