http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gay/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:40:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418063/posts Lisa Miller Is Supposed to Handover Daughter Isabella to her Former Lesbian Partner Janet Jenkins on Friday - ABC News http://abcnews.go.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418063/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:40:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418027/posts The LAPD plans to launch its own Explorer program for young people this month, removing the Boy Scouts of America from management, officials said Tuesday. The Police Commission voted two months ago to end its relationship with the Scouts because of the organization's policies that discriminate against gays. The program had been operated by the Learning for Life Foundation, a subsidiary of the Boy Scouts. The move to create the Los Angeles Police Department's own teen program should be launched by Jan. 1, Deputy Chief Earl Paysinger told the Police Commission. "We have received inquiries from dozens of agencies on... http://www.dailynews.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418027/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:35:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417904/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417904/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:42:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417843/posts The birth mother of a 7-year-old Virginia girl must transfer custody of the child to the woman's former lesbian partner, a Vermont judge ruled, adding that it seems the woman has "disappeared" with her daughter. Vermont Family Court Judge William Cohen ordered Lisa Miller of Winchester, Va., to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins of Fair Haven at 1 p.m. Friday at the Virginia home of Jenkins' parents. CNS news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417843/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:52:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416411/posts Minnesota’s next U.S. Marshal will be Minneapolis’ openly gay Assistant Police Chief Sharon Lubinski. Her confirmation by the U.S. Senate was announced Monday morning by Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar, who recommended her. Lubinkski was formally nominated for the post in October by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in a flurry of pre-holiday legislative activity last week. StarTribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416411/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:39:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411949/posts Who founded GLSEN – the “Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network” -- while teaching at an elite New England boarding school? Who was asked by an extremist sexual radical to join the Mass. “Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth” in 1992? Who dishonestly claimed that an epidemic of gay teen suicides required bringing homosexual issues into our schools – that it was all about student “safety” -- but later admitted his deceit? Who put his sexual “partner” in charge of designing the Massachusetts “Safe Schools” program? (Jennings, Mama’s Boy Preacher’s Son) Whose organization gave out the pornographic Little Black Book:... massresistance.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411949/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:26:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410869/posts Here’s something for you ponder, as more and more comes out about Tiger Woods, including, at last report, the possibility that one of his many lovers has photographs of him naked that she’s selling to Playgirl (move over Levi Johnston, and his teensy weiner!). Apparently, “everyone” knew about Tiger Woods’ affairs and his behavior off the course, but the MSM narrative was that Woods “is a hero” and the Woods brand was something the MSM protected at all costs — refusing to write negative stories about him, or tell the truth about any of his shennanigans. “Everyone” knew Woods was... Hillbuzz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410869/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:20:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408708/posts Reporter Fired Over Gay Marriage E-Mail Published : Friday, 11 Dec 2009, 9:30 AM EST WATERVILLE - Larry Grard, a veteran newspaper reporter at The Morning Sentinel in Waterville, says he was fired for sending an angry e-mail to a pro-gay marriage group. Grard says he was offended by an e-mail he received from the DC-based Human Rights Campaign the day after the November 3rd vote overturning Maine's same-sex marriage law. He fired off a response, which read, in part, "You hateful people have been spreading nothing but vitriol since the campaign began. Good riddance!" Grard says he was immediately... http://www.myfoxmaine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408708/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:59:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408246/posts A Fairfield pediatrician charged with abusing former patients, is now free on bond. Doctor Scott Blankenburg was indicted last week on new charges of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, bribery, complicity to obtain dangerous drugs, and complicity to possession of heroin. Blankenburg was already facing dozens of similar charges, for which he is to go on trial in April. Today, a judge set a new bond for Blankenburg at $250,000 but allowed him to be released for 10 percent of that amount. Blankenburg must wear an electronic monitor and report to a "pretrial services officer" once a week. Scott's... http://www.local12.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408246/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:30:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408208/posts Are children reared by two individuals of the same gender as well adjusted as children reared in families with a mother and a father? Until recently the unequivocal answer to this question was "no." Within the last decade, however, professional health organizations1, academics, social policymakers and the media have begun asserting that prohibitions on parenting by homosexual couples should be lifted. In making such far-reaching, generation-changing assertions, any responsible advocate would rely upon supporting evidence that is comprehensive and conclusive. Not only is this not the situation, but also there is sound evidence that children exposed to the homosexual lifestyle... http://www.americancollegeofpediatricians.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408208/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:36:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407409/posts Obama is effeminate. You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407409/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407227/posts Teenagers shouldn't drink alcohol. That's the policy of the United States government, which spends billions to enforce laws backing the policy, and it also is the position of pretty much every respectable organization in the nation, including the Department of Education. So naturally, when looking to fill the post of the nation's top school-safety official at the Education Department, President Obama chose a guy who founded and led an organization that allowed bar guides to be handed out to high school students. Once again, "safe schools czar" Kevin Jennings has been involved in making schools less safe. As always, this... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407227/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:49:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406801/posts Music swells, lights flash and the contestants strut on to the stage, waving and blowing kisses. All wear high heels, bikinis and wide smiles. It is another beauty pageant in Venezuela, a self-styled "beauty superpower" which worships physical perfection and has won the two most recent Miss Universe titles. But this show in Caracas is different. Even from the back of the theatre you noticesomething striking about the contestants. They are men. Large, chubby men. Welcome to Miss Fat Gay Venezuela, a pageant with a new type of queen. The contest, the first of its kind, smashes taboos in a... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406801/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:53:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406443/posts Houston, Texas has become the largest city in the United States to elect an openly gay mayor after City Controller Annise Parker was declared the winner of a runoff election tonight. Social conservatives fought her election, funding a campaign aimed at turning out likeminded voters to support her opponent, former city attorney Gene Locke. But Parker's endorsements from labor, police, women's, gay rights and other groups were echoed by the Houston Chronicle, the area's major daily newspaper, and her campaign ran a superior get-out-the-vote effort. http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20091213/pl_usnw/DC25267_1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406443/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:30:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406362/posts HOUSTON -- It was no great surprise when some religious leaders and conservative activists voiced fierce opposition to the mayoral candidacy of Annise Parker, a gay woman. But voters here have largely dismissed the issue as insignificant, even though she could become the first openly lesbian mayor of a major American city. Ms. Parker, a city controller who has been elected to local office six times with little controversy over her sexual preference, is the leading candidate in Saturday's election runoff. "This is about the best person for the job, period," said taxi driver Arthur Berry, 48 years old, who... http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB126057851102188215-lMyQjAxMDI5NjEwMjUxNzI4Wj.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406362/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:05:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405547/posts Fistgate instructor Margot Abels had been with the Massachusetts DOE “Safe Schools” program for seven years by the time she ran the scandalous workshop documented at the GLSEN-Boston conference in 2000. That takes her back to 1993, the year the “safe schools” program began in the DOE. She had run “at least five” workshops similar to Fistgate prior to 2000.... It was in 1992 that Kevin Jennings joined radical David LaFontaine at the Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, to “run its education committee” – which set up the “safe schools” programs in the Department of Education..... Isn’t it... massresistance.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405547/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404317/posts An employee of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was arrested on charges of disabling the fire alarm system and damaging property in his Metairie hotel room, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report. Russell Vanderwerf, 44, of Houston was booked Dec. 1 with simple criminal damage valued at $500 to $5,000 and interfering with fire prevention after staffers at the Residence Inn, 3 Galleria Blvd., began investigating a malfunctioning fire alarm system, the arrest report said. A technician who was summoned Nov. 30 tracked the alarm problem to the second-floor room registered to Vanderwerf,... The Times-Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404317/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:31:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404155/posts MYFOXNY.COM - A vote to legalize marriage for same-sex couples in New Jersey has been postponed. Fox 5 News has learned that Democrats backing the measure don't have the votes they need to pass it. The bill is being sent to the Assembly Judiciary Committee instead to move toward a vote in the lower house. The Senate vote was expected to take place on Thursday. It would have been the first time lawmakers in New Jersey had voted on the issue. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill 7-6 late on Monday night. Lawmakers took the committee vote after nearly... MyFoxNY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404155/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:20:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403410/posts Zikerria Bellamy, 17, said two managers at an Orlando restaurant wouldn't give her an interview on two separate occasions in July. ... A spokeswoman for the local restaurant, Allison Garrett, said in a statement the employee who left the voice mail "acted outside the scope of his authority and was not responsible for hiring." He no longer works at the restaurant. ... Bellamy is a male who has been living as a female for about the past six years. She said she completed a job application online, then was called to the store for an interview. When one manager refused... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403410/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 02:48:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2402213/posts Washington - The Supreme Court agreed today to hear an appeal from a Christian student group in San Francisco which refused to admit gays and lesbians and decide whether the group's right to religious liberty and freedom of association can trump a university's ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation. The case, to be heard next year, could set new rules for campus groups across the nation. The University of California's Hastings College of Law says its officially recognized student groups must be open to all of its students. The law school also has a general non-discrimination policy which applies... Baltimore Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2402213/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2402008/posts Reporting from Los Angeles and Riverside - The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday elected the first openly gay bishop since the national church lifted a ban that kept gays out of its highest ordained ministry, a move that deepened divisions between liberals and conservatives in the faith. Clergy and lay leaders, meeting in Riverside for their annual convention, chose the Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, 55, who has been in a committed relationship with another woman since 1988, from a field of six candidates. She is a canon, or senior assistant, to the Diocese of Maryland bishops. Glasspool's... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2402008/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:55:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401933/posts Over the course of the last few weeks, I have received several requests for an update on the Frank Lombard case. Lombard is the (now former) Duke administrator who was accused last summer of attempting to allow, and even arrange for, strangers he met on the internet to rape his adopted child. A few days ago, WRAL, a Raleigh-based news station, released an update on the case. That update is worth re-printing here, along with my commentary, both for what the update says and what it does not say: “A former Duke University employee has agreed to plead guilty to... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401933/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:09:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401114/posts He won a multimillion-dollar settlement in 1991 from the actor's estate after convincing a jury that Hudson had knowingly exposed him to AIDS. Marc Christian MacGinnis, who won a multimillion-dollar settlement in 1991 from the estate of his ex-lover, actor Rock Hudson, after convincing a jury Hudson had knowingly exposed him to AIDS, has died. He was 56. Known as Marc Christian, he died of pulmonary problems June 2 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. The details were confirmed Friday by his sister, Susan Dahl, who said she did not publicly announce his death earlier because of... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401114/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:02:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399558/posts Actor Rupert Everett is urging gay stars not to 'come out' and to keep their sexuality a secret as it could end their film career. The 50-year-old My Best Friend's Wedding star came out as gay 20 years ago and admitted that since then, he has been given supporting roles and not lead parts. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399558/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:36:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398724/posts The State Senate defeated a bill on Wednesday that would legalize same-sex marriage, after an emotional debate that touched on civil rights, family and history. The vote means that the bill, pushed by Gov. David A. Paterson, is effectively dead for the year and destroys the optimism of gay rights advocates. The bill was defeated by a decisive margin of 38 to 24. The Democrats, who have a bare, one-seat majority, did not have enough votes to pass the bill without some Republican support, but not a single Republican senator voted for the measure. In a debate that in many... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398724/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:01:49 GMT