http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gaystapo/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:33:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419225/posts Amanda Simpson, who has served on NCTE’s Board of Directors for the past 3 years, has been appointed by the Obama Administration as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce. She’ll be working in the Bureau of Industry and Security. “I’m truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager and excited about this opportunity that is before me. And at the same time, as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others.” Simpson... Center for Transgender Equality http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419225/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:33:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419170/posts A woman at the center of a complex dispute with her former lesbian partner defied a court order to give up custody of her 7-year-old daughter, an attorney said Friday. A Vermont judge had ordered Lisa Miller to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins at 1 p.m. Friday at the Falls Church, Va., home of Jenkins' parents. Miller did not show up with the girl, said Sarah Star, Jenkins' Vermont-based attorney. Jenkins has notified Fairfax County, Va., police that Isabella is missing, Star said. "She's very disappointed, obviously," Star said. "She's very concerned about Isabella and asks that if... iWon News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419170/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:04:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418936/posts ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--Religious liberty suffered a setback in the U.S. but won a victory in Canada in December in two closely watched cases involving the legal tug-of-war between religious rights and "gay rights." Both cases are seen by American conservative groups as indicators of what could be in the nation's future if laws protecting homosexuality continue to pass and if "gay marriage" spreads to all 50 states. In the U.S. case, a New Mexico judge ruled that a husband- and wife-owned photography company violated state anti-discrimination laws when they refused to take pictures of a lesbian commitment ceremony. The ruling --... Church Executive http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418936/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:42:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418840/posts Candidates for certification to teach in public schools in Texas are being told that they will be held accountable for any "heterosexist" leanings and must become agents working to change society, according to one candidate who was alarmed by the demands. The applicant, who requested anonymity for fear of repercussions, told WND part of the teachings on multiculturalism required him to read several online postings about the issue inside the education industry. One warns that "teachers and administrators must be held accountable for practices deemed to be racist, sexist, heterosexist, classist, or in any other way discriminatory." And a second... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418840/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 06:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418370/posts A federal appeals court reaffirmed its ruling Wednesday that allowed sponsors of California's ban on same-sex marriage to withhold campaign strategy documents from gay rights advocates who are seeking to overturn the ballot measure. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Dec. 11 had overturned a judge's order to produce the documents, ruling 3-0 that their disclosure might discourage participation in future campaigns and inhibit strategists from speaking candidly. . . . Proposition 8, amended the California Constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, overturning a May 2008 state Supreme... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418370/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:44:44 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-news/2412921/posts CNSNews.com) – Taxpayers will pay almost $900 million over the next 10 years to extend federal employee benefits to homosexual couples, according to an analysis of “domestic partners” legislation by the Congressional Budget Office. However, supporters of the bill say the costs will be offset in other areas. President Barack Obama has voiced support for the measure. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee approved the measure last Wednesday, while the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved a measure last month. CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412921/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:16:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408776/posts Mayor’s comments on homosexuality lead to turmoil in Vallejo When Vallejo Mayor Osby Davis told the New York Times in November that homosexuals are “committing sin and that sin will keep them out of heaven,” little did he know his remarks would continue to reverberate in the Bay Area city of about 120,000 and lead for calls that he resign. The pro-family lobbying group Capitol Resource Institute reported Dec. 10, “Vallejo is the site of an escalating battle involving public statements and private morality.” As a consequence of Davis’ remarks, said CRI, “the community is divided in their reaction to... calcatholic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408776/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407395/posts The halls aren't the only thing getting decked this holiday season. The Salvation Army, the country's biggest charity, is taking it full on the chin from a social media network mobilized against the organization's position on homosexuality and other social sins. Twitter, Facebook and gay Web sites are lit up with protest and calls for donor boycotts. The Army's official same-sex statement suggests it's unlikely those cheery volunteers ringing bells over red kettles will be donning gay apparel anytime soon. While homosexuals are not "blameworthy," ... "Scripture forbids sexual intimacy between members of the same sex." The Army is an... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407395/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:45:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405908/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco has reversed a judge's order that backers of Proposition 8, the state initiative that banned same-sex marriage, give their campaign strategy documents to opponents trying to overturn the measure. In a unanimous ruling today, the Ninth U.S. Circuit of Appeals tossed out the order that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued in October against backers of Prop. 8, which state voters approved in November 2008. Walker had said lawyers for two same-sex couples and a gay-rights group were entitled to see internal memos and e-mails between Yes on 8... San Francisco Chronical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405908/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:03:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402394/posts Grard was fired by Bill Thompson, editor of the Sentinel and its sister paper the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, shortly after the Nov. 3 election in which Maine voters repealed a same-sex marriage law approved by the Legislature. Grard said he arrived at work the morning after the vote to find an e-mailed press release from the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, D.C., that blamed the outcome of the balloting on hatred of gays. Grard, who said he’d gotten no sleep the night before, used his own e-mail to send a response. “They said the Yes-on-1 people were haters. I’m... Downeast.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402394/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:03:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401991/posts Gay advocates will push to replace freshman Sen. Joseph Addabbo. Gay advocates are on the warpath after the state Senate killed same-sex marriage last week, and few Democratic senators who voted against the bill are safe from their wrath.After spending more than $1 million to help the Democrats retake the chamber for the first time in decades, powerful gay activists and donors say they'll support challengers against anti-gay-marriage senators in 2010. "It's going to be a bloodbath," one gay operative predicted. "We're going to use every single weapon in our quiver to take these people out. We either need to... Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401991/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:23:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401751/posts San Francisco health officials reported an alarming increase in new syphilis cases last year after years of declines. New syphilis cases rose 55.8 percent in 2008 over the previous year, San Francisco public health officials reported. The increase was significantly lower than the dramatic spikes reported early in the decade, when new infections increased 167 percent from 2001 to 2002. But last year's rise would seem to indicate an increase in unsafe sexual practices, which could lead to a rise in HIV infection rates. San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401751/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 00:56:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/837855/posts CNSNews.com) - Lawyers from a homosexual advocacy group took depositions from a Massachusetts parent this week, almost three years after he first exposed "Fistgate," a state-sponsored workshop in which educators instructed teens in graphic homosexual sex. The deposition of Brian Camenker, taken Tuesday by lawyers for the Boston-based Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, is an effort to put parents under financial strain and to discourage others around the country from bringing similar workshops to light, Camenker charged. "If they are able to be able to beat us in Massachusetts, they can continue to hound any parent who gets... CNSNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/837855/posts#comment Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:24:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401251/posts The worldwide Anglican Church has been plunged into a fresh crisis after a lesbian was chosen as its second gay bishop. In a move that will dismay the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, Canon Mary Glasspool was elected as an assistant bishop for the diocese of Los Angeles. The Rev Rod Thomas, the leader of the conservative evangelical group Reform and a member of the General Synod, said: ‘I feel deeply ashamed that this is happening in the Anglican Church. ‘I think a schism is absolutely inevitable.’ Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401251/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:29:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400478/posts WATERLOO - The Iowa Legislature doesn't reconvene until January, but same-sex marriage opponents already have started drafting an amendment that could overturn last spring's Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage. "We're pretty sure (the issue) is going to be brought up several times," said Matthew Skuya, deputy field director of One Iowa, the state's largest group of gay and lesbian activists. "And I think it's important that we all do as much as we can to ensure marriage equality remains a part of our communities." Gay marriage supporters met Thursday night during a forum at Waterloo's public library. Nearly 60... Waterloo Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400478/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:02:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401190/posts Gay, Catholic and fed up with his church's efforts to quash the same-sex marriage movement, Phil Attey has come up with a controversial strategy: outing gay priests who speak out against homosexuality. (snip) He said he will out only gay priests and bishops who speak out against homosexuality. In the case of priests not publicly opposed to gay marriage but still in the closet, he said his goal is not to threaten them but to encourage them to "come out for the next generation and stand up against the anti-gay stance of the church." Francis DeBernardo of New Ways Ministry,... Washington comPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401190/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:33:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400925/posts Friday December 4, 2009 Pastor Boissoin Exonerated: Judge Rules Letter on Homosexuality Not "Hate" Speech By Thaddeus M. BaklinskiCALGARY, December 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Christian pastor who was hauled before the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal (AHRT) for writing a letter to the editor on homosexuality has been exonerated by a Court of Queen's Bench judge who ruled the letter was not a hate crime but legitimate expression allowed under freedom of speech.Pastor Stephen Boissoin told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) that he was "overjoyed and relieved" that the lengthy, stressful and expensive seven year legal battle over his letter to the... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400925/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:15:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400233/posts When Vallejo Mayor Osby Davis told the New York Times in a recent interview that gay people don't get to heaven, he broke not one, but two cardinal rules of politics in a single sentence. With a simple phrase, Davis breached the separation between church and state and grabbed the electrified "third-rail" in Bay Area politics with both hands. He told the reporter that gays are "committing sins and those sins will keep them out of heaven." After the Nov. 20 article, the mayor claimed his words were taken out of context. The Times responded by providing an audio link... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400233/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:00:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398482/posts Dozens of people crowded the steps of Vallejo City Hall on Tuesday to protest a recent quoted remark by Mayor Osby Davis that gay people would not go to heaven. The protesters waved rainbow flags, held signs demanding the separation of church and state and some called for Davis' resignation. And then there was a roar. From inside City Hall came the sounds of more than 100 people clapping and cheering, praising God. "Lord, we're not against anybody. We're for our children," prayed New Hope Church Community Senior Pastor Terrence Nichols. "No matter what outside forces may stir up the... Vallejo Times-Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398482/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:11:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398140/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- The American Civil Liberties Union, which supports marital rights for gays and lesbians, is siding with opponents of same-sex marriage who are challenging a judge's order to turn over campaign documents from last year's effort to pass Proposition 8. Foes of the voter-approved initiative hope the documents help them prove that the ballot measure was rooted in bigotry and was therefore unconstitutional. The ACLU's Northern California chapter, which supports the lawsuit, nevertheless filed arguments with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saying the court-ordered disclosure could endanger people's freedom to speak freely while planning political campaigns.... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398140/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 03:08:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397799/posts Tuesday December 1, 2009 D.C. Council Overwhelmingly Approves Same-Sex "Marriage" Law By Kathleen Gilbert and Peter SmithWASHINGTON, DC, December 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - By a lopsided majority, the District of Columbia City Council voted this afternoon to approve legislation that opens the legal definition of marriage to include homosexual couples. The vote went through despite strong protests from the city's religious leaders who said that the law violates individual conscience rights and religious liberty. The "Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009" passed on the first vote by an overwhelming 11-2 margin. The measure was predicted... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397799/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:31:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397592/posts I recently did some posts noting a developing split in the Democratic party ranks -- a split likely to be greatly accentuated if, as expected, President Barack Obama announces hefty troop increases for a surge-but-we-won't-call-it-that in Afghanistan. But there signs of cracks in the GOP's wall as well -- and here's one of them: Little Green Footballs, long considered one of the conservative mega-sites in terms of its big readership, has a post "Why I Parted Ways With The Right." It's in the form of a list which you can read in full here.... The Moderate Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397592/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:43:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397420/posts The effort to get same sex marriage on the California ballot in 2010 took a hit Monday. Rick Jacbos, the leader of the 700,000-member Courage Campaign just told us that after spending more than $200,000 on "qualitative research" into the issue in California that "We do not see a path to victory." So, the Courage Campaign sent a note to its supporters Monday calling for "for more research and time to change hearts and minds before returning to the ballot." Lambda Legal, a LGBT legal organization, said largely the same thing Monday. Jacobs told us that the research -- led... SFGate: Politics Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397420/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:48:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397369/posts (Reason #)8. A right-wing blogosphere that is almost universally dominated by raging hate speech (see: Hot Air, Free Republic, Ace of Spades, etc.) Little Green Footballs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397369/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:40:52 GMT