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Anyone and everyone — Republican or Democrat – who is involved in the effort on Capitol Hill to purge gay Republican staffers using “The List” needs to cease this outing witchhunt immediately. Please call the Capitol Hill offices of House Speaker Hastert, Senate Majority Leader Frist as well as House Minority Leader Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. Demand that they issue a statement calling on all House and Senate Members and their staff to stop this outing campaign immediately. This type of behavior is un-American. If the Human Rights Campaign, Log Cabin Republicans or the National Gay &...

Pro-Family Leader Calls 'Ally Week' Enemy to Parental Values A campaign called "Ally Week" is being promoted across the United States in schools this week by the National Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Pro-family leaders are also pointing to the week-long observance as the kind of doorway into schools that the pro-homosexual movement is constantly seeking.The GLSEN website urges high school Gay-Straight Alliance clubs to use Ally Week to identify and support student allies, who will sign a pledge to intervene against bullying and harassment of members. GLSEN suggests making the event a fun time with games, speakers,...

Friday September 2, 2005 Alberta Christian Pastor Hauled Before Human Rights Tribunal For Letter to Editor on Homosexuality Will not pay fines or write apology should decision go against him RED DEER, Alberta, September 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Currently Reverend Stephen Boissoin, a young Albertan pastor who spearheads a youth ministry that makes hundreds of weekly contacts with at-risk youth, is in the process of learning Arabic so he can better minister to the many Muslim youth who he says come to his centers. And with a wife and two children of his own, in addition to his full-time ministry,...

A groundbreaking movie about forbidden love between two cowboys in the American West, "Brokeback Mountain" by Taiwan-born director Ang Lee, has conquered critics at the 62nd Venice international film festival even before its world premiere. Featuring strong performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in the leading roles, the film is a sensitive study of the homosexual relationship between two cowboys who meet while working on a ranch in 1963. "There's never been a homosexual cowboy movie," producer James Schamus told a press conference in Venice Friday. But Lee was quick to explain that the theme of his film was...

MILWAUKEE, WI (AP) - The Milwaukee Gay Arts Center has filed a claim against the city, contending it committed a civil rights violation by shutting down performances of a touring musical revue. An ordinance requiring a city theater license was selectively enforced against the center last week for a presentation of "Naked Boys Singing" because it is a gay organization, according to the claim filed Tuesday by attorney Richard Hart on behalf of the group. The claim said such a permit was never required for other productions in the past and that numerous other venues typically present theater performances without...

BOSTON --State legislators voted Wednesday to meet next month for a Constitutional Convention aimed at debating for the second time a proposed amendment replacing gay marriage in Massachusetts with Vermont-style civil unions. Members of the House and Senate have already given initial approval to the amendment, but the state constitution requires them to approve identical language in two successive sessions before the amendment can be put before state voters. That would occur in 2006. Legislative approval has been thrown into doubt after some supporters in the initial vote announced they had changed their mind. The most recent is Rep. Anthony...