http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/glbt/ en-us Wed, 14 May 2008 19:23:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015942/posts The California Supreme Court says it plans to issue its long-awaited decision on whether to legalize same-sex marriage on Thursday. The high court announced the pending opinion on its Web site Wednesday morning. Justices heard oral arguments in a series of cases brought by gay and lesbian couples, the city of San Francisco and two gay rights advocacy groups in early March. The court has been asked to decide whether the state's one man-one woman marriage laws violate the civil rights of same-sex couples. If it rules in favor of the plaintiffs, California could become the second state after Massachusetts... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015942/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 19:23:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013860/posts The State of New York has been ordered to recognize homosexual "marriages" performed in U.S. states and foreign countries where the practice is legal. New York's highest court – the Court of Appeals – refused to review a lower-court ruling that ordered recognition of so-called foreign "same-sex marriages" performed outside the State of New York. Such unions must now be honored in New York if they were created legally -- for example, in Massachusetts or Canada. Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality says activist judges are now forcing homosexual marriage on New York citizens. "[T]his is a very... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013860/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 02:11:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2012130/posts Manila, May 6, 2008 / 04:03 am (CNA).- Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales has forbidden cross-dressing homosexuals from dressing up as female saints in religious processions, calling the actions an “insult to the Blessed Mother.” Every May, Catholics throughout the Philippines hold a “Santacruzan” flower festival in honor of the Virgin Mary.Speaking to the church-run Radio Veritas on Monday, Cardinal Rosales said the cross-dressing was “horrendous” and “defeats the real purpose” of the procession.  He said that the Catholic faithful should keep religious festivals sacred and solemn at all times."Gays should not be allowed to participate in Santacruzan since... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2012130/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 20:53:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997320/posts PHOENIX — A state legislator started a petition drive Friday to forbid all employers from discriminating against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals. Existing law prohibits discrimination based on a number of factors, including sex. The initiative by Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, would define that term to also include gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. Sinema needs 153,365 signatures by July 3 to put the issue on the November ballot. The legislator, who describes herself as bisexual, said she intends to start gathering signatures immediately Arizona Daily Star (Capitol Media Services) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997320/posts#comment Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:42:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992754/posts Thousands of Oregonians a year change their names. But the case of a Bend resident who says he is legally male and five months pregnant has highlighted the much smaller numbers who legally change their sex. That option exists in Oregon, as in most states, for transsexuals who switch genders. "Oregon's law is very typical," said Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco. The crux of the decades-old law is one sentence. The same court with jurisdiction over legal name changes "may order a legal change of sex and enter a judgment indicating... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992754/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:19:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981630/posts Just one year ago, Megan Wallent's co-workers at Microsoft knew her as Michael. Then, in an e-mail sent to his entire staff, he announced that he no longer considered himself a male. The long-time executive, in charge of the Internet Explorer division for Microsoft, underwent major feminization surgery and legally changed his gender. Wallent's wife, like his co-workers, had no idea that this guy's guy was conflicted about his gender identity. ABC's Neal Karlinksy has the story from Seattle. Read more here and view a slideshow of the transition from Michael to Megan. ABC Nightline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981630/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 00:33:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961719/posts You could call Chrissy Nakonsky a candidate of change. Until about five years ago, Nakonsky, who recently announced she's running for the Minnesota Legislature and will seek the Republican endorsement in her Brainerd-area district, was known as Jeff Nakonsky. Nakonsky said the 2006 reelection of the state's only openly gay Republican legislator, Sen. Paul Koering of nearby Fort Ripley, gives her hope that Brainerd-area voters won't deny her a legislative seat because of her gender change. "If people vote for or against me, it should be because of my values," Nakonsky said. While there are about 400 openly gay or... StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961719/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:21:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945475/posts "What will prevent the 250-pound linebacker from deciding he wants to share the locker room with the cheerleaders?" Deconstructionist professors have been trying for years to convince us that gender is a social construct. Now, it seems, politicians and even employers are doing their best to put this theory into practice--2007 may go down in history as the year of the transgendered person. Take the announcement in October that, under a state law that takes effect in January, schools in California not only can't discriminate by sex but also can't take into account "a person's gender identity and gender related... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945475/posts#comment Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:48:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932170/posts Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have announced a new program that will charge heterosexuals 10 percent extra for their air travel to specific locations during the Christmas season. The company actually offers the 10 percent as a discount but only if the purchaser obtains the ticket through a "gay" page of the company's website, a location not typically patronized by families seeking travel arrangements, according to an Idaho activist who was distressed by the offering. Bryan Fischer, of the Idaho Values Alliance, told WND the company boasts of its "nondiscrimination" policies, but, "here they are blatantly discriminating against heterosexuals... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932170/posts#comment Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:49:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915039/posts Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has used $23,000 in campaign funds to pay the top Washington ethics lawyer, Stan Brand, who is fighting his case before the Senate ethics committee, according to Craig’s latest filing with the Federal Election Commission. No additional legal expenses appear in the report, but they eventually will. Craig, according to his office, has decided to use his campaign committee for attorney fees related to his criminal defense in Minnesota as well. “A better read (of the latest report) is that Stan Brand bills more quickly,” Craig’s spokesman, Dan Whiting, wrote in an email. The report covers... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915039/posts#comment Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:49:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908232/posts In a first, Interpol appealed Monday for public help to identify a suspected pedophile shown in photos posted on the Internet sexually abusing young boys in Vietnam and Cambodia. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908232/posts#comment Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:25:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1902203/posts NEW ORLEANS—The members of Integrity have prayed unceasingly for their bishops as they met this week to consider a response to the primates' communiqué. The bishops were pressured by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other international guests to comply with the primate's demands. The bishops struggled mightily amongst themselves to achieve a clear consensus on how to respond. Integrity is gratified that the final response from the House of Bishop declined to succumb to the pressure to go backwards, but rather took some significant steps forward. We are encouraged by their strong language against the incursions of uninvited bishops into... TitusOneNine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1902203/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:10:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898767/posts Maryland's highest court Tuesday upheld a state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, ending a lawsuit filed by same-sex couples who claimed they were being denied equal protection under the law. A divided Court of Appeals ruled that Maryland's 1973 ban on gay marriage does not discriminate on the basis of gender and does not deny any fundamental rights, and that the state has a legitimate interest in promoting opposite-sex marriage. The decision essentially sent the gay-marriage issue back to the legislature, where lawmakers on both sides of the debate predicted a flurry of... WMAL Talk Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898767/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:13:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890945/posts Brasilia, Sep 3, 2007 / 09:25 am (CNA).- Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender People (ABGLT) is attempting to silence its opponents, especially Christians, with a flurry of lawsuits designed to take advantage of the pro-homosexual atmosphere in the country. According to a report by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman of Lifesite.net, the organization has filed lawsuits against various websites for exposing the fact that the leader of Brazil's homosexual movement, Luiz Mott, is a promoter of pedophilia and pederasty“The sites, Media Without a Mask, the Christian Apologetics Research Center, and Jesussite, are accused of ‘charlatanism, infamy, defamation, and calumny’,... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890945/posts#comment Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:45:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1882909/posts Transgendered person charged with practicing medicine without license 05:39 PM EDT on Friday, August 17, 2007 Reported by: Lindsey Roberts Suffolk Police have arrested a man and charged him with practicing medicine without a license. According to police, Francis Renee White, 36, of South Main Street, injected silicone into other transgendered people. Police say the shots, used to plump up lips, cheeks and breasts, were administered inside White's home. The injections were with the consent of the transgender customers, but the practice is illegal and very dangerous. "They did them in different places, but generally the face the buttocks or... WVEC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1882909/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:51:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878474/posts <p>From NBC's Chris Donovan Melissa Etheridge, scheduled to be a panelist at tomorrow's Democratic presidential forum on GLBT issues, is no stranger to the political world.</p> msnbc.msn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878474/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2007 01:37:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834735/posts The marriages of more than 170 gay couples from New York who wed in Massachusetts before last July are valid because New York had not yet explicitly banned same-sex marriages, a Massachusetts judge ruled. Couples are barred from marrying in Massachusetts if their marriages would be prohibited in their home states. The New York Court of Appeals ruled against same-sex marriages on July 6, 2006. The Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders had asked for clarification of the status of New York couples who married in Massachusetts before that ruling. Massachusetts became the first state in the country to allow... My Way News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834735/posts#comment Wed, 16 May 2007 20:52:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830021/posts May 7, 2007 -- GOV. Spitzer's plan to legalize gay marriage is dividing Democrats, harming Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential ambitions, and handing Republicans their first strong campaign issue in some time, officials told The Post. "This could turn out to be the Democrats' Achilles' heel," crowed Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, a Schenectady Republican who has seen a sharp drop in the Legislature's GOP membership in recent years. -- SNIP -- His action forced the Assembly's majority Democrats, who have avoided taking sides on the polarizing issue for years, to confront what is expected to be a bitter internal debate... New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830021/posts#comment Tue, 8 May 2007 06:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827722/posts WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A proposed "hate crimes" law that would impose special federal penalties against crimes related to sexual orientation is being denounced as a serious risk to freedom of religion in the US, as Congress prepares to vote on the measure. Passed by the House Judiciary Committee last week, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act would give special considerations to "hate crimes" committed against those engaging in homosexual activity and people who consider themselves transgendered or bisexual. Dr. James Dobson,  founder of Focus on the Family Action, told CitizenLink the bill's backers are... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827722/posts#comment Thu, 3 May 2007 12:56:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1827544/posts Why is the forum endorsing a specific point of view for a Republican candidate for President by placing a link to anti-Guiliani articles on the header?Giuliani Truth File - In his own words and deeds. There are folks on the forum with both points of view and one should not be supported over the other. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1827544/posts#comment Thu, 3 May 2007 01:47:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805537/posts An Illinois high school student is in federal court seeking the right to wear T-shirts that declare sentiments such as "Be happy, not gay." Heidi Zamecnik, of the Chicago suburb Naperville, wants to wear the shirt at school the day after the "Day of Silence," a nationwide observance April 19 to protest harassment of homosexuals in schools, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Zamecnik is asking the court to order her school, Neuqua Valley High, and Indian Prairie District 204 to allow her to express her family's "conviction that true happiness cannot be found through homosexual behavior." (Story continues below) The "Day... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805537/posts#comment Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:20:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1788310/posts The Forgotten Voice in the Adoption Debate BY GAIL BESSE May 7-13, 2006 Issue. National Catholic Register Dawn Stefanowicz and children like her are the most important voices in the debate over same-sex adoption.  And yet the voices of adult children raised by homosexuals are rarely heard.  Stefanowicz recently testified about her life with her biological father before a Massachusetts legislative committee in support of a marriage protection amendment. The amendment, which lawmakers will address May 10, would allow voters to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Stefanowicz, with her husband and children, spoke with... revolution of love http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1788310/posts#comment Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:35:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747758/posts FRESNO, CA--An Episcopal diocese in California overwhelmingly passed a series of resolutions yesterday that position it to secede from the Episcopal Church and affiliate with conservatives in the global Anglican Communion. If the Diocese of San Joaquin affirms the move in a second vote next year, the small diocese, with 48 parishes and 7,000 members, would be the first to try to break from the Episcopal Church, which has been torn by conflict since the consecration of a gay bishop in 2003. Until now, only individual parishes have severed ties. The vote by the diocese is one more step in... NY Slimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747758/posts#comment Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:15:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1736833/posts The following is merely an excerpt from Nightmare at Franklin, by Tom Mountain, published Nov , 2006, by Newton Tab; we encourage you to continue reading the full story… Emer O’Shea knew something was wrong the minute she picked up her daughter from Franklin Elementary School. The third-grader was normally very perky upon seeing her mother and new baby sister, but this time she glanced at her mother without indicating what was wrong, except to say that the school’s social worker had visited the class. But Emer soon heard from another parent about what had happened in her daughter’s class... Americans for Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1736833/posts#comment Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:26:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1732936/posts I cannot believe no has a photo of the witch next to the NAMBLA president in the San Fransico parade. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1732936/posts#comment Mon, 6 Nov 2006 01:15:46 GMT