http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/samesex/ en-us Wed, 1 Oct 2008 04:41:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094618/posts MISSOULA, Mont. — A judge ruled in favor of a woman who sought parental rights to a boy and girl adopted by her former same-sex partner, a decision described as a first for Montana. Michelle Kulstad sought joint custody of two children _ an 8-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl _ adopted by Barbara Maniaci. In his ruling Monday, District Judge Ed McLean agreed. "To discriminate further against Ms. Kulstad because of her sexual preference in this day and age is no different than telling a person to go to the back of the bus because of her skin color,"... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094618/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 04:41:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048405/posts All the familiar trappings, the flamboyant and the tongue-and-cheek, were there. The buff guys in gold sequins. The leather-clad women riding Harley hogs. The vendors hawking necklaces with oversized rainbow-colored beads. The crowd of more than 150,000, piled six deep in some places along the parade route from Hillcrest to Balboa Park, cheerfully ogling the spectacle. Yet more than anything else, the 34th annual San Diego Pride parade and festival yesterday was an emotional celebration – after the California Supreme Court ruling in May that legalized marriage for gay and lesbian couples – of the absolutely ordinary. Of the shared... Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048405/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:36:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047393/posts A hotel owner’s $125,000 donation to support a ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage in the state has become a flashpoint, with opponents calling for a boycott of two of his hotels and supporters highlighting the donation in a fund-raising letter. The hotelier, Doug Manchester, donated the money to support the collection of signatures to qualify the initiative, which would amend the state’s Constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage, for the November ballot. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047393/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017499/posts In 2003, California held a statewide circus known as the Gubernatorial Recall election. That election actually considered two questions … Yes or No, should their sitting Governor, Gray Davis, be recalled? … And, if Yes, who of the 154 candidates should replace him? The slate of candidates included Actors, a Lieutenant Governor, a State Senator, Business People, a Porn Star, a Comedian, etc., etc. In the lead-up to this election, it seemed likely that Davis would be recalled. This gave the Republicans the opportunity to capture the Governorship of the nation’s most populous State from the Democrats. In my opinion,... A Few Days With Figgins http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017499/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009498/posts Reduce it to a yes or no answer - was it a good idea for you to be in a class that was all girls this year? Who says yes? Twenty-six hands shoot into the air. A 27th joins with hesitation. And that is every student present in this eighth-grade classroom at the Milwaukee Education Center, known as MEC, a Milwaukee Public Schools middle school in an old Schlitz Brewery building north of downtown. Note the word public in the previous sentence. Single-sex education has long been part of the private school scene in Milwaukee and nationwide. But single-sex classes... JSOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009498/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 02:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960780/posts The Maryland General Assembly will soon consider legislation to remove the state's ban on same-sex marriage. We wholeheartedly support the effort. Numerous are the rewards - to the individuals involved and society as a whole - that spring from this vital social institution. The broad range of benefits (and obligations) that come with marriage should not be denied certain people because of sexual preference. That's why we believe the time may be right for Maryland to authorize civil unions for same-sex couples. Admittedly, it is not the same thing as marriage. It would require creation of a separate legal structure... Baltimore Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960780/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:01:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879872/posts Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday he wanted to tap into the "core decency" of Americans to fight discrimination against gays and lesbians, and argued that civil unions for same-sex couples wouldn't be a "lesser thing" than marriage. At a televised forum focusing on gay rights, the Illinois senator was asked to explain how civil unions for same-sex couples could be the equivalent of marriage. He said, "As I've proposed it, it wouldn't be a lesser thing, from my perspective. Obama belongs to the United Church of Christ, which supports gay marriage, but Obama has yet to go that far. All... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879872/posts#comment Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872405/posts Homosexual agenda on the march. This poll badly needs freeping. I can't excerpt the article do to the dreaded:burlingtonfreepress.com cannot be posted due to copyright complaint.http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070726/NEWS01/707260314/1009 Burlington Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872405/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:19:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858205/posts David Parker addresses 20,000 at massive march and rally in Puerto Rico, with blanket TV coverage, as citizens take to streets over proposed “civil unions” law! "You need a zero tolerance policy," Parker tells crowds. MassResistance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858205/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:03:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850865/posts After the Massachusetts Legislature voted to crush the marriage amendment ballot measure yesterday, the networks largely ignored the story. But ABC’s Web site carried this headline: Gay Marriage Safe in Massachusetts: A Vote to Redefine Marriage as a Union Between a Man and a Woman Was Defeated To ABCNews.com, defining marriage the traditional way is a radical “redefinition” of the institution. Is it any wonder that a majority of the American people, according to the National Cultural Values Survey, believe the news media are a major factor in America’s moral decline? (hat tip to Matt Barber at Concerned Women for... NewsBusters, ABC News Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850865/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:25:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833291/posts HARTFORD — Legislative advocates for expanded gay rights withdrew a pending bill Friday that would have provided marriage rights for same-sex couples. The decision came in the afternoon, when lawmakers realized that while the bill might pass the Senate, there weren't enough votes in the House and Gov. M. Jodi Rell promised to veto it. The bill will die on the House calendar. On Monday, the state Supreme Court hears a challenge from gay-rights groups to the 2005 civil union law that provides civil-rights protections for same-sex couples. "We obviously asked leadership not to call the bill," said Rep. Michael... connpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833291/posts#comment Mon, 14 May 2007 15:45:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1829145/posts PLEASE POST YOUR COMMENTS HERE ALSO: http://blogs.columbiatribune.com/education/ IT’S IMPORTANT WE GIVE LOGICAL THOUGHT FILLED REASONS TO TURN THE THINKING OF THOSE BRAINWASHED. Columbia Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1829145/posts#comment Sun, 6 May 2007 12:40:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1826605/posts A new study involving the parents and teachers of more than 16,000 kids reveals that—get ready for this!—religion is good for children. LiveScience.com reports: Kids with religious parents are better behaved and adjusted than other children, according to a new study that is the first to look at the effects of religion on young child development. The conflict that arises when parents regularly argue over their faith at home, however, has the opposite effect. John Bartkowski, a Mississippi State University sociologist and his colleagues asked the parents and teachers of more than 16,000 kids, most of them first-graders, to rate... Insight Scoop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1826605/posts#comment Tue, 1 May 2007 16:16:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821260/posts Gay Rights Bill Passes Oregon House Wednesday, April 18, 2007SALEM, Ore. —  Same-sex couples would receive the same benefits as married couples, and gays and lesbians would be protected against discrimination under bills approved Tuesday by the Oregon House. The Senate is expected to pass the two bills and plans to sign both.The first bill would enable same-sex couples to enter into contractual relationships that grant them the same benefits offered to married couples under state law. The bill refers to the relationships as "domestic partnerships."Oregon would join Vermont, Connecticut, California and New Jersey in offering civil unions or domestic... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821260/posts#comment Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780356/posts Instead of lobbying for special rights in the face of growing opposition, the Left is promoting legislation that would quietly usher in their agenda through the backdoor at the state level.Arkansas is facing a powerful challenge by anti-family groups lobbying for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which, until recently, was a largely irrelevant piece of feminist propaganda dating back to the early 1970s. Now, state Rep. Lindsley Smith (D) is dusting off the amendment in a campaign to "protect women," when in fact, the U.S. Constitution already does so. Smith is pushing her state to ratify the ERA, which seeks... FRC Newsletter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780356/posts#comment Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:19:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778109/posts LANSING, Mich. - Public universities and state and local governments would violate the state constitution by providing health insurance to the partners of gay employees, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Friday. A three-judge panel said a 2004 voter-approved ban on gay marriage also applies to same-sex domestic partner benefits. The decision reverses a 2005 ruling from an Ingham County judge who said universities and governments could provide the benefits. "The marriage amendment's plain language prohibits public employers from recognizing same-sex unions for any purpose," the court wrote. A constitutional amendment passed by Michigan voters in November 2004 made the... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778109/posts#comment Fri, 2 Feb 2007 18:04:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1768969/posts Montgomery County - Although Montgomery County school officials have been making controversial new teachings on sexual orientation seem as if they’re optional, the reality is that all 10th-graders must take the class in question in order to graduate, officials said. Schools chief public information officer Brian Edwards explained to The Examiner that the 18-week health course — which includes two hotly contested lessons mentioning transsexuality and bisexuality within a three-week unit on family life — is required. Administrators have emphasized during meetings leading up to the approval of the new sex-ed curriculum that the lessons are “opt-in” — meaning parents... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1768969/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766915/posts Clergy in New Jersey cannot be required to unite gay couples in civil unions, the state attorney general said in a decision that quieted the fears of some religious groups opposed to same-sex ceremonies. Attorney General Stuart Rabner's legal opinion, sent Thursday to the state registrar of vital statistics, came less than a month after the state became the third to approve civil unions for gay couples. The unions offer the legal benefits of marriage, but not the title. Couples may begin applying for licenses in New Jersey Feb. 19 and can be united 72 hours later. Under the law,... ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766915/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:44:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741945/posts Members of the state Senate on Sunday followed through on what their counterparts in the House of Representatives did last week, continuing to advance two bills to fight employment benefits for partners of gay state employees. Facing a Jan. 1 deadline imposed by the Alaska Supreme Court to ensure employees in same-sex relationships get the same benefits as their heterosexual colleagues, the Senate Finance Committee approved on Sunday evening two bills aimed at thwarting that. The Senate was meeting in a special session called by Gov. Frank Murkowski to deal with the controversial issue. The House already has approved the... Juneau Empire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741945/posts#comment Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:21:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726036/posts Tell the legislature in New Jersey how to vote on gay marriage by freeping this poll "Should gay couples in New Jersey have the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples?" - not that the legislators pay attention to what the people want anyway......Poll is about two-thirds of the way down the page on the right hand side Link Philadelphia TV Channel 10 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726036/posts#comment Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725420/posts Earlier this morning there was a debate on two ballot initiatives here in Colorado, the 'Domestic Partnerships', Referendum I and the 'Marriage Amendment', Amendment 43. Mike Rosen of 850am KOA radio here in Denver was host and moderator. Mike Rosen is FOR 'Amendment 43' and UNDECIDED on 'Referendum I'. Mike is not a social conservative. He is a fiscal conservative and pro-military. --- Before the debate I thought "Ref I" was going to allow same sex couples visitation rights at hospitals, ability to will death benefits and a few other "rights". It is WAY WAY beyond just that. It will... Rosen Replay http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725420/posts#comment Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:07:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717199/posts Columbia’s Unitarian Universalist Fellowship congregation has gone on record as opposing a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage. The Heyward Street congregation adopted the resolution Sunday, saying passage of the amendment on the Nov. 7 ballot “will jeopardize the physical, emotional, legal and financial well being of same-sex couples and their children.” Noting that constitutional amendments have historically expanded human rights, the congregation’s resolution warned the amendment would relegate homosexuals to second-class citizenship and “further polarize us as a community.” The State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717199/posts#comment Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:37:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708630/posts Washington DC, Sep. 26, 2006 (CNA) - The next great frontier in law and culture, stemming from the same-sex marriage debate, is the legal redefinition of parenthood, says a new report issued by U.S. and Canadian family and law think tanks. The Revolution in Parenthood: The Emerging Global Clash Between Adult Rights and Children's Needs explores how the rights-based same-sex marriage movement places adult rights over the rights and needs of children. The report also explores the status of parenthood in society and the ways in which natural parenthood — the biological mother-father model — is being legally challenged and... Catholic News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708630/posts#comment Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:51:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1669578/posts I guess I'm not politically correct if this makes me LMAO: Oh, yeah, while I'm at it: Stop the "Pride" parade in Jerusalem!! Yahoo Photos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1669578/posts#comment Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:51:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664256/posts Liberal Christianity is paying for its sinsOut-of-the-mainstream beliefs about gay marriage and supposedly sexist doctrines are gutting old-line faiths.By Charlotte Allen, CHARLOTTE ALLEN is Catholicism editor for Beliefnet and the author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus." July 9, 2006The accelerating fragmentation of the strife-torn Episcopal Church USA, in which several parishes and even a few dioceses are opting out of the church, isn't simply about gay bishops, the blessing of same-sex unions or the election of a woman as presiding bishop. It also is about the meltdown of liberal Christianity. Embraced by the leadership of... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664256/posts#comment Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:19:31 GMT