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METRO | Some questions for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
Where do you draw the line on accommodating the religious beliefs of public officials? By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | June 30, 2015 SAN MARCOS — In his official opinion as the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton … Continue reading
METRO | Lamar W. Hankins : The failure of Greg Abbott’s best arguments against marriage equality
It appears that the issue of marriage equality is less a matter of partisanship than it is of pandering to the religious right. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | November 2, 2014 Most lawyers are embarrassed to … Continue reading
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VERSE |’Texas gay marriage: Soon come?’
Texas Gay Marriage: Soon Come? By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2014 Candidates claiming to support the Constitution need to get hip: Love’s sweet institution will soon be respected in fair distribution. Today’s headlines say … Continue reading
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Tagged Gay Marriage, LGBT, Mariann G. Wizard, Poetry, Rag Bloggers, Verse
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Larry Ray : The Right of Americans to Love and Marry
There’s a problem when the stars and stripes exclude some Americans, forcing them to have their own flag. Image from iHandbill. The right to love and marry:Picking the fly specks out of the pepper Conservative judges on the Supreme Court … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Rights, DOMA, Gay Marriage, Larry Ray, LGBT, Sexual Orientation, Supreme Court
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Gay Marriage and Social Justice with Gail and Betsy Leondar-Wright
Betsy, left, and Gail Leondar-Wright, were Thorne Dreyer’s guests on Rag Radio, Friday, June 22, 2012.Rag Radio:Gail and Betsy Leondar-Wrighton gay marriage and social justice By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | June 28, 2012 Gail and Betsy Leondar-Wright, … Continue reading
Ted McLaughlin : Equal Rights? Don’t Ask, Don’t Think
Ignorance is bliss. Image from Rosemblumtv.Equal rights in America:The legacy of the Fourteenth Amendment A misguided and wrong-headed Dred Scott-type decision by the Supreme Court could set [gay rights] back by many years… By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Equal Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, GLBT Rights, Supreme Court, Ted McLaughlin, Women
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Mexico City Legalizes Gay Nuptials : Catholic Clergy Aghast
Gay rights activist cheer after a session at the city’s assembly in Mexico City last December. Photo by Daniel Aguilar / Reuters.Mexico City sanctions gay marriage:Catholic Church warns of Sodom and Gomorrah In Morelia, Michoacan, Bishop Alfredo India added to … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Gay Marriage, Homophibia, Homosexuality, John Ross, LGBT, Mexico, Mexico City, Pedophilia
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : ‘The Mormons are Coming, the Jews are Coming’
“The Mormons are Coming” / Californians Against Hate. As Martin Buber said, ‘I do not even know what it means to say that “The ends justify the means,” but I can tell you this: The means that you actually use … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigotry, Ethics, Gay Marriage, Marketing, Proposition 8, Religion
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California Supremes on Prop. 8 : The Return of Separate But Equal
Demonstrators placed signs on a statue of Lincoln in front of San Francisco City Hall on May 26, 2009, after the California Supreme Court ruling upholding Prop. 8. Photo by Paul Sakuma. In reality, the point of the Court’s muddled … Continue reading
Annie Leibovitz and The Gay Tax : The Cost of Love
Susan Sontag. Photo © Annie Leibovitz / Politics, Theory & Photography.Annie Leibovitz and the gay tax Same-sex couples do not have the same privileges as straight married couples when it comes to inheritance. If your partner passes away and leaves … Continue reading
Oscars 2009 : Sean Penn: ‘You, Commie, homo-loving sons of guns…’
Sean Penn Wins for “Milk” — Acceptance Speech Sean Penn: ‘For those who saw the signs of hatred as our cars drove in tonight, I think it’s a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Awards, Actors, Diversity, Film, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality
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Bigotry Still Rules : The Special Suffering of Gay Americans
Civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin was fired from the Friendship for Reconciliation, a pacifist group, for being gay. The way anti-gay bigotry works is that a great deal of the violence and suffering is conducted away from the public eye. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Bigotry, Black History, Civil Rights Movement, Gay Liberation, Gay Marriage, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Racism
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