Tag Archives: GLBT Rights

Jim Rigby : Our Nation of Weeping Executioners

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Rev. Jane Adams Spahr. Image from One More Lesbian.Our nation of weeping executioners:The religious tribunal of Rev. Jane Adams SpahrBy Jim Rigby / The Rag Blog / February 23, 2011 Rev. Jim Rigby, human rights activist and pastor at St. … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Equal Rights? Don’t Ask, Don’t Think

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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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Stonewall Was a Riot : Gay Liberation and the Struggle for Social Change

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Stonewall Rebellion, June 28, 1969. Top photo © Fred McDarrah.The Stonewall Rebellion, the fight for gay liberation and the Sixties movement for social change By Michael Bronski / The Rag Blog / June 27, 2009[With a response by Allen … Continue reading →

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Gay Bishop Gene Robinson a No Show on HBO

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Bishop Gene Robinson: If a tree falls in the forest… Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP. Bishop Gene Robinson asked the nation to pray for the “understanding that our president is a human being and not a messiah.” But only … Continue reading →

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Melissa Etheridge on Making Peace With Rick Warren

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge with Tammy Lynn Michaels.The Choice Is Ours Now: Give Peace a ChanceBy Melissa Etheridge / December 22, 2008 See ‘Why Gay Marriage is the Wrong Issue’ by Bob Ostertag, Below. This is a message for … Continue reading →

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Jeff Jones : The Bay Area Reacts to the Rick Warren Saga

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has always been a vocal supporter of diversity and the GLBT community.‘As an enthusiastic gay Obama supporter, I can see that his choice of a homophobe preacher is a gratuitous political gaffe that he didn’t … Continue reading →

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