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Gay leaders angered by Obama's prayer pick
"San Francisco's gay community, which threw its political weight behind Barack Obama's campaign, is protesting the president-elect's decision to invite an evangelical pastor known for anti-gay comments to give the inaugural prayer..."
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Pope misuses science to attack homosexuality
"Call it a message of ill-will for the holiday season. Pope Benedict said on Monday that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction..."
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Another Catholic pastor labels voting for Obama a sin
"Parishioners of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Modesto have been told they should consider going to confession if they voted for Barack Obama, because of the president-elect's position condoning abortion."
Click here to read the entire piece. (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
Jerry Brown Reverses Course on Gay Marriage
"Attorneys-General of California are usually expected to defend successful statewide propositions against those who would challenge their legality in court. But Proposition 8, which ended gay marriage in the state, passed while the Attorney-General's office happens to be occupied by Jerry Brown..."
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Prop. 8 sponsors seek to nullify 18K gay marriages
"The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to nullify the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters approved the ballot initiative that outlawed gay unions..."
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California's same-sex marriage case
affects all of us
"Regardless of where you stand on same-sex marriage, what's troubling for US citizens in the California case is the idea that an equality guarantee could not be effectively enforced against the will of a majority. The point of such a guarantee is precisely to protect minorities from discrimination at the hands of a majority."
Click here to read the entire piece. (The Christian Science Monitor)
Will Gay Marriage Have to Wait for Democracy to Catch Up?
"Since Californians voted to enshrine discrimination against gay couples in their state constitution on Nov. 4, the varied strains of lamentation from San Francisco's chattering classes have risen to a choral swell."
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Sisters Protest Everywhere In Nationwide Action Against Prop 8
"We Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence showed our activist roots in various orders around the U.S., participating in actions against the anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 on the national day of protest on Nov. 15. Starting in San Francisco, we queer nuns joined thousands who met at City Hall for a three-hour rally..."
Click here to read the entire piece. (San Francisco Bay Times)
Pollo Shares Her View on The Move for Equality
"'Wanted: Civil rights movement seeks photogenic, well-spoken, 'straight-acting' same-sex-loving, nonthreatening Caucasian male able to blend in, not rock the boat, play it safe and appeal to all. An upstanding suburbanite with a white collar job, long-term relationship and possible Ivy League education needed to show that 'gays are just like everyone else' in push for marriage equality..."
Click here to read the entire piece. (San Francisco Bay Times)
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