Women were dismissed from the military for being gay at a greater rate than men last year, according to new statistics obtained by a California research group. Women were dismissed from the military for being gay at a greater rate than men last year. All the services kicked out a disproportionate number of women under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, according to Department of Defense data obtained by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The center studies gender and sexuality in the military.
A straight Italian couple is suing a cruise line for accidentally booking them on Italy's first all-gay cruise. The unnamed middle-aged couple was booked for three nights aboard a Grimaldi Lines ship from Civitavecchia to Barcelona. They said that when they saw media crews at the dock they thought a celebrity was on the ship. They only later found that it was a cruise for gay men.
“Would Jesus discriminate?” If your answer is no, then ask yourself “why would we?” The Would Jesus Discriminate? campaign, sponsored in the DFW area by five local Metropolitan Community Churches, seeks to engage people in friendly discussion about Jesus’ message of inclusion.
The South Bend Tribune reports that on Aug. 16, Joe Paolucci and Thomas Hitchcock were stopped by store employees at the Niles, Mich., Walmart who suspected they had stolen lighters after the couple used a self-checkout. The pair, along with their 11-year-old twin sons, were then detained by Walmart store employees. ... The twins were turned over to store security personnel and locked in a security room where the couple alleges the boys endured disparaging remarks about their lifestyle from Walmart employees. Nearly 45 minutes later, after officers reviewed security tapes and had determined the lighters weren't shoplifted, the couple was released. After the incident was resolved the couple expected an apology from store personnel, instead employees read a statement that Paolucci and Hitchcock were banned from Walmart – the entire chain – for life.
In the immediate aftermath, it just seems that the other side -- the same folks, incidentally, who ran the successful Proposition 8 campaign in California last year -- managed to sell their bigoted propaganda effectively, and they managed to cull together millions of dollars from large groups like the National Organization for Marriage and the Catholic Church to help them peddle it.
Two of the House's most vocal members spar over the GOP's ongoing jihad against ACORN. Hat-tip to Jill C. at Brilliant at Breakfast, who adds: "It's frightening that Republicans who know absolutely nothing about the Constitution are allowed to create law in this country."
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Went to a meeting at the hospital tonight. It's not one I usually go to, but
I went, and it was good. Got to hear a newbie talk for the first time, and
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Web Spotlight: QueerUK
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Homophobia Mars Alderman Election in Annapolis
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*By Steve Charing*
Scott Bowling (picured in foreground) knew the odds were stacked against him
when he announced his candidacy for Alderman in Annapol...