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More women than men dismissed from military for being gay

CNN.com

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.

Why homosexuality should be banned

Straight Couple Sues Over Gay Cruise

Advocate.com

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?

Would Jesus Discriminate?

“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.

Gay couple banned from Walmart

 (ChicagoPride.com)

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.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Bigotry in Maine

Gay Rights | Change.org

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.

Alan Grayson Schools GA Wing-Nut Paul Broun on Constitution

AlterNet

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."