Immediately after the Boy Scouts of America made the decision to no longer ban or banish young boys who happen to be gay, Erick Erickson of the web site RedState.com, took to his Twitter account to go after the Boy Scouts in a really ugly way.
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03/15/13
Josh Dugger, the oldest of the Dugger kids from the TLC show 19 Kids and Counting is aspiring to a career in the anti-gay industry. Josh announced that he is being considered for a job at the Family Research Council.
03/15/13
In Cincinnati, the local chapter of GLSEN is being excluded from this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade because it is an LGBT-affiliated organization. "It's an Irish Catholic parade and we don't want any members of the gay and lesbian community to be affiliated."
03/14/13
The selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as Pope Francis stirred immediate reactions by LGBT advocates, both within the US and Argentina.
03/14/13
GLAAD President Herndon Graddick appeared on CNN this morning and spoke to anchor Carol Costello about newly anointed Pope Francis' anti-gay views.
03/13/13
The conclave has ended and there is a new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina. While many people were hoping for a new and different direction related to the Vatican's relationship to LGBT people, it does not seem to be the case.
03/13/13
'Decepcionados' Todos: El presidente de GLAAD sobre la elección del nuevo Papa
03/13/13
GLAAD's President Herndon Graddick responded to the news of the election of Pope Francis and said, "For decades the
03/13/13
Rabbi Jason Klein was elected the new leader of the Reconstructionist Movement, a progressive Jewish community. Rabbi Klein is the first openly gay man to head a national rabbinic association in the United States.
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04/02/13
On Easter Sunday, weeks after he helped elect a new pope for a church struggling with declining numbers and controversy over social issues, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said that the Roman Catholic Church could be more welcoming of gay men and lesbians despite opposing same-sex marriage.
04/01/13
Evangelical colleges likely face generational differences in attitudes toward sexuality as younger evangelicals deve
03/29/13
Emmett C. is a twenty-year-old community college student in the Pacific Northwest.
03/29/13
We must admit that our community has traveled a long journey when it comes to accepting gays and lesbians.
03/29/13
Aspects of religion and morality have been used as the basis for arguments by both sides of the debate on same-sex m
03/29/13
If the movement to stop same-sex marriage in its tracks had a spiritual home, it might be in Lynchburg, Virginia, on the sprawling hillside campus of Liberty University.
03/28/13
The son of a New York lawmaker who vehemently opposes marriage rights for same-sex couples on Wednesday announced he
03/27/13
As the Supreme Court considers two major same-sex marriage cases that could change marriage in the United States, religious leaders on both sides of the debate believe they are on God's side of the contentious issue.