Monday, December 26th, 2011 | 3 comments

Participants of the gay pride parade in Jerusalem, July 28, 2011 Photo by: Olivier Fitoussi
Online petition demanding book’s removal unless its position on homosexuality is revised receives over 500 signatures within day of being posted.
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011 | One comment

Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D.-Mich.) and Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain conferring at a committee hearing. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that he did not know that the 926-page Defense Department authorization bill that came through his committee and was approved by the Senate last week on a 93-to-7 vote included a provision that would repeal the military’s ban on sodomy and bestiality if the bill becomes law.
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 | 2 comments
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Former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain told CNN’s Piers Morgan on Wednesday night that he believes homosexuality is a choice.
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Being gay is wrong and a personal choice, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says in a new interview.
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 | 5 comments

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Of those countries attending, 42 still outlaw homosexuality,
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Leaders of former British Empire countries that continue to outlaw homosexuality will be asked next week to reverse their bans in a bid to reduce their disproportionately high HIV infection rates, an official said Tuesday.
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011 | Post a comment

In July, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit of Julea Ward, seen here, against Eastern Michigan University (EMU) after the school successfully contended she violated school policy and the American Counseling Association’s code of ethics, which forbids counselors from discrimination in clinical practice.
An attorney for a graduate student claiming she was wrongfully dismissed from her counseling job at a Michigan college because she refused to work with gay and bisexual clients argued in federal court Tuesday that his client was discriminated against because of her religious beliefs — while the school insists her actions violated school policy.
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