Last night I was reading a book. That alone is no big deal, except that I don’t do it often enough. But last night I came across something as puzzling as it is interesting. Oh, and it’s a Bible thing.
Jesus Christ lived and died an observant Jew. In Galatians, the Apostle Paul asserts that...
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Tags: Bible, Gay Marriage, LGBT rights, marriage, Religion
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In the annals of the modern gay-rights movement, Orange County has a less than stellar role. The stomping ground of the late state senator and antigay initiative sponsor John Briggs, firebrand former Congressman Bob Dornan, and longtime antigay funder Howard Ahmanson and activist Lou Sheldon has gained a reputation for antagonism to gay people...
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Tags: 2010 elections, 2012 election, Barack Obama, California, california gay marriage, Congressman Bob Dornan, Gay Marriage, LGBT rights, Marriage Equality, Orange County, Prepare to Prevail, Proposition 8
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"... his selection of Tony Dungy is extremely divisive. Dungy campaigned specifically to discriminate against a particular group of people, and he’s been closely aligned with the far-right Indiana Family Institute."
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Tags: Anti-Gay, faith-based, Interfaith, LG, LGBT, LGBT rights, non-Abrahamic Faiths, Obama, pagan, People for the American Way, PFAW, Tony Dungy, White House
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UPDATE: Please forgive me for being an idiot and not paying attention to the local blogosphere last week. As Gustavo mentions in the comments, Navel Gazing mentioned this earlier. I guess I have some “catch up” work to do today.
File this under “The H8 Files”. First CDM High School admins took the drama out...
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Tags: bowling, Civil Rights, LGBT rights, Lucky Strike, North County, Orange, Prop H8, The Block
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Right now, I have no clue how the California Supreme Court will rule on the Prop H8 lawsuits. Maybe we’ll win, maybe we’ll lose. However, I’m really starting to think we have a better chance of winning at the ballot box than I did just days ago. Here, take a look at the new...
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Tags: CALENDAR, Central County, Civil Rights, events, LGBT rights, Marriage Equality, Prop H8, Santa Ana
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And now, they must decide. Is Prop H8 a valid constitutional amendment? Is it an improper attempt to revise the constitution? Are the 18,000 marriages performed last year still valid regardless of the decision on H8? Is there a “third way” to uphold H8 and the May decision by doing away with civil marriage?
In...
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Tags: California Supreme Court, Civil Rights, LGBT rights, Marriage Equality, Prop H8, the courts
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In case you couldn’t make it last night, here’s a glimpse of what happened at Fairview Community Church in Costa Mesa:
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Tags: Central County, Civil Rights, Costa Mesa, Eve of Justice, LGBT rights, Marriage Equality, Progressive Values, Prop H8
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