Tag Archives: gay rights
Quick Hit: Same-sex couple wins high school’s cutest couple
Tweet In the midst of so much daunting coverage of queer youth, including homelessness rates and suicides, this really warms my heart. Brad and Dylan won the sacred “Cutest Couple” title for their senior class this year. According to HuffPo, they are the first same-sex couple to win the title at their school. And not [...]
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Marriage equality, you betcha!
TweetImage via. I’m very proud that my home state of Minnesota is set to become the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage and the first Midwestern state to do so without a court order. Yesterday the senate passed the bill, and Gov. Dayton is set to sign into law today. This victory comes right on the heels of marriage [...]
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Missouri pastor gives awesome anti-gay rights speech
TweetYes, you read that right. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch Rev. Phil Snider’s speech against gay rights as the Springfield City Council debated adding sexual orientation and gender identity protections to the city’s nondiscrimination law. Watch until the end. In a followup post on his blog, Rev. Snider notes that different forms of [...]
Mitt Romney doesn’t care about gay people
Tweet No, seriously — he even said so. In a past encounter that Boston Spirit found between Romney and two plaintiffs whose case led to marriage equality in Massachusetts, the level of insensitivity and apathy for these individuals’ lives is truly striking. Take his conversation with Julie Goodridge, for example: GOODRIDGE: Governor Romney, tell me — [...]
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Unchristian-like Christian university expels lesbian student and demands she pay back her financial aid