Tag Archives: LGBTQ
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 [...]
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Infographic: Workplace discrimination is wrong and bad for business
TweetIn light of today’s hearing on Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), it’s worth addressing the argument made by ENDA critics that protecting civil rights is just too gosh-darn expensive and will lead to all sorts of frivolous law suits. One, that’s a pretty indefensible argument, even if ENDA did cost money. Two, discriminating against people based on their sexuality [...]
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Happy Harvey Milk (teen predator) Day!
TweetHappy Birthday Harvey Milk! Today you would have turned 82. But your life was cut short when you were shot to death at the young age of 48, a year after being elected (as the first openly gay person) to California’s Board of Supervisors. Harvey Milk is often considered an LBTQ rights activist, which he [...]
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Jay-Z has President Obama’s back and supports marriage equality
TweetI certainly think last week’s announcement by President Obama is a sea change. Yes, it was a symbolic gesture, but I think it’s important and allows many more public figures to speak out in support of marriage equality. The latest public figure to do so is the hip hop mogul Jay-Z. When asked about President [...]
A translation of the Supreme Court’s arguments against marriage equality