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Why churches fear gay marriage | Salon News

For author Richard Rodriguez, no one is talking about the real issues behind Proposition 8.

While conservative churches are busy trying to whip up another round of culture wars over same-sex marriage, Rodriquez says the real reason for their panic lies elsewhere: the breakdown of the traditional heterosexual family and the shifting role of women in society and the church itself.

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Interview: Bishop Gene Robinson on prophets, Prop 8 and progress

Gene Robinson is a calming presence. The world feels less dangerous when you talk to him, and evils such as racism and homophobia seem less threatening and somehow distant.

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Miami judge rules against gay adoption ban in Florida

Miami Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled Tuesday there was "no rational basis" for prohibiting gays from adopting children.

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Breaking News: Florida Adoption Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

"Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman Tuesday declared Florida's 50-year-old ban on gay adoptions unconstitutional -- a ruling state lawyers immediately said they would challenge.

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New York Officials Tells Insurers to Recognize Gay Marriage

While state law does not permit gay marriage in New York, the New York State administrator of insurance companies has told companies there yesterday they must treat legally married same-sex couples the same as they treat opposite-sex married pairs.

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State of California to Investigate Mormon Church Involvement in Prop 8

With demonstrations by Gay rights groups focusing on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since its members poured in tens of millions of dollars to defeat gay marriage in California, it seems now that State of California officials will be investigating whether the Mormon Church accurately described its role in a campaign to ban gay marriage in the state.

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Next State to Usher in Gay Marriage May be Iowa

Only weeks after a ballot initiative put marriage rights for gay and lesbian families in California to a vote--with families in that state losing the right to marry being the outcome--families in the state of .

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Prince denies anti-gay rights remarks

The singer Prince was asked about religion, politics, abortion and Proposition 8 in a profile in the New Yorker .

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Australia moves to give rights to gay couples

SYDNEY : Australian lawmakers have passed new laws giving gay and lesbian couples many of the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts but have ruled out legalizing same-sex marriages.

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Prop. 8 backers splinter as court fight resumes

The group that persuaded California voters this month to pass Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, now is fighting its friends as well as its foes.

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California Fair Political Practices Commission will investigate Mormon Church

The following information has been received by the activist group Californian's Against Hate: Fred Karger, Founder of Californians Against Hate, received a letter from the California Fair Political Practices .

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Gay talk goes mainstream with Dostana

Out of the closet and into mainstream cinema, not as a serious statement on sexuality but as breezy comic fare - with Dostana, homosexuality may finally have rid itself of its taboo status in Indian films.

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Maggie Gallagher: to be or not to be: A BIGOT

On Friday's airing of the Dr. Phil show, Maggie Gallagher stated: "It isn't discrimination when you treat different people, differently.

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Chip the Gays, says Indonesia: microchips implanted in HIV+

Lawmakers in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bill requiring some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips - part of extreme efforts to monitor the disease.

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Cinemark has a LGBT Liaison?

Mr Bob Shimmin a VP for Cinemark stated in a letter recently that the company has an LGBT Liaison.

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Christian Billboard Apologizes for Proposition 8

The Mission Gathering Church in San Diego has paid for a billboard in San Diego apologizing for people who supported proposition 8 in the name of God.

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Arizona Prop 102 Supporting Bigots Exposed

Proponents of proposition 102 spent a whopping 8 million dollars to ban marriage between gay and lesbian couples in the state of Arizona.

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Dr. Phil's Debate on Prop. 8 - The Blow by Blow Coverage

Friday Dr Phil hosted a debate on Prop 8 ...

We brought together discrimination attorney Gloria Allred, president of the Human Rights Campaign Joe Solmonese, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Pastor Jim Garlow, president of National Organization of Marriage Maggie Gallagher and co-campaign manager for the Yes on 8 Campaign Jeff Flint and let them go at it.

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Szymon Niemiec's Madien Voyage Stateside

Our friend Szymon Niemiec, 30, gay activist and pastor has completed another of his dreams with the aid of friends.

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No MILK For Cinemark!

The CEO of Cinemark, Alan Stock, donated $9999 to the Yes on 8 Campaign, but will now profit from showing MILK in his theaters.

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