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	<title>Sheila Kennedy &#187; Gay Rights</title>
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	<description>Thinking about Liberty</description>
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		<title>Only in Indiana</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/only-in-indiana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 12:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Gregg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Pence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at the Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan has posted a memo he somehow obtained from a Republican pollster&#8211;the same guy who did polling for George W. Bush.   The advice he gives GOP candidates&#8211;based upon his reading of recent poll results&#8211;is pretty astonishing; he bluntly warns that continuing its anti-gay positions and rhetoric will &#8220;marginalize the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deconstructing &#8220;Special Rights&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/deconstructing-special-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/deconstructing-special-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[" religious liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rule of law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard someone make the claim again yesterday: gays want &#8220;special rights.&#8221; So let me understand this argument:  If government respects the civil rights of Christians—and if Human Rights agencies protect those Christians from being picked on because of their beliefs—that’s simply government protecting equal rights. But if government treats LGBT folks just like it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking of &#8220;Agendas&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/speaking-of-agendas/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/speaking-of-agendas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Family Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidate questionnaire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creationism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay "agenda"]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend sent me a copy of this year&#8217;s American Family Action Pac political questionnaire. Rather than characterize it, I decided to let it speak for itself. (The odd numbering and format are original.) Indiana Family Action PAC  2012 Questionnaire for State Candidates Please circle the response that most accurately reflects your position on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sausage-Making at Work</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/sausage-making-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/sausage-making-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights ordinance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Bend]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an old saying that the two things you should never watch are sausage-making and law-making. Good as that advice is, it can be very enlightening (if somewhat nauseating) to be present as the democratic process unfolds. Yesterday, I accompanied the President of Indiana Equality to South Bend, where the Common Council was to deliberate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defining &#8220;Religious Liberty&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/defining-religious-liberty/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/defining-religious-liberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Bend Indiana]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, the South Bend City Council will consider amending its Human Rights Ordinance to include protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation. HR Ordinances&#8211;while relatively toothless in Indiana&#8211;express a municipality&#8217;s intent to discourage some people from picking on other people based solely upon their religion, race, gender and other markers that are irrelevant to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bullies&#8217; Pulpit</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/the-bullies-pulpit/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/the-bullies-pulpit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IYG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specialty license plates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few statistics: 9 out of 10 LGBT students experience harassment at school, and LGBT teens are bullied 2 to 3 times as much as straight teens. More than 1/3 of LGBT kids have attempted suicide. LGBT kids are 4 times as likely to attempt suicide than are their straight peers. For every lesbian, gay, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the Beat-em-up Goes On&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/and-the-beat-em-up-goes-on/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/and-the-beat-em-up-goes-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is it with the homophobia? It&#8217;s one thing to believe&#8211;based upon a (highly selective) version of the bible&#8211;that gay people are immoral. You want to think that, fine. It&#8217;s a free country. As I used to say, if you don&#8217;t like gay folks, don&#8217;t invite any of them to dinner.  Your loss. Of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lock Up Your 12-Year-Olds!</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/lock-up-your-12-year-olds/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/lock-up-your-12-year-olds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana Youth Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specialty license plates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I&#8217;m so distracted by how batshit crazy the right-wingers have become that I forget how utterly despicable they can be. To appropriate an old Henny Youngman joke (google him), &#8220;Take Eric Miller. Please. Take him.&#8221; Miller&#8211;who makes a comfortable living pretending that bigotry is religion&#8211;has a new &#8220;Urgent Legislative Alert&#8221; that will be distributed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Governor Christie Doesn&#8217;t Get</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/what-governor-christie-doesnt-get/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/what-governor-christie-doesnt-get/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Christie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equal rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the New Jersey Senate voted to recognize same-sex marriage. Indications are that the Assembly (the lower house) will do likewise. Meanwhile, an equal-protection lawsuit is working its way through the New Jersey courts; it would be mooted by this legislation. Governor Christie has vowed to veto the measure&#8211;no surprise. But his professed reason means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Year (Almost) Over</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/another-year-almost-over/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/another-year-almost-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The coming year is going to be ugly. The economy is still in the toilet, environmental degradation is edging dangerously close to the point of no return, our infrastructure is crumbling, and Republicans in Congress remain committed to one thing and one thing only—defeating Barack Obama—even if they have to take the country down to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is a Test</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/this-is-a-test/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/this-is-a-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana Equality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think it was Thomas Jefferson who said &#8220;eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.&#8221; He was right; and that vigilance can be taxing. Similarly, social progress requires persistence, and most of us tire of activism in the long run. &#8220;Cause fatigue&#8221; is human&#8211;but not helpful. I&#8217;m beginning to see that fatigue in Indiana&#8217;s gay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippi, Arizona, Ohio, Indiana</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/mississippi-arizona-ohio-indiana/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/mississippi-arizona-ohio-indiana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collective bargaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extremism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay candidates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another election day has come and gone, and while I’ve grown leery of predicting anything in an era when crazy is the most prominent characteristic of our political environment, the results may justify a cautious optimism. Despite the constant references to the “gay agenda,” anyone sentient has long recognized that the group having the real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bully Pulpit</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/the-bully-pulpit/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/the-bully-pulpit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["moral conviction"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago, when Chicago&#8217;s Second City was the source of then-scandalous satire, I attended a performance. This was during the Cold War (I&#8217;m old), and I still recall one skit titled &#8220;Kill a Commie for Christ&#8221;&#8211;a take-off on a widespread attitude of the times. The more things change&#8230;.Well, you know the rest of that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Priscilla&#8211;15 Years Later</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/priscilla-15-years-later/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/priscilla-15-years-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cultural change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Priscilla Queen of the Desert]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are in New York for a long weekend, and last night, my husband, son and I went to see the Broadway musical version of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. We&#8217;d loved the movie when it came out in the early 90s&#8230;a poignant, funny depiction of life from the perspective of three Australian drag queens. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting (some of) the Troops</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/supporting-some-of-the-troops/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/supporting-some-of-the-troops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most readers of this blog probably already know, a gay soldier asked a question about gay service members at a recent GOP Presidential candidate debate, and was roundly booed by the audience. The Tea Party members who were present in large numbers in that audience—and the candidates who remained silent then and afterward—evidently saw [...]]]></description>
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