Gay Rights
Supporting (some of) the Troops
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on October 11th, 2011
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 [...]
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A Question for the Godly
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights, Religious Liberty on October 3rd, 2011
The New York Times recently reported on a town clerk in upstate New York who was refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, despite passage of the recent New York law recognizing such unions. She cited evangelical Christianity as a bar against performing her official duties. “For me to participate in the same-sex marriage application [...]
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I Cry At Weddings
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on September 4th, 2011
I cry at weddings, and last week I had yet another opportunity to borrow a tissue. I was invited to this particular ceremony by someone I have come to know through service on a nonprofit board. He’s the sort of quiet, solid citizen that others depend on, the guy down the street who works hard, [...]
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Progress is Hard Work
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on August 16th, 2011
How does change happen? Too often, we think of broad cultural changes as part of an inevitable sweep of history, sort of like the process of maturation we go through as individuals: as we grow up, we understand more. This analogy conveniently overlooks the people who grow older but do not grow up. And it [...]
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