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Is Murdered Gay Activist David Kato the Gabrielle Giffords of Uganda?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe bludgeoning death of gay activist David Kato this week in Uganda stunned the gay community around the world and prompted Kato's angry allies to point the finger of blame at Christian-fueled homophobia in the East African nation, and at conservative Christians in the United States who have long ties to anti-gay forces in Uganda. "David's death is a result of the hatred planted in Uganda by U.S Evangelicals in 2009," Val Kalende, the woman who heads "Freedom and Roam Uganda," a gay rights group, said in a statement. "The Ugandan Government and the so-called U.S Evangelicals must take ...
Willow Palin Tosses Homophobic Slurs Around on Facebook
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Nov. 17) -- Here's a quick quiz for the 5 million viewers who tuned in for the debut of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" Sunday on TLC. 1. When someone attacks Mama Bear, baby bears should: a) Turn the other cheek. b) Try a little diplomacy before responding with force. c) Hurl anti-gay epithets. If your answer was "c," you get a prize! (A dubious one!) Willow Palin, Sarah Palin's 16-year-old daughter, is in the news after using homophobic slurs in a Facebook exchange with a classmate who wasn't a fan of her mom's new reality show. The gossip site TMZ reports that the episode began when "Tre," a ...
Ugandan Tabloid Publishes 'Hit List' of Gay Men
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(Oct. 19) -- A Ugandan tabloid newspaper is making headlines itself today for publishing what appears to be a hit list targeting gay men in a notoriously homophobic country, The Associated Press is reporting. An Oct. 9 article in Uganda's "Rolling Stone" (which has no relation to the American magazine by the same name) carried the headline "100 Pictures of Uganda's Top Homos Leak" with a yellow banner that said "Hang Them." The men's photos, names and addresses were listed inside. AP The Oct. 9 edition of the Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone reveals the identity of allegedly gay members of ...
Judge Issues Injunction Against 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': Instant Reactions
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 12) -- The day after National Coming Out Day, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. military must end enforcement of its controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, The Associated Press reports. According to the report, "Judge Virginia Phillips ordered the military 'immediately to suspend and discontinue any investigation, or discharge, separation, or other proceeding, that may have been commenced under the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' " The Department of Justice is expected to appeal the decision, according to CNN. Surge Desk gathers some initial reactions from the blogosphere and ...
Ann Coulter Defends Carl Paladino's Anti-Gay Remarks
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 12) -- Did Carl Paladino's recent anti-gay remarks win him votes? Ann Coulter seems to think so. Coulter paid a visit to "The O'Reilly Factor" on Monday evening to defend Paladino, the tea-party-backed New York gubernatorial candidate, no stranger to controversy himself, who has come under fire for staunchly critical (arguably bigoted) comments he made about homosexuality during a speech given to a summit of Orthodox Jewish leaders on Sunday. "'I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don't ...
High Court Struggles With Military Funeral Protest Case
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WASHINGTON (Oct. 6) -- Supreme Court justices on Wednesday pondered the vexing question of whether the father of a dead Marine should win his lawsuit against a fundamentalist church group that picketed his son's funeral. The complexity and weightiness of the First Amendment issue were palpable in the courtroom as justices heard arguments in the case of Albert Snyder. His son died in Iraq in 2006, and members of the Westboro Baptist Church protested the funeral to make their point that U.S. deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq are punishment for Americans' immorality, including tolerance of ...
Seth Walsh Dies After Suicide Attempt, Bullies Go Uncharged
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 29) -- No charges will be pressed against the children who bullied Seth Walsh, a 13-year-old Californian who died this week after injuries sustained in a suicide attempt, which was reportedly the result of cruel treatment over his perceived sexual orientation. "Several of the kids that we talked to broke down into tears," Jeff Kermode, Tehachapi, Calif., police chief, told NBC affiliate KGET. "They had never expected an outcome such as this." Walsh died on Monday after eight days on life support. He hanged himself from a tree in his backyard on Sept. 19. Walsh's school, Jacobsen ...
Iranian President Ahmadinejad: Homophobe, Anti-Semite, 9/11 Truther
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 23) -- Taking on one of his favorite world stages today, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued his tradition of serving up incendiary rhetoric while addressing world leaders at the United Nations. As one has come to expect from the Iranian leader, Ahmadinejad used the occasion to challenge conventional wisdom and upset foreign dignitaries to the point that many of them stood up during his speech and walked out of the chamber. 9/11 Conspiracy This year's fireworks occurred over Ahmadinejad's contention that most people in the world believed "that some segments within the ...
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