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Turn Purple on October 20 -- and Show LGBT Youth It Does 'Get Better'
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyStand up for gays on Oct. 20. Wear purple. Do it in memory of Tyler Clementi, and all the other young people we've lost. In a harsh and often hopeless world, give hope, if for no other reason than because you can. I'm no fan of silly color memes and Facebook games. I believe the amorphous thing we call "awareness" changes little in the lives of real people, and gives the public a false sense of security and satisfaction. Cancer, for instance, cannot be willed away or "awarenessed" away any more than Tinker Bell can be saved by audience members clapping. But now -- at last! -- along comes a ...
US Appeals DADT Ruling, While Obama Says Being Gay Not a Choice
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 14) -- Is it a case of cognitive dissonance? Two developments today have many people wondering where, exactly, the Obama administration really stands on the matter of gay rights. First, the U.S. Department of Justice asked federal Judge Virginia Phillips to let the military ignore her ruling suspending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which prohibits gay and lesbian service members from openly divulging their sexual orientation while serving in the armed forces. Even as DOJ lawyers argued that an immediate end to DADT would "irreparably harm the public interest in a ...
Pentagon's 'Don't Ask' Survey: Soldiers in Afghanistan Are Just Not That Interested
By David Wood - Politics DailyCombat troops in Afghanistan had less opportunity than those at home to weigh in on the potential repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' law on gays and lesbians in the military, Defense Department officials acknowledged. The Pentagon, under pressure to repeal the law from President Barack Obama, Congress and its own top leadership, this summer launched what spokesman Geoff Morrell described as a "scientifically supported'' effort to survey "a large representative sample of our force'' to determine how they felt about allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly. That outreach included ...
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Hits Lesbians Hardest
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 16) -- The military is throwing out women disproportionately under its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, even as the number of service members discharged for being gay reached a new low last year. According to Pentagon statistics released by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 428 service members were discharged in 2009 under the policy that President Barack Obama has vowed to end. That's the lowest number since the policy began in 1994 and continues a steady decline that began after the 9/11 attacks. Meanwhile, the Army lost one of its top West ...
'The Kids Are All Right': A Modern American Family
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyWith the nationwide opening Friday of "The Kids Are All Right," a nearly perfect movie, a Sundance award-winner now gathering acclaim, we can declare with some certainty that stodgy, conventional Hollywood has finally made the great cultural leap to bring to the screen an exceptional picture of a perfectly normal lesbian couple and their children -- a modern American family. Heartrending, occasionally funny, tearfully profound, "The Kids Are All Right" is the first U.S. film to portray a lesbian couple with kids just like most families -- ordinary, sane, stable, caring, and flawed. We've got ...
Gays and Lesbians: Familiarity Breeds Acceptance, Polls Show
By David Gibson - Politics DailyA CBS News survey released Wednesday showing that Americans are now more likely to accept homosexual relations as normal than reject them as immoral is further evidence of a seismic shift that appears likely to continue. That's because Americans under 30 are most accepting of gay relationships and are also most likely to know someone who is gay or lesbians, which is a major factor in the increased approval. This trend would also seem to pose a challenge to social conservatives who are already on the defensive but fighting back hard against efforts to repeal statutes such as the ban on gays ...
Boston Cardinal Affirms Catholic Welcome to Child of Lesbians
By David Gibson - Politics DailyCardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston says the children of same-sex couples should be welcomed at any church schools in the archdiocese, a position different from that of at least one other prominent bishop in the American hierarchy. "We have never had categories of people who were excluded," O'Malley wrote in a blog post. "While there are legitimate reasons that might lead to a decision not to admit a child" -- he cited behavioral issues and similar problems -- "I believe all would agree that the good of the child must always be our primary concern." O'Malley was in Portugal last week with Pope ...
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