Ben & Jerry's ice cream honors same-sex 'marriage'

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -

An ice cream company is celebrating homosexual "marriage" in Vermont (see related article). Same-gender marriage is now legal in The Green Mountain State, and Ben & Jerry's has announced that it will temporarily change its "Chubby Hubby" ice cream to "Hubby Hubby" in honor of homosexual marriage. Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality tells OneNewsNow that companies like Ben & Jerry's neglect to talk about the dangers of the lifestyle.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=661990

Normalizing transgenderism in schools

Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow -

A New England-based pro-family organization is concerned about a situation in Vermont involving bathroom arrangements at schools. Brian Camenker of MassResistance says the homosexual movement in Vermont is using a transgender-rights law to force middle schools and high schools to provide unisex bathrooms. He notes that a 16-year-old transgendered teen has asked the Vermont Human Rights Commission to lend its support to the effort.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=661996

DC court ruling affects ex-'gays'

Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow -

A landmark court decision in Washington, DC, could have far-reaching ramifications for those who have left the homosexual lifestyle. Regina Griggs, executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays, tells OneNewsNow that former homosexuals now have protection under sexual orientation non-discrimination laws. According to the ruling [PDF], handed down by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, ex-"gays" are now a protected class that must be recognized under the DC Human Rights Act.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=659000

Opposing Gay Unions With Sanity & a Smile

By Monica Hesse

The nightmares of gay marriage supporters are the Pat Robertsons of the world. The James Dobsons, the John Hagees -- the people who specialize in whipping crowds into frothy frenzies, who say things like Katrina was caused by the gays.

The gay marriage supporters have not met Brian Brown. They should. He might be more worth knowing about.

Brown is the executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, the preeminent organization dedicated to preventing the legalization of same-sex marriage. For two years, Brown has been traveling across the country. He moved his wife and six kids to California, where NOM was instrumental in passing Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment defining marriage as an institution only between a man and a woman. Before that, Connecticut, where his cause was hurt when the state Supreme Court legalized gay marriage.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082704139.html

Court Rules That ‘Sexual Orientation’ Laws Include Former Homosexuals

Washington, D.C. – In a precedent setting case, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia has ruled that former homosexuals are a protected class that must be recognized under sexual orientation non-discrimination laws. The Court held that, under the D.C. Human Rights Act, sexual orientation does not require immutable characteristics.

“We are gratified that the ex-gay community in Washington D.C. now has the same civil rights that gays enjoy,” said Regina Griggs, executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), which had filed the lawsuit against the District of Columbia government for failing to protect former homosexuals in the Nation’s Capital.

http://pfox.org/Court-Rules-Sexual-Orientation-Laws-Include-Former-Homosexuals.html

A daring Baltic ban on gay propaganda

Bryan P. Bradley

A new Lithuanian law aims to protect minors from information that could be harmful to them.
Lithuania’s parliament found energy this month not only for budget cuts to keep a financial crisis at bay but also for a strong stand on family values which challenges the status quo in the European Union and has sparked an uproar in the international community. Lawmakers in the Baltic nation’s 141-member chamber on July 14 voted 89-6 to adopt a Law on the Protection of Minors, which limits the propagation of information that could be harmful to young people. Alongside examples like graphic violence, instructions on how to make explosives, presentation of drug use in a positive light and pornography, the law also restricts information “which promotes homosexual, bisexual, and polygamous relations."

http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_daring_baltic_ban_on_gay_propaganda/

Info on homosexual health risks squelched

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -
A pro-family activist group is calling for a federal study of the health risks of homosexual conduct. Americans for Truth about Homosexuality president Peter LaBarbera tells OneNewsNow it only makes sense because the government will investigate the dangers of such habits as smoking and work to curb it. He cites information released by the Food and Drug Administration.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=621982

Home Depot building a 'le-gay-cy' for children

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -

Home Depot is helping to introduce children to the homosexual lifestyle. The Nashville Gay Pride website notes that Home Depot contributed more than $5,000 to help finance the 2009 festival. The retailer also participated by conducting children's craft workshops at a special booth set up for them. The company has sponsored similar children's venues at pro-homosexual events in Atlanta, Kansas City, Durham, Portland, and San Diego.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=621908

Moral equivalence in the White House

Sheila Liaugminas

The first African-American president of the United States is going to bring some uniquely different values into the White House. Testing the parameters of his moral vision during the presidential campaign, Obama was asked about same-sex marriage, among other things. His answer…..that he opposed it…..has morphed, now that he’s president.
Today, he affirmed homosexual unions, and went even further…

President Obama honored Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month with a White House reception Monday where he likened the struggle for gay rights with the struggle of African-Americans for civil rights.

With first lady Michelle Obama at his side, the president told the cheering crowd filling the East Room that his administration would work to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding gays in the military.
http://www.mercatornet.com/sheila_liaugminas/view/moral_equivalence_in_the_white_house/

United Church of Christ Resolution to Teach LGBT Curriculum in Public Schools Violates Children - Confessing Movement Protests

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 30 /Christian Newswire/ -- A Resolution of the General Synod of the United Church of Christ concluding today in Grand Rapids, Michigan, calls for "diversity/multi- cultural education" in public elementary schools that includes, "the experience of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, bi- sexual, transgender), individuals and families." The resolution also calls for aggressive opposition to efforts by parents whose moral convictions are violated by such teaching to protect their children from LGBT indoctrination. The resolution mixes the LGBT agenda with a call for public school diversity teaching on racism and the acceptance of immigrant minorities.
In protest, the confessing movement within the United Church of Christ known as Biblical Witness Fellowship has issued a statement of protest. "Teaching that behavior and relationships which are morally wrong to most Christian families, as well as families of the Islamic, Hindu and other religious traditions is normative, makes the public school an unsafe environment for our children. Mixing such a message with the legitimate concerns of racism and the acceptance of immigrating families and children is offensive, intellectually dishonest, and inappropriate. Diversity demands that public education respect the morality of all and protects the innocence of children."
www.ReformationUCC.org

CA school forces LGBT curriculum on students

Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow

The chief counsel with the Pacific Justice Institute is fighting for the rights of parents to opt out of a controversial curriculum. San Francisco Bay-area Alameda Unified School District has approved a "lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender" (LGBT) curriculum for use with kindergarten through fifth-grade students. The curriculum is intended to deal with issues such as bullying and harassment.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=582486

Chicago children march in gay pride parade...or not

Okay, we've heard about what goes on at gay parades. Is having kids there a good idea? I think not.

Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Chicago's Nettlehorst Elementary School will be the first public school in the community to march in the city's gay pride parade. According to the Tribune, the school's fence is adorned with thousands of green, blue, purple, and red strips of fabric -- each hand-tied by a student. A sign by the gate stated that the elementary school will "be the first Chicago public school to march in the city's gay pride parade." The sign also stated that the school believes that family means everybody.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=581354

Disney world ‘too heterosexual’ for children’s good

Carolyn Moynihan
Many experts are concerned about the effects on children of their being immersed in electronic media from a tender age. They worry largely about the things they are not doing while watching TV or videos: developing their vocabulary through talking to their parents; listening to or reading books; going to the park for healthy exercise and social activities. But two sociologists have come up with a novel reason for fretting about kids’ exposure to media: the risk of seeing heterosexuality as normal and desirable.
http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/view/disney_world_too_heterosexual_for_childrens_good/

Former Miss Calif: Homosexual comment cost me my crown

Associated Press -LOS ANGELES, CA -
Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean says she lost her crown because of a comment she made about homosexual "marriage" -- not because she had been skipping appearances.Prejean told Matt Lauer on NBC'S Today show Friday that she "absolutely" had been dethroned because of the comment, when she said marriage should be between a man and a woman.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=564850

Catholic mom's son fostered by homosexual couple against her wishes

A Catholic mother in Britain who is unable to care for her son has objected to him being placed in the foster care of a homosexual couple. She has expressed concern the couple could encourage him into a way of life she does not agree with, amid reports the boy is already asking about homosexuality.
The ten-year-old child was scheduled to arrive Monday at his permanent new foster home, a hotel in Brighton run by two homosexual men, the Daily Mail reports. Social workers at Brighton and Hove Council, who have full custody of the child, decided on his long-term placement last month. His mother reportedly suffered a mental breakdown after an abusive marriage and cannot care for her son.The mother has told friends she is concerned about the environment in which her son will be placed. She has said she wants him fostered by a traditional family in line with Catholic belief.

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16254

School board breaking federal law with 'gay' day?

By Chelsea Schilling
Homosexual curriculum pushed on students without letting parents opt-out

A California school district is being accused of violating federal law after it approved a mandatory homosexual curriculum for children as young as 5 – without allowing parents to opt-out of the lessons. As WND reported, the mandatory program, officially titled "LGBT Lesson #9," was approved May 26 by the Alameda County Board of Education by a vote of 3-2. Students from kindergarten through fifth grade are scheduled to learn about "tolerance" for the homosexual lifestyle beginning next school year.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100678

Homosexual activists frustrated with Obama's agenda

Some good news regarding DOMA.

Jim Brown - OneNewsNow -
Impatient homosexual activists say Barack Obama should be moving more quickly to enact their social agenda, but he's running into a political reality that they want him to ignore. President Obama -- in his proclamation declaring June as "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month" -- reaffirmed his support for enhancing "hate crimes" laws, homosexual civil unions, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, homosexual adoption, and the repeal of the military's ban on openly homosexual service-members.

However, in the proclamation he did not repeat his campaign promise to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA. In fact, his call for the repeal of DOMA has also been stripped from the White House website.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=555134

Obama more than tolerant of homosexual lifestyle

Allie Martin - OneNewsNow
...Earlier this week, the White House released a proclamation recognizing June as "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month." The proclamation was signed by President Obama and mentioned the record number of homosexuals he has nominated and chosen for positions in his administration. It also called for equal justice under the law for homosexuals and transgendered Americans. (See earlier story)
Dr. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, says the proclamation advocates more than mere tolerance. "The United States federal government, now by executive order, signed by the President of the United States, is declaring national pride in these lifestyles," he contends. "This is not mere toleration; it's not calling for legalization, an end to criminal sanctions. It's not calling even for something like civil unions...it's calling for pride."

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=553368

Abortion vs. Homosexuality: The Evangelical Age Gap

Steven Waldman

When talking about social issues of interest to evangelicals, we tend to lump abortion and homosexuality together. But the politics are actually different, especially among young evangelicals. I asked John Green of the Pew Forum to do one additional slice of the data from their Religious Landscape Survey. Here's what he reports:62.3% of white evangelicals overall are pro-life 69.2% of white evangelicals under the age of 30 are pro-life Young evangelicals are even more pro-life than their parents.However, on homosexuality, the pattern is reversed.

http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2008/07/abortion-vs-homosexuality-the.html

Disney hosts 'Gay Days' this weekend

Allie Martin - OneNewsNow

A pro-family group is sounding a warning about an upcoming event this weekend at Walt Disney World. This weekend, the 19th annual "Gay Days" will be held at Disney World in Orlando. Although officials at the Walt Disney Company say they do not sponsor the event, it has become one of the most popular observances for homosexuals nationwide.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=551598

Disney may not sponsor it, but they could stop it from happening if they wanted to.

Obama declares June 'LGBT Pride Month'

Jody Brown and Allie Martin - OneNewsNow

In a presidential proclamation on the White House website, Barack Obama has lauded what he calls "the determination and dedication" of the LGBT movement by proclaiming June as "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month."

"The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress," Obama states in the official proclamation, "but there is more to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect."

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=551240

Study: Gay marriages pump $111 million into Mass

AMHERST, Mass.—

A study says the over 12,000 same-sex marriages performed in Massachusetts since 2004 have pumped over $111 million into the state's economy.The report from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law says a typical same-sex couple spent about $7,400 on their wedding, with one in ten couples spending over $20,000.A second study by the same group found that young, highly educated people in same-sex relationships were 2.5 times more likely to move to Massachusetts after 2004 than before gay marriage became legal.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/05/17/study_gay_marriages_pump_111_million_into_mass/

FL court recognizes homosexual adoption

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -

A Florida appeals court has ruled that the state must recognize homosexual adoptions from another state. Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver tells OneNewsNow the decision is wrong and will be appealed to the Florida Supreme Court. "Florida's law clearly says that homosexual adoption is not permissible in Florida, and the reason is that Florida's law prefers that children be placed in homes with a mom and a dad or homes that have the potential of moms and dads," he explains. "Homosexual adoption will permanently preclude children having an experience of a mom and a dad."

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=530922

Maine bishop vows to help bring same-gender 'marriage' to vote

Associated Press -

PORTLAND, ME - The spiritual leader of Maine's 200,000 Roman Catholics has pledged his diocese's help in bringing the state's same-sex "marriage" law to a vote in November.Bishop Richard Malone calls the law "a dangerous sociological experiment" that he says will have negative consequences for society. Malone says marriage as it's been known for millennia "has served as the cornerstone of society." In a statement, Malone also expresses concern over the law's effect on teachings about same-sex marriage in schools.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=529232

Maine bishop vows to help bring same-gender 'marriage' to vote

Associated Press -

PORTLAND, ME - The spiritual leader of Maine's 200,000 Roman Catholics has pledged his diocese's help in bringing the state's same-sex "marriage" law to a vote in November. Bishop Richard Malone calls the law "a dangerous sociological experiment" that he says will have negative consequences for society. Malone says marriage as it's been known for millennia "has served as the cornerstone of society." In a statement, Malone also expresses concern over the law's effect on teachings about same-sex marriage in schools.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=529232

Parents fight homosexual indoctrination of kindergarteners

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -

A California school district seems intent on teaching pre-school children to accept the homosexual lifestyle. The Alameda Unified School District announced it was considering a supplemental curriculum to eradicate "homophobia" in kindergarten children. Brad Dacus, founder of the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), said the meeting room for the public session earlier this week was overcrowded with angry parents.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=529992

Church sues homosexual activists for disrupting service

EAST LANSING, MI - A Michigan church has filed a federal lawsuit against a homosexual activist group that claimed responsibility for noisily disrupting a worship service last November. Midway through the Nov. 9 service at Mount Hope Church near Lansing, members of a group called Bash Back! stood up and shouted slogans at the bewildered congregation, including, "It's OK to be gay." Some of the activists threw pro-gay flyers. Others unfurled a banner inside the church.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=529214

APA revises 'gay gene' theory

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -

The attempt to prove that homosexuality is determined biologically has been dealt a knockout punch. An American Psychological Association publication includes an admission that there's no homosexual "gene" -- meaning it's not likely that homosexuals are born that way.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=528376

Calif. school day would honor homosexual pioneer

Charlie Butts and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow -

The California State Senate is poised to vote on a bill making an official "homosexual day" in every public school.

It would be called "Harvey Milk Day" in honor of the openly homosexual San Francisco Board of Supervisors member who was shot and killed in 1978 along with the city's mayor, George Moscone. S.B. 572, which was approved 7-to-2 out of committee last week, says observances conducted on May 22 should recognize Milk's "accomplishments as well as the contributions he made to this state" -- and that "all public schools and educational institutions are encouraged to observe...and...conduct suitable commemorative exercises."

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=522496

School sued over lesbian lecturer

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -

The Pacific Justice Institute is suing a California school district after students were addressed by a lesbian pastor. Brad Dacus, founder of the Pacific Justice Institute, tells OneNewsNow a lesbian minister visited Castro Valley High School and gave a presentation called "Out for Good." The parents found out about the incident after the fact.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=522194

U.S. funds HIV transmission study in Argentina

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -

The federal government is spending $400,000 to conduct a study in Argentina bars on drinking as it relates to homosexual intimacy. The study actually began during the Bush administration and has been carried over into the Obama administration. CNSNews.com reports the study will conclude in August 2010. Its primary purpose is to deduce the connection among alcohol consumption, bars frequented by homosexuals, and subsequent sexual behavior so that HIV-prevention campaigns will know which bars to target.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=520722

Teacher bucks homosexual training, gets suspended

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -

A Christian teacher in England has been suspended after complaining about the use of classroom time to promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle.

Kwabena Peat was one of several teachers who walked out of the school's compulsory indoctrination and training day, and he did so based on his Christian beliefs. LifeSiteNews.com reports Peat wrote a letter to three staff members who organized the session at Park View Academy, disagreeing with featured speaker and co-founder of Schools Out pro-homosexual program Sue Sanders, who said in her "aggressive" presentation that people who believe homosexuality is abnormal need to sort out their "issues."

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=517288

'Hate crimes' legislation = ex-'gay' hate

Allie Martin - OneNewsNow

A Christian activist who runs a ministry that supports families of former homosexuals is troubled about proposed "hate crimes" legislation now before Congress. Regina Griggs is executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays, or PFOX. The organization lobbies for the ex-homosexual community and educates the public on sexual orientation.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=498310

'Unbelievable victory' for families in Mass.

Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow

A pro-family advocate in Massachusetts says the latest state budget proposal includes some good news. In the past, Brian Camenker of MassResistance took issue with the state budget because it included $850,000 for homosexual activism in public schools. Now because of the recession and the efforts of MassResistance and concerned citizens, Camenker says those funds have been slashed from the 2010 state budget.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=496908

Day of Silence evokes opposition, death threats

Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow

Not all schools remained silent on Friday during the "Day of Silence" protest -- and certainly neither did homosexual activists who left death threats in the voice mailbox of a pro-family group in California.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=493916

'Hate crimes' bill - bad news for believers

Jim Brown and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow

A vote is looming this week in Congress on a bill that one conservative activist warns would not only silence Christian opposition to homosexuality, but also would legitimize deviant forms of "sexual orientation."

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=494798

Notre Dame Announces Homosexual-Themed Events for Easter Week

This is why students need to come to the Ruth Institute Summer Conference!

Cardinal Newman Society (www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/)
The announced agenda for the week indicates no effort to teach students about Catholic teaching on homosexual activity as gravely sinful.

StaND Against Hate Week to occur April 14 through 17 is co-sponsored by Notre Dame’s Gender Relations Center, student government and University Counseling Center.

MANASSAS, VA (Cardinal Newman Society) - “Christianity is under attack from within our own Catholic universities,” said Patrick J. Reilly, President of The Cardinal Newman Society. “The bad news continues, perhaps appropriately on the day when we recall Christ’s terrible agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. We need Catholics worldwide to draw the line, here and now, by joining more than 255,000 witnesses for the Faith at NotreDameScandal.com.”

http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=33147

Homosexual minority carries weight in Alamo City

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow

Focus on the Family's Love Won Out conference heads to San Antonio Saturday, but organizers hit a snag in promoting it. The conferences are designed to help homosexual men and women who want to leave the lifestyle. Focus spokesman Gary Schneeberger tells OneNewsNow that conference organizers tried to buy an ad in the San Antonio News-Express. "And the ad was rejected as being 'offensive,' even though all the ad really does is recount the personal story of a man on our team who used to struggle with same-sex attractions and found freedom from that through events like Love Won Out," he notes.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=490970

Christian student refuses 'remediation,' gets the boot

Charlie Butts and Marty Cooper - OneNewsNow

A college student in Michigan has been formally dismissed from a graduate program based on political correctness gone awry. Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) senior counsel Jeremy Tedesco explains that Julea Ward encountered resistance from Eastern Michigan University when she refused to affirm a counseling client's homosexual behavior.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=482418

Falsely arrested KS pastor wins lawsuit

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow

A Wichita, Kansas, pastor has won a battle over free speech. In June 2007, Mark Holick, pastor of Spirit One Christian Center, and 30 members of his congregation traveled to a downtown park where a homosexual festival was under way. They hoped to spread the message of salvation and the power to leave the 'gay' lifestyle through Christ. They were accosted by police who told them they could not conduct their business, even outside the park.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=480822

Congress to vote on 'Day of Silence'

Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow

A pro-family advocate is urging people to voice their concern over a resolution sitting before Congress.

Congressional Resolution 92 will receive an up-or-down vote on or before April 17, which is the National Day of Silence -- a day when students across America are encouraged to show their support for the homosexual community by refusing to speak.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=481090

Censorship grounded - FAA settles religious speech case

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow

The Federal Aviation Administration has settled a lawsuit over disciplining an employee for his stance on homosexual conduct. Attorneys for the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed suit after the FAA took issue with Larry Dombrowski, who was employed in Louisville, Kentucky, for engaging in conversation a co-worker who felt homosexuals could serve as priests in the Episcopal Church. According to ADF, there were no heated exchanges, and both parties respected each other's comments.

But attorney Kevin Theriot tells OneNewsNow that action was taken by the FAA, which accused Dombrowski of engaging in "unbecoming conduct" as a supervisor for conversations he had with fellow workers regarding his Christian beliefs.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=479596

Iowa court: Ban on same-sex 'marriage' unconstitutional

Associated Press and Charlie Butts

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Supreme Court says the state's same-sex "marriage" ban violates the constitutional rights of homosexual couples, making it the third state where same-sex marriage is legal. In a unanimous ruling issued Friday, the court upheld a 2007 Polk County District Court judge's ruling that the law was unconstitutional.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=476460

Shades of Gay: The heterogeneity of homosexuality.

William Saletan

Guy walks into a shrink's office. Says he's gay and wants to be straight. Shrink says, "OK, I'll help."Don't wait for the punch line. There isn't one, because this isn't a joke. It's a true story. And it's a common one, according to a British study just published in BMC Psychiatry. Researchers contacted more than 1,800 mental health professionals to find out whether they would ever try to change a client's sexual orientation. Of the 1,328 practitioners who responded, one in six admitted to having helped at least one patient attempt to alter homosexual feelings. The total number of such cases reported by the respondents was 413. That's nearly one case for every three therapists.

http://www.slate.com/id/2215123/

School caves to tuxedo-clad lesbian

Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow

A family advocate in Indiana says he understands why an area school would cave to the demands of a lesbian student. The incident took place in the small farming community of Lebanon, Indiana. The town's high school had a policy concerning prom night that students wear appropriate attire, meaning boys wear tuxes and girls wear dresses. But a lesbian student decided that she wanted to wear a tux to the event. The school initially refused her request, but then the ACLU got involved.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=455118

Elevating homosexuality to new heights

Jim Brown - OneNewsNow

The Obama administration and other proponents of a United Nations statement that calls for the decriminalization of homosexuality claim it merely targets the seven countries that put homosexuals to death. But one pro-family activist warns the document elevates homosexual behavior to skin color and religious belief.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=456348

Privatizing Marriage is not the Answer to the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

by Jennifer Roback Morse

Far from settling the marriage debate, ‘getting the state out of marriage’ will reduce liberty, leave cultural questions simmering, and harm our nation’s children.

One proposed solution to the divisiveness of the same-sex marriage debate is to have the government get out of the marriage business altogether. This proposal is appealing because it seems to remove marriage from the realm of political contentiousness. We could mimic a market-type solution, in which individuals can make their own decisions about the meaning of marriage, and we need not make any collective decision. But these appearances are deceiving. We need to think through what it actually means to say that the government should “get out of the marriage business.”

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/viewarticle.php?selectedarticle=2009.03.10.001.pdart

Steele disappoints conservatives on abortion, homosexuality

Jim Brown - OneNewsNow

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is under fire from social conservatives for telling GQ magazine that abortion is an "individual choice" and homosexuality is not. Despite declaring to GQ that women have the right to choose an abortion, Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele has issued a statement saying he has always been pro-life and supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Roe v. Wade.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=449606

UK Parents Face Charges for Opting Kids Out of LGBT Lessons

LifeSite News is reporting that parents in the United Kingdom could face criminal charges for removing their children from programs held at George Tomlinson Primary School which promoted the homosexual lifestyle. School officials have apparently announced they will prosecute parents of approximately 30 children who did not attend a week's worth of lessons coinciding with "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month."

Parents say they had no choice but to remove their children from classes because the school told them there were no other options if they objected to the content of the program.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Blog/Default.aspx?id=447414

Homosexual activists file suit, challenge DOMA

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow

Homosexual activists filed suit yesterday against the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA.

The lawsuit -- filed in Boston by the group Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) on behalf of several homosexual "couples" and three individuals -- asks a federal judge to declare unconstitutional portions of the measure which places the traditional view of marriage into law. In the suit, GLAD argues that Section 3 of DOMA "creates a system of first- and second-class marriages" in which the former receive all federal legal protections, while the latter are denied them -- "even while taking on the responsibilities of legal marriage."

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=435162

Young conservatives misled on homosexual issue

Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 3/3/2009

A pro-family activist believes there is a huge battle looming between libertarians and social conservatives in the Republican Party. He says this battle was highlighted by a survey he conducted at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, regarding the homosexual agenda.

More than half of the nearly 9,000 conservative activists at CPAC last week in Washington were under the age of 22. Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, says most of the young people he surveyed at CPAC were against the legalization of same-sex "marriage," but notes there was a lot of confusion about the issue of homosexual civil unions.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=434116

U.N. says no to Brazilian homosexual group; U.S. says yes

Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 2/18/2009

A conservative activist who monitors the United Nations warns that the U.S. State Department is attempting to enable homosexual activists who are "flooding" the international body.

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School board 'misled' by GLSEN

Allie Martin - OneNewsNow

A family advocacy group in Pennsylvania is blasting members of a school board for allowing the formation of a pro-homosexual club at a high school.

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Young woman booted from team for being straight

Pete Chagnon and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow

Central Michigan University is being sued after one of their women's basketball players said she was kicked off the team due to her heterosexuality.

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Fabulously Observant: If not ex-gay, then what?

by David Benkof

For years, I have been a critic of the 'ex-gay' movement, particularly its Jewish manifestation. Many advocates of 'reorientation therapy' appear to exaggerate ex-gay transformation rates, and so far the non-gay leaders of the Jewish ex-gay movement have been utterly unable to produce success stories who are willing to be interviewed. Alarmingly, Jewish ex-gay organizers sometimes lead Jewish strugglers perilously close to Christian ideas at odds with Judaism.

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Chicago schools - incubator for homosexual indoctrination

Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow - 2/6/2009

An open homosexual has been chosen to head Chicago's public school system. Ron Huberman has been chosen by Mayor Richard Daley as the new CEO of the Chicago Public School (CPS) system. Huberman replaces Arne Duncan, who was chosen by President Obama to fill the position of education secretary. But Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality has some concerns.

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Homosexual 'marriage' - gateway to polygamy?

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 1/30/2009

Two polygamists in Canada are testing that country's law against their lifestyle. According to the Associated Press in Vancouver, British Columbia, Winston Blackmore and James Oler have been accused of being married to more than one woman at a time. In fact, Blackmore, 52, and Oler, 44, lead rival polygamous sects in the town of Bountiful. Blackmore has been charged with having 20 wives, while Oler is accused of having a mere two.

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Homosexual 'marriage' bill advances in New Mexico

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 1/29/2009

A bill is being rushed through the New Mexico legislature that could lead to homosexual "marriage." Hearings are being heard this week on the Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act, which passed the state House by a 33-31 margin. Former New Mexico Congressman Bill Redman weighed in on the subject recently in an interview on Ruidoso Christian radio station KEDU.

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Clarification of Statement on Homosexuality

"Desire Cannot Be the Foundation for the Law"

MEXICO CITY, JAN. 15, 2009 (Zenit.org)
Here is a translation of a press statement released today by Monsignor Carlos Simón Vazquez, subsecretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

Various interpretations have been made regarding the reference Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, made in his words at the opening of the Theological-Pastoral Congress of Mexico. The cardinal wanted to underline three important aspects:
1. Homosexuality is not a necessary component of society, as is the family.

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