An opinions piece from Archbishop Desmond Tutu titled In Africa, A Step Backwards on Human Rights, Tutu writing that “it is time to stand up against another wrong” and that wrong is “a wave of hate” against gays spreading across Africa. “No one,” continues Tutu,” chooses to be gay. Sexual orientation, like skin color, is another feature of our diversity as a human family. Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people? Does God love his dark – or his light-skinned children less? The brave more than the timid? And does any of us know the mind of God so well that we can decide for him who included, and who is excluded, from the circle of his love? The wave of hate must stop. Politicians who profit from exploiting this hate, from fanning it, must not be tempted by this easy way to profit from feat and misunderstanding. And my fellow clerics, of all faiths, must stand up for the principles of universal dignity and fellowship. Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.”
Friday, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell rejected Democratic demands that the governor seek legislation to add anti-discrimination to the state law, McDonnell saying that the executive directive he issued this week extending protections to gay state employees was sufficient. That gesture by the governor is largely symbolic and is a kind of forced response to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and his letter of a week ago informing state colleges and universities that there was no legal basis to afford protection to students and staff based on sexual orientation.
Meet Chuck Hurley, president of the Iowa Family Policy Center, the anti-group that goes to great lengths to oppose gay marriage. Hurley, Saturday, released a statement that compared the costs of smoking related health issues to gay unions. Said Hurley “the Iowa Legislature outlawed smoking in an effort to improve health and reduce the medical costs that are often passed on to the state. The second-hand impacts of certain homosexuals acts are arguable more destructive, and potentially more costly to society than smoking. Homosexual activity is certainly more dangerous for the individuals who engage in it than is smoking.”
Another reason, for all its faults, to love San Francisco, a report on Thursday’s LGBT night hosted by the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, a evening so seriously successful – well, with the exception of the final score, the Warriors losing 110-105 to the visiting Portland Trail Blazers. This was the first LBGT night hosted by the Warriors, and only the third in NBA history behind the Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors, who hosted a similar night in 2004 and 2007 respectively.
Andrew McIntosh, the team captain of the SUNY Oneonta men’s lacrosse team came out very publically last month, writing a very moving essay that I posted, intends to break down as many barriers as he can, and the 6-feet, 2-inch tall, 215 pound is doing that, as evidenced by this profile, living a life truthfully, and challenging clichés about athletics, gays, and masculinity. McIntosh, who suffered debilitating depression and entertained thoughts of suicide before coming out, is another LGBT hero.
Cristiano Ronaldo – smoking sexy – is featured in a new Nike commercial, which seems to be sweat, soccer, and um, sex.
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