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Wimberley Players trampled by town in attempt to put on Sordid Lives

The letters: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151047903339103&set=oa.259908917463848 The response: http://www.wimberleyplayers.org/announcements/SordidLivesLetter.pdf The blog editorial: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/art-imitates-life-in-a-small-texas-towns-fight-against-sordid-lives/discrimination/2012/09/16/49105 The Facebook support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/259903174131089/261361270651946/   As Wimberley Players artistic director, I submit to our members that a sincere message of tolerance and acceptance is at the heart of Sordid … Continue reading

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‘He’s challenged us to be better’

http://www.dallasvoice.com/hes-challenged-better-10126019.html Dallas’ gay-affirming Royal Lane Baptist Church honors 97-year-old civil rights pioneer Bruce Lowe with special Sunday service, scholarship LOGAN CARVER  |  Contributing Writer editor@dallasvoice.com Posted on 14 Sep 2012 at 8:45am Baptists typically aren’t lauded for their progressive views … Continue reading

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Trial Judge Orders Prop 8 Case Closed, Outcome Hinges On Supreme Court Decision

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/breaking-trial-judge-orders-prop-8-case-closed Chris Geidner BuzzFeed Staff, posted Aug 27, 2012 3:08pm EDT  The trial court judge in California who has taken over hearing the federal court case challenging Proposition 8, the state’s amendment limiting marriages to one man and one woman, … Continue reading

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Gay NYC Judge Challenges Father’s Will

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gay-nyc-judge-challenges-fathers-17070429 A gay man and his longtime partner decide to become parents using a surrogate mother. Shortly after their son is born, the couple gets married. But there’s a catch for this modern family: A will left by the man’s … Continue reading

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The Talk

http://momastery.com/blog/2012/08/23/the-talk/   School is beginning.  Many of you have written to ask me what our family “Back to School” traditions are. If I haven’t responded, it’s because I stared at those questions and thought: CRAP. I’m supposed to have Back … Continue reading

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Transgender People New Targets of Hateful Political Ads

http://www.livescience.com/22590-transgender-lgbt-political-ads.html Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer, Date: 22 August 2012 Time: 11:28 AM ET   DENVER — Even amidst emotional fights over same-sex marriage, anti-gay political advertisements have grown increasingly civil since the 1970s, new research finds. For transgender people, … Continue reading

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Antigay Groups Urge Fox News to Stop Booking Gay Activist Wayne Besen

http://lgbtpov.frontiersla.com/2012/08/23/antigay-groups-urge-fox-news-to-stop-booking-gay-activist-wayne-besen/ by Karen Ocamb on August 23, 2012 This is rich. Antigay “pro-family” groups are trying to go over the head of popular conservative Fox News TV host Bill O’Reilly and trying to get his Fox bosses to force O’Reilly … Continue reading

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Gay student gets “new” car after vandalism

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57498823/gay-student-gets-new-car-after-vandalism/  August 23, 2012 8:13 AM  (CBS News) ROANOKE, Va. – A college student has a “new” car. It’s all thanks to a Roanoke auto shop, CBS affiliate WDBJ-TV reports. Jordan Addison is a student at Radford University. Between March … Continue reading

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GOProud Endorses Tommy Thompson Against Tammy Baldwin

http://www.advocate.com/politics/election/2012/08/22/goproud-endorses-tommy-thompson-against-tammy-baldwin   “The voters of Wisconsin need to ask themselves whether or not they want to send a woman to the Senate who has a voting record to the left of Nancy Pelosi,” said the group.   BY Julie Bolcer, … Continue reading

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Gay Republicans still pouring their hope, money and energy into the party that hates them

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/22/1122979/-Gay-Republicans-still-pouring-their-hope-money-and-energy-into-the-party-that-hates-them?detail=hide Message to Log Cabin Republicans: It ain’t the party of Lincoln anymore. A platform subcommittee proved that fact once again Tuesday by adopting planks that Tony Perkins of the hate group known as the Family Research Council took credit … Continue reading

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