Remember Prop 8? For me, the wounds are still raw (current status: overturned but implementation stayed; trapped in the appellate process [English: not legal but in effect]). I went to a school that threw its 501(c) out the window in the name of religious zealotry and continues to treat some of its students as second-class. [...]

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For some reason, usually when I hear about homophobic bigots being homophobically bigoted, they’re doing it against gay men. I have my own theories about why lesbians fly under the radar (girl-on-girl appeals het men, the mere existence of lesbians doesn’t threaten men and who cares if it threatens women, &c.), but no more. The [...]

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I spent about 2-3 hours over the past couple of days writing a point by point rebuttal to LDS apostle Dallin Oaks’ recent talk in which he compares recent violence and harassment against Prop 8 supporters to the violence and intimidation tactics of opponents of the Civil Rights Movement. For the past hour I’ve been [...]

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It occurred to me on this morning (and this is what I think about in bed on a Saturday morning [when this post was written] when I should be dreaming) that there is probably an inverse relation between how much you use the term “I have a gay friend” (especially in political conversations) and actually [...]

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b&w lighthouse by john curley, shared under a creative commons license. I loved to sing as a Mormon. I sucked, but I didn’t suck so bad that I couldn’t do a public performance on occasion. I particularly loved singing in small, 4-man choirs. I was usually the baritone. One of my favorite hymns to sing [...]

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The video doesn’t starts with the security guards and the gay couple getting acquainted. There’s only so much you can get out of a video like this, but to my eye it seems to confirm Aune and Jones’ version of the incident. The couple is not a threat; they remain seated until the takedown; they [...]

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Nationwide, Christians who refuse to provide services on the basis of gender orientation are losing legal battles.

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It’s got it all: atheism, spirituality, god, scifi, and good music!! Hulu’s got the first four eps up right now (and it doesn’t keep them forever), so go catch up. It’s too smart and too well written to stay on the air for long. It’s the story of Kings David and Saul transposed into a [...]

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and, to kick things off, I’d like to take issue with the growing prevalence of the word “rape” as a slang synonym for “dominated”, “rocked’, or “killed”. Both I and a friend have recently had Facebook “friends” (which of course could be anyone from a mere acquaintance to a [...]

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The Vermont Senate, finding (correctly) that Civil Unions for gay couples fall short of providing equal rights, voted overwhelmingly to approve Civil Marriage for gay couples. The matter still has to go before the Vermont House (and since I’m late to this, may already have gone), where it is expected to pass. The margin by [...]

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