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Rick Warren Compares Gay Marriage to Incest and Pedophilia, Says Divorce is Even Worse

Rick Warren Compares Gay Marriage to Incest and Pedophilia, Says Divorce is Even Worse

Rick Warren, the pastor that wrote The Purpose Driven Life, says “They can’t accuse me of homophobia. I just don’t believe in gay marriage.” And yet, in the video above he can be seen comparing gay marriage to incest and pedophilia. Yes, in the context of his statements he meant that they are all aberrations of traditional marriages, but likenin...

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That's One Small Step for African-Americans and One Giant Leap Backwards for Gay Americans

That's One Small Step for African-Americans and One Giant Leap Backwards for Gay Americans

While African-Americans achieved a victory that many thought they would never see in their life time, the gay community took a major blow. A proposition banning gay marriage passed in California, Arizona and Florida this past election with California's ban receiving the most attention after all of the celebrity financing and endorsements of a no...

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USC's Daily Trojan Endorses the "No on 8" Campaign; Civil Rights Says "Yay!"

USC's Daily Trojan Endorses the "No on 8" Campaign; Civil Rights Says "Yay!"

In an unexpected move from what is considered to be a very conservative campus, USC's Daily Trojan encouraged students to vote "No" on Proposition 8, the California Proposition to ban same-sex marriages. 

 

At first, I (and I'm sure many) assumed that the headline on the website was an Op-Ed piece from one of its liberal writers. While the piece...

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UCI Dean Of Law Joins Growing California Debate About Gay Marriage. Takes Step In Right Direction

UCI Dean Of Law Joins Growing California Debate About Gay Marriage. Takes Step In Right Direction

California is in the midst of what some would call a "cultural crossroads." Only months after dropping the ban of marriages is California, the state will be voting on Prop. 8, which aims to amend the state consititution to define marriage as only between a man and a woman. The recently hired Dean of Law at UC Irvine, Erwin Chemerinsky, has spoke...

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Gay Marriage Held at BSU, Surprisingly No Firebombings Ensue

Gay Marriage Held at BSU, Surprisingly No Firebombings Ensue

On Tuesday, a mock wedding was held in the student union building between Jeffrey Epperson and Nathan Aiken. Surprising enough, there were no protests.

 

The cultural center put on this wedding to publicize the fact that only one state allows marriage between same-sex couples, three honor domestic partnerships and four recognize a same-sex civil...

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Star Trek's George Takei Marries Brad Altman, Perez Hilton Goes Soft

Star Trek's George Takei Marries Brad Altman, Perez Hilton Goes Soft

For anyone who thinks that Perez Hilton is just a bitchy gossip queen, today we find evidence to the contrary. Hilton, i.e. Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., has a soft side. In unusually snark-free blog posts, Hilton today wrote gushingly of the marriage of Star Trek’s George Takei (Mr. Sulu) to his longtime partner Brad Altman.

 

Hilton wrote of T...

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Lesbian Activist, Del Martin, Dead at 87

Lesbian Activist, Del Martin, Dead at 87

Today, just months after finally being able to marry her longtime partner Phyllis Lyon, lesbian rights activist Del Martin died. In 1955, Del helped form the Daughters of Bilitis, the first national organization for lesbians in the United States.

 

According to the San Francisco Chronicle:

Ms. Martin died this morning at UCSF Hospice, nearly tw...

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Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Something Borrowed, Something Blue