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Washington State Upholds Gay Marriage Ban

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2006 Bigots are delighting at this blow against tolerance. Massachusetts is now the only state still extending full marriage benefits to homosexual couples. On an intellectual level, it's interesting to read the logical flights of fancy that judges have to make in their opinions to codify this kind of hatred into law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

N.Y. Court: Gays Too Good as Parents to Marry

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2006 The New York Court of Appeals stated last week that it upheld a gay marriage ban because gay couples make more stable parental units than heterosexual couples--and thus the latter need the benefits of marriage to assist them. The reasoning behind this is wild, but it's also insidious. Check it out. Update: Nebraska just reinstated its gay marriage ban. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gay, Godly and Guilty

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2006 Salon reviews a thoughtful new book that examines the mental anguish suffered by homosexual Christians who enter residential programs to battle their sexual desires. (Reg. req'd.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Pope Apparently Has God’s Playbook

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2006 And he's using it to make statements like this to an audience in Spain, where same-sex marriages were legalized last year: "The family is a unique institution in God's plan, and the church cannot fail to proclaim and promote its fundamental importance.? God, what a guy: powerful enough to create a universe but still needs the help of a former Hitler Youth to stigmatize homosexuals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gay Marriage Ban Punishes Children

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2006 Salon's Sara Miles writes an excellent personal essay on the N.Y. gay marriage ruling -- explaining that the gay marriage ban hurts the children it claims to protect. (Ad wall) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New York and Georgia Rule Against Gay Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 Just when it appeared that there might be a glimmer of hope in the darknessNew York and Georgia go and remind us that when it comes to gay marriage, the USA is still in the Dark Ages. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pentagon Says Homosexuality No Longer a Disorder

Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2006 The U.S. military said it would revise an official medical document that classified homosexuality as a disorder alongside mental retardation, impulse control disorders and personality disorders. Original story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A WSJ Editor Compares Gay Marriage to Animal Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 Stephen Colbert highlights a clip of an editor from the Wall Street Journal saying that in the wake of a woman in India supposedly marrying a snake, gay-marriage supporters in America should now be required to guarantee that animal marriage is not around the corner. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Does Homosexuality Exist in the Animal Kingdom?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2006 If homosexuality is a genetic aberration, why hasn't it been bred out of all species? That's the provocative question posed in Seed magazine, which reports that among some species, it actually makes more evolutionary sense for animals to copulate with members of the same sex--as opposed to members of the opposite sex. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Episcopalians Reject Ban on Gay Bishops

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2006 Proof that not all religious groups are reflexively hateful and intolerant of homosexuality. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pentagon Still Classifies Homosexuality as a Disorder

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2006 A Pentagon document still lists homosexuality as a mental defect akin to retardation and impulse control disorder, decades after mental health experts abandoned the position. News report See the actual document Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Religious Right Seeking to Ban Gay Marriage Without Congress

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2006 In the wake of the marriage ban's failure in the Senate, conservative Christian leaders are discussing an unprecedented--although apparently legal--maneuver to amend the Constitution without congressional approval. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )