Human Rights Campaign Weekly Message for May 1, 2009
May 1, 2009
Good afternoon, Another amazing week. On Wednesday, the U.S. House overwhelmingly approved the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, by a vote of 249 to 175. But this was not an easy victory to pull off. Over the past several weeks, I’ve warned that our opponents would pull out all the stops to sabotage the bill.
Continue Reading ►Young evangelical leader endorses employment protections in USA Today
April 20, 2009
Jonathan Merritt, a 26-year-old faith and culture writer who serves as national spokesperson for the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative, has a must-read post up at USA Today that encourages self-professed Christians to do away with "rhetorical onslaughts" against LGBT people and take a deeper look at the way Jesus treated people who were marginalized by society:
Continue Reading ►Rick Warren’s Weak Excuse for This Week…
April 13, 2009
Pastor Rick Warren raised more than a few eyebrows when he decided to skip out on George Stephanopoulos at the last minute yesterday.
Continue Reading ►Human Rights Campaign Weekly Message for April 10
April 10, 2009
This week has been quite a whirlwind. Within four days, Vermont joined Iowa in enacting marriage equality, this time by overriding the governor's veto.
Continue Reading ►Black ministers discuss homophobia in black churches at Howard University School of Divinity forum
March 27, 2009
It was a lively discussion today at the Howard University School of Divinity in Northeast Washington,DC where a panel of fair-minded black ministers gathered to discuss the hot topic of homophobia in black churches.
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