9 men jailed in Senegal for homosexual acts

Nine men, including a prominent activist, have been convicted of homosexual acts and sentenced to eight years in prison, their lawyer and a gay rights group said Thursday.

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Anti-Gay Church: Thompson Agreed With Us

Members of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church are urging Fred Thompson to support their stance on homosexuality — a position on which they say the Republican presidential candidate once "saw eye to eye" with them.

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A Texas lawyer and candidate for attorney general, Barbara Ann Radnofsky, has found a little screw-up in the legal wording of some 2005 anti-equality legislation that passed overwhelmingly in the state.

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A study commissioned by US Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal, has so far found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children.

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The 2005 Texas constitutional amendment banning gay marriage included the language, "This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage."

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The evangelical activists had been hoping to provoke arrest, because, as organizer Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission put it, "we'd have standing to challenge the law." But their prayers were not answered.

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Shouting an anti-gay slur, three assailants beat a man and his cross-dressing friend before stealing $7 from one of them, Nassau County police said Thursday.

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Artificially "masculinizng" The Feminine Trait Of "heterosexuality" -- Part Of Politics Of Male Gender And Sexuality

Before the West invented the concept of "Heterosexuality" few males, if ever cared for relationships with women.

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The US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy barring homosexuals from serving openly in the armed forces will "likely" be ended next year, in the 2010 defense spending bill, says US House Rep. Barney Frank.

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Gov. Don Carcieri vetoed legislation Tuesday that would give same-sex couples in Rhode Island the same right to plan the funerals of their late partners as married couples.

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Many of these former spouses -- from those who still feel raw resentment toward their exes to those who have reached a mutual understanding -- see the legalization of same-sex marriage as a step toward protecting not only homosexuals but also heterosexuals.

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Members of Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church, who think 9/11 was punishment for America's tolerance of homosexuality and express their views on that issue by protesting the funerals of dead soldiers, were seen demonstrating outside of the school attended by the Obama girls.

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Same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to straight spouses in terms of age and income, and nearly one-third of them are raising children, according to Census data released Monday that provides a demographic snapshot of gay families in America.

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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Police Department wants to stop working with the organization that runs its Explorer program for youths because the group is linked to Boy Scouts of America, which bans gays from becoming members.

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Homosexuals should not be killed but instead imprisoned for life, religious leaders have suggested. Making their input in the Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009 yesterday, the clergy said the clause on death as a penalty for homosexuality be scrapped

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Paul Haggis, a notable Hollywood director, screenwriter and producer, has left the Church of Scientology.

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Remember the famous saying of Mother Teresa: We are not called to be successful; we are called to be faithful.

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However, most of No on 1's advantage is based on its substantial edge in fundraising from within the state of Maine.

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This article shows the hypocrisy of various libraries not allowing different points of view from people that were gay now straight!

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A conservative organization says "safe schools czar" Kevin Jennings was once a member of a radical "bullying" homosexual activist group.

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The video pretty much speaks for itself.

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Roughly the same number of people showed up for last weekend's gay rights march in Washington DC as showed up for the 9/12 Tea Party. How did Fox News report the 9/12 march? With multiple correspondents and camera crews, not to mention producers pumping up the crowds on camera.

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Below is a video of a vicious gay-bashing in Queens. It's below the fold because it's painful to watch.

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More than 1,000 people attended a rally Wednesday in support of a state legislator who has been widely criticized for anti-gay remarks caught in a YouTube audio clip.

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"All violent crimes should be prosecuted vigorously, no matter what the circumstance," he said. "The Democrats' 'thought crimes' legislation, however, places a higher value on some lives than others.

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This is older news but still interesting. A study of former high-school American Football players has found that more than a third said they had had sexual relations with other men.

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Their son told them last weekend he had decided to no longer stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance at school because he didn't believe there is liberty and justice for all, especially when it comes to gay rights.

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