Several months ago during a casual conversation, I was described by someone as being a radical. When he first said it I didn’t know whether I should laugh or be offended. It never quite dawned on me until then that my standing up against spiritual
Initially, I was torn between whether I should do the Texas leg or the California leg of the Equality Ride. In retrospect, I’m glad I chose the Texas leg, because I doubt if I would have fully believed the reception we got at Abilene Christian
News release The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR), an umbrella organization for leading Protestant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) welcoming church programs, have merged. The move, an unprecedented joining of LGBT secular and faith-based organizing, is
The religious and political right-wing has learned that if you repeat lies over and over, eventually people will believe them and the mainstream media will repeat the lies as if they are just as respectable as the truth. Especially when the opposition is too afraid
As the daily grind of news reports about attempts by legislative bodies controlled by the Republican Party to repress the gay community under the heel of fascist domination continues, one must wonder if and how this trend will cease. The very freedoms and ideals that
Paul Hackett is an Iraq War veteran. This grandson of a union man and son of a traveling salesman & schoolteacher fought in Ramadi and Fallujah and returned to his Ohio home in 2005. He’s also committed to “retooling” the Democratic Party and, from the
With the passing of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, we have lost not only a woman who stayed in the struggle for freedom but also a leader who embodied the ideals and true values of that freedom. And in her passing, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
Confronting a Wedge Issue with Principles Engaging in a rational discussion concerning same-sex marriage is becoming increasingly more difficult to accomplish. The emotionally charged, one-sided ranting of those who vehemently oppose the concept has largely displaced any form of discourse. The conservative wing of the
On Monday, February 13, 2006 my partner and I, along with several other couples, went to the Richland County courthouse here in South Carolina to apply for a marriage license. This is the third time in as many years that we’ve visited the courthouse as
On February 9, ten Republican members of the Ohio House of Representatives introduced the Adoptive and Foster Children’s Protection Act (H.B. 515), which would prohibit GLBT individuals and those who reside with us from adopting or fostering children. The passage of H.B. 515 would be