Affirmed: Study that ‘gay’ family children more troubled. Text smaller Text bigger The University of Texas at Austin says it has investigated and found no evidence of research misconduct in a study that found adult children from “gay” families are “more apt to report being unemployed, less healthy, more depressed, more likely to have cheated on a spouse or partner, smoke more pot, had trouble with the law” than children from traditional mom-and-dad households.
“The University of Texas at Austin has determined that no formal investigation is warranted into the allegations of scientific misconduct lodged against associate professor Mark Regnerus regarding his July article in the journal Social Science Research,” the school announced yesterday. It said a four-member advisory panel of senior university faculty members was consulted and an outside consultant, Alan Price, was asked to review the charges as part of the university inquiry into allegations made by Scott Rosensweig in a letter to the school. “The differences, it turns out, were numerous. Local Artist Says He Painted "Tastes like hate" on Chick-fil-A. Outside a Torrance Chick-fil-A (Screenshot) A Los Angeles-based artist has come forward to say he is the one who painted "Tastes like hate" and the image of a cow on the exterior wall of a Chick-fil-A in Torrance.
Manny Castro spoke with The Huffington Post Friday to explain why he did the graffiti. Castro, who is gay, says he was struck by the similarity of the outpouring of support for Chick-fil-A and the movement by Christians in the 1960s to maintain segregation. For Castro, it's a basic issue of rights: "Everybody is entitled to free speech, but it seems like for the gay tribe, this is more of an issue of equal rights -- human rights," explained Castro. Chic-fil-a Breaking News and Photos. San Francisco Mayor Says No Way To Chick-Fil-A Too!
Following in the footsteps of the Jim Henson Company and the mayors of both Boston and Chicago, San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee is saying NO WAY to Chick-Fil-A! In opposition to the fast food corporation's anti-gay agenda, Lee tweeted: Read the rest of this entry » Tags: agenda, anti-gay, chic-fil-a, controversy, gay, homosexual, same-sex marriage, san francisco, tweet, twitter Orange County Protestors Line Up Outside New Chic-Fil-A Franchise! Now THIS is the type of stuff we like to see young people doing! 14 Steps That Will Evolve Your Views On Gay Marriage. Chick-fil-A's gay marriage stance causing a social storm. The fact that Chick-fil-A is a company that espouses Christian values is no secret.
The fact that its 1,600 fast-food chicken restaurants across the country are closed on Sundays has long been testament to that. But the comments of company President Dan Cathy about gay marriage to Baptist Press on Monday have ignited a social media wildfire. "Guilty as charged," Cathy said when asked about his company's support of the traditional family unit as opposed to gay marriage. 'Guilty as charged,' Cathy says of Chick-fil-A's stand on biblical & family values. 'Guilty as charged,' Cathy says of Chick-fil-A's stand on biblical & family values Posted on Jul 16, 2012 | by K.
Allan Blume/Biblical Recorder. Chick-fil-A Opponents "Resort to Hate": GOP Congressional Email. Rep.
In Defense of Chick-Fil-A. Dan Cathy, the president of the fast-food franchise Chick-fil-A, doesn't like same-sex marriage.
He believes that "we're inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. " The company has put its money where its mouth is, lavishing anti-gay rights groups with millions of dollars in donations. American companies that don’t promote ‘gayness’ Text smaller Text bigger When it comes to automotive service in America, Pep Boys may be among the best-known brands, but the company is doing absolutely nothing to promote the homosexual agenda.
That’s the conclusion of the Human Rights Campaign which has produced its 2011 “Buying Guide for Workplace Equality.” The report lists hundreds of U.S. companies according to their support and non-support for “gay,” lesbian, bisexual and transgender causes. The scale is from zero to 100, with those closest to zero being firms that are not supportive of homosexual policies, and those nearest 100 being very “gay”-friendly. The criteria include anti-discrimination protections, domestic partner benefits, diversity training and transgender-inclusive benefits.
Threats to Chick-fil-A ‘height of stupidity’ Text smaller Text bigger A legal team that specializes in religious and civil rights and the Constitution says city officials who are promising to punish Chick-fil-A restaurants for the religious beliefs followed by their chief are asking for trouble. “These government officials ought to be ashamed.
For a public official to threaten denial of a right to do business because the president of a private company supports natural marriage is the height of stupidity and intolerance,” said Mathew Staver, chief of Liberty Counsel. “Unfortunately, their response is typical of intolerant homosexual activists. Chick-Fil-A Under Fire After President Dan Cathy Says They Oppose Gay Marriage. Image source: Baptist Press.
George Elerick: 'Jesus in Drag': Straight Christian 'Comes Out' for New Book. Immersion based reporting has exploded in recent years with authors like A.J.
Jacobs, but for one new author the immersion experience took him on an unprecedented journey, and it all began with two words: "I'm Gay. " In his new book, "Jesus in Drag," Timothy Kurek dared to go where no conservative Christian has ever gone before, attempting to test years of teaching within the conservative denomination of his youth.
The book releases Oct. 11. Timothy, just how far did you go for the research of this book? Who did you "come out" to and what was their response? I came out to everybody! Every coming out story I've ever read or heard share one common trait: fear. And how did they respond? For the most part I was accepted, but my family operated off the Christian cliché "love the sinner, hate the sin," so while they didn't disown me, it was hard for them to accept me as a gay man. Tim Kurek Lived as a Gay Man, Shares the Experiment in ‘Jesus in Drag’ Tim Kurek grew up in a household that had an overwhelming negative view of homosexuality.
In fact, he claims that he saw the gay community as the “worst of what sin had to offer.” But years later, Kurek, moved by a gay friend’s story, decided to engage in a fascinating social experiment. The Electorate Changes, and Politics Follow - Room for Debate. Andrew Kohut is the president of the Pew Research Center. He is the co-author of four books and a frequent commentator on polls for National Public Radio.
Seems like just yesterday that opposition to gay marriage was the strategy of choice to rally and energize the conservative base. In the 2004 presidential election, analysts believed that proposed state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage increased the turnout of socially conservative voters in as many as 11 states, where the measures appeared on the ballot. The shift is partly generational, but also, many older Americans have changed their minds. That was then, when 60 percent of the American public opposed gay marriage, and only 29 percent supported it.
Joan E. Dowlin: Homosexuality and Nature. Last week I observed Pastor and author Joel Osteen on The View talking about Christianity. When questioned about gays by co-host Whoopi Goldberg, Osteen declared that his church welcomes them but that he felt the lifestyle was wrong and we should give to God our best. I'm not sure what he meant by that. Homosexual Activity Among Animals Stirs Debate. James Owen in Londonfor National Geographic News July 23, 2004 Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.
So go the lyrics penned by U.S. songwriter Cole Porter. Porter, who first hit it big in the 1920s, wouldn't risk parading his homosexuality in public. Social conservatives claim Obama's gay marriage endorsement could unite right. Prominent social conservatives are claiming that President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage could be the fuel Mitt Romney needs to unite the right in November. Rick Santorum, the former Republican presidential candidate, is on record urging Romney to use this "potent weapon" against the president in the general election. Social conservatives claim Obama's gay marriage endorsement could unite right.
104th Congress (1995-1996) NAACP announces support of same-sex marriage, shoring up Obama's base. 104th Congress (1995-1996) Obama Faces Questions on Federal Fight for Same Sex Marriage. May 14, 2012 5:31pm Lou Rocco/ABC News Just days after affirming his support for same-sex marriage, President Obama today declined to say whether he would go a step further and publicly take up the fight to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
It Could Happen To You. Muslim polygamy is here to stay. Unlike Mormons, Muslims widely practice polygamy all over the world. Including the West: As Muslims have grown more numerous in the West, so too have Muslim polygamists. France, home to the largest Islamic population in Western Europe, was estimated in 2006 to host 16,000 to 20,000 polygamous families — almost all Muslim — containing 180,000 total people, including children. In the United States, such Muslims may have already reached numerical parity with their fundamentalist-Mormon counterparts; as many as 100,000 Muslims reside in multi-wife families, and the phenomenon has gained particular traction among black Muslims.The increasingly prominent profile of Islamic polygamy in the West has inspired a range of accommodations.
Several governments now recognize plural marriages contracted lawfully in immigrants’ countries of origin. Indeed.