lesbian and gay rights
Santorum: Marriage Only Exists for the Purpose of "Continuing Society"
This is an interview with Rick Santorum last April (2011), before his presidential campaigning began. Here, during an interview on gay rights, his socially conservative views on issues like gay marriage, DADT, DOMA, abortion and contraception all come together at one single core belief: that the institution of marriage exists for the purpose of reproduction alone.
How One Governor Changed Her Mind On Gay Rights
WA Governor Gregoire: "Some argue that the state should deny [same-sex couples the right to marriage] based on the premise that marriage is for procreation. Do we then deny a license to those heterosexual couples who choose not to have children? To those who have children who are adopted? To those who have children through in vitro fertilization?"
It Takes About One Minute for a Kid to Understand Gay Marriage
When it comes to gay marriage, perhaps the question "How do I tell my kids?" is not nearly as complicated as many of us may have thought.
When the Politics of Hate Comes Home: A Lesbian Couple Grapples with How Politics Affects Their Critically-Ill Child
by Jaime Jenett
May 1, 2011 - 1:05pm (Print)
Jaime and Laura are a lesbian couple in California whose son suffers from a serious heart condition. Without legal protections, their family would have suffered far more hardship than they did. Jaime addresses supporters of Prop 8 in a letter.
Lithuania Adopts Homophobic Law
by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe
May 11, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
A Lithuanian law potentially criminalizes almost any public expression of or information about homosexuality, effectively preventing LGBT people from accessing information, support and protection needed to be free of discrimination and stigma.
Who Is Speaking At the WCF? Catholics for Choice Offers Bios
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
August 12, 2009 - 11:00am (Print)
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Lessons of Hate in the Bible Belt
by Debra Taylor
April 27, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Teaching about intolerance in my high school Ethics class in a small town in Oklahoma lead to a real life lesson for my students when I was forced to resign for insubordination.
Iowa County Recorders Can't Deny Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples
by Jason Hancock, New Journalist Project
April 27, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Colombian LGTB Community Recognizes Progress While Calling For Further Rights
by Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America
February 27, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
