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May 13th, 2012
Maggie Gallagher, founder of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has answered the question: In states where same-sex couples have been allowed to marry, what harm has been brought to individuals or society at large? I already knocked apart a portion of her answer here. Now I’d like to deal with this bit: I think we’re in the early stages of […]
May 13th, 2012
TODAY’S AGENDA: What, You Can’t Pick Up A Phone? Today is Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Bergen, Norway; Brussels, Belgium; Chisinau, Moldova; Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; New Hope, PA and Uppsala, Sweden. Other Events This Weekend: Boston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Boston, MA; Beach Bear Weekend, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Big […]
May 12th, 2012
Jan van Lohuizen is a Republican pollster who worked on President George W. Bush’s 2004 campaign. He is also the GOP’s Daniel reading the writing on the wall when he sent memo out yesterday to Republican operatives with an overview of poll numbers on marriage equality and suggestions on how the GOP should address same-sex […]
May 10th, 2012
Ten years ago, objection to same-sex marriage was – for most people – genuine. It may have generated from nothing other than unfamiliarity, mild prejudice, or just confusion, but for the most part it was not contrived or cynical or pandering. Change is difficult and humans seem to have a blind instinct to defend “how […]
May 10th, 2012
The Washington Post’s lengthy profile of Gov. Mitt Romney’s years at an exclusive boarding school opened with this explosive revelation: Mitt Romney returned from a three-week spring break in 1965 to resume his studies as a high school senior at the prestigious Cranbrook School. Back on the handsome campus, studded with Tudor brick buildings and […]
May 10th, 2012
Andrew Sullivan has another video in the Ask Maggie Gallagher Anything series. In this one, she is asked: In states where same-sex couples have been allowed to marry, what harm has been brought to individuals or society at large? Maggie names a few issues, but for now I want to focus on this one: You see the idea and the ideal […]
May 10th, 2012
I wrote yesterday that Barack Obama does not believe we are covered by the Equal Protection Clause, and that he would vote against us on the constitutionality of Prop 8. I’ll have to walk that back — though not as far you might like, and not for the reasons you might expect. A friend has […]
May 10th, 2012
TODAY’S AGENDA: FDA Panel To Consider Truvada for HIV-Prevention: Washington, D.C. The Food and Drug Administration concluded on Tuesday that Truvada, a combination of two anti-retroviral drugs used for the treatment of HIV, appears to be safe and effective for preventing HIV infection when taken once daily. Today a panel of FDA advisers will consider […]
May 9th, 2012
I just sent $100 to President Obama’s campaign fund. Yes, this GayTM has reopened. I guess this means I won’t get yelled at by any more clueless Democratic campaign workers. My heart sings. It does. In 1980 there was not one openly gay person in my 1600-student high school. In 1989, Denmark was the first nation […]
May 9th, 2012
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney, during a campaign stop in Colorado, reaffirmed his stance on same-sex marriage: “Well, when these issues were raised in my state of Massachusetts, I indicated my view, which is I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender, and I do not favor civil unions if […]
May 9th, 2012
Noting the mountain of unfinish business when Colorado House Speaker Ralph McNulty abruptly called a recess to prevent a straight up-or-down vote on a civil unions bill, Governor John Hickenlooper today called for a special legislative session: “We need to have an open discussion of the issue and at least work toward a final resolution,” […]
May 8th, 2012
Andrew Sullivan has offered his readers a chance to ask Maggie Gallagher questions and hear how she responds. The first one appeared yesterday: Why do those defending the sanctity of marriage target a small segment of the threat and ignore adulterers and divorcees? This is a polite version of: Are you really concerned about marriage, […]
May 8th, 2012
TODAY’S AGENDA: Final Rally for Civil Unions: Denver, CO. Today is the day for Colorado House Speaker Frank McNulty (R, HD-43, Highlands Ranch) to schedule a vote on a bill granting civil unions to same-sex couples. Yesterday, McNulty warned that House leadership is under no obligation to bring the bill up for a debate. The […]
May 7th, 2012
The legislative here session ends on Wednesday and if House Speaker Frank McNulty (R, HD-43, Highlands Ranch) doesn’t schedule the civil unions bill for a floor debate by Tuesday then the bill will die the Denver Post writes today: The bill must have what is called a second reading, or its debate, before the full […]
May 7th, 2012
When then-Governor Bill Clinton was running for President in 1992, someone asked if he had ever smoked pot. His answer came to crystalize his much-discussed “triangularization” of contentious issues — he tried it once, but he didn’t inhale. Supposedly that answer would appeal to hip, young pot smokers (along with many fellow baby-boomers) and he, […]
Featured Reports
In this original BTB Investigation, we unveil the tragic story of Kirk Murphy, a four-year-old boy who was treated for “cross-gender disturbance” in 1970 by a young grad student by the name of George Rekers. This story is a stark reminder that there are severe and damaging consequences when therapists try to ensure that boys will be boys.
When we first reported on three American anti-gay activists traveling to Kampala for a three-day conference, we had no idea that it would be the first report of a long string of events leading to a proposal to institute the death penalty for LGBT people. But that is exactly what happened. In this report, we review our collection of more than 500 posts to tell the story of one nation’s embrace of hatred toward gay people. This report will be updated continuously as events continue to unfold. Check here for the latest updates.
In 2005, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote that “[Paul] Cameron’s ‘science’ echoes Nazi Germany.” What the SPLC didn”t know was Cameron doesn’t just “echo” Nazi Germany. He quoted extensively from one of the Final Solution’s architects. This puts his fascination with quarantines, mandatory tattoos, and extermination being a “plausible idea” in a whole new and deeply disturbing light.
On February 10, I attended an all-day “Love Won Out” ex-gay conference in Phoenix, put on by Focus on the Family and Exodus International. In this series of reports, I talk about what I learned there: the people who go to these conferences, the things that they hear, and what this all means for them, their families and for the rest of us.
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word "Change" Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For "Change"
At last, the truth can now be told.
Using the same research methods employed by most anti-gay political pressure groups, we examine the statistics and the case studies that dispel many of the myths about heterosexuality. Download your copy today!
And don‘t miss our companion report, How To Write An Anti-Gay Tract In Fifteen Easy Steps.
Anti-gay activists often charge that gay men and women pose a threat to children. In this report, we explore the supposed connection between homosexuality and child sexual abuse, the conclusions reached by the most knowledgeable professionals in the field, and how anti-gay activists continue to ignore their findings. This has tremendous consequences, not just for gay men and women, but more importantly for the safety of all our children.
Anti-gay activists often cite the “Dutch Study” to claim that gay unions last only about 1½ years and that the these men have an average of eight additional partners per year outside of their steady relationship. In this report, we will take you step by step into the study to see whether the claims are true.
Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council submitted an Amicus Brief to the Maryland Court of Appeals as that court prepared to consider the issue of gay marriage. We examine just one small section of that brief to reveal the junk science and fraudulent claims of the Family “Research” Council.
The FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics aren’t as complete as they ought to be, and their report for 2004 was no exception. In fact, their most recent report has quite a few glaring holes. Holes big enough for Daniel Fetty to fall through.
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