Tag Archives: Equal Rights

Gay Bishop Is Asked to Say Prayer at Inaugural Event – NYTimes.com

From the New York Times: President-elect Barack Obama has asked V. Gene Robinson, the openly gay Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, to deliver the invocation at an inaugural event on Sunday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Gay rights advocates saw the move as a way to compensate for Mr. Obama’s decision to give the Rev. Rick Warren, [...]
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Article 16: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Did you know that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees that everyone has the right to marry? Article 16  Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during [...]
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Op-Ed Columnist – You’re Likable Enough, Gay People

In his Sunday editorial for the New York Times, Op-Ed columnist Frank Rich analyzes Obama’s choice of Rick Warren, pastor of the conservative evangelical Saddleback Church, to deliver the invocation at the Presidential inauguration. Following is an excerpt from the editorial, with a link to the entire article.  In his first press conference after his [...]
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The Problem for Gays with Rick Warren — and Obama

From TIME magazine: About three years ago, a reporter at Fortune asked Rick Warren, the successful pastorwhom the President-elect has asked to pray at his Inauguration, about homosexuality. “I’m no homophobic guy,” Warren said. His proof? He has dined with gays; he has a church “full of people who are caring for gays who are dying of AIDS”; he [...]
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