Now more than ever, the Pope is Catholic
Yesterday, the Pope made history by announcing that it’s not his place to judge homosexuals. Four days prior to that, the Daily Caller published an opinion piece by Austin Ruse, President of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, who said that the United States could learn a thing or two from Russia’s anti-homosexual agenda. Two […]
Tags: Austin Ruse, C-FAM, Catholicism, Dan Savage, HIV/AIDS, LGBT rights, Pope Francis, Russia
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If these are your notions of faith and freedom, you’re doing them both wrong
I’d like to pick up from yesterday’s post about equal rights, at home and around the world, by looking at two competing ideas of freedom. And it shouldn’t take long, because one of them isn’t about real freedom at all. Last week, GOP Senator Ted Cruz of Texas told the Christian Broadcast Network that acceptance of equal […]
Tags: Bill and Melinda Gates, Christian Broadcast Network, equal rights, faith, feminism, homophobia, LGBT rights, racism, sexism, Ted Cruz
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Canada’s Jews, Russia’s gays, and the global fight for equality
Yesterday I linked to an article in Maclean’s called “Why Canada’s Jews should stand up for Russia’s gays.” Writer Adam Goldenberg lays out the case for speaking out against Russia’s persecution of homosexuals, and for boycotting the Sochi Winter Games in particular, by citing a Canadian Jewish tradition of fighting for the rights of others […]
Tags: Adam Goldenberg, Canadian Jewish Congress, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, homophobia, LGBT rights, Maclean's, Russia, Sochi
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