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"So from my viewpoint this just got a lot more interesting" Well as long as it's interesting to you. We…
Amp: ... the disproportionate number of men being deported, .... How disproportionate is it? What proportion do males make up…
Amp: Due to occupational segregation, for example, over ninety percent of workplace deaths in the U.S. are male. Being against…
So, a little off topic, but not much; as I'm sure you're all aware the Supreme Court has quite unsurprisingly…
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Category Archives: Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues
Proposition 8
As many of you heard, Connecticut’s supreme court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage today. Awesome. However, next month Californians will be voting on prop 8, which seeks to eliminate same-sex marriage here. For the last couple of months, polls … Continue reading
More about Those "Trustworthy" Boyscouts
From Feministe: Projection, anyone? A boy scout leader who opposed allowing gay men and atheists serve as troop leaders — and who even sued the city of Berkeley over it — has been arrested on felony sexual abuse charges. For … Continue reading
MUST READ: Christians in the Hand of an Angry God
This is the best thing I’ve read in probably a month, and it’s am absolute must-read for anyone who’s ever wondered about the political and theological confluence of events that became the religious right. It’s 3 years old, but I … Continue reading
From the Department of Hypocrites–More Republican Bathroom Sex
Idaho Senator Larry Craig was arrested and pled guilty to disorderly conduct after he was caught propositioning an undercover police officer for sex in an airport bathroom. Pam has the run down on his votes on key gay/lesbian policy issues: … Continue reading
A Few Random Comments About the God's Warriors Series
I’m going to organize this as bullet points for each episode. Gods Jewish Warriors I thought this was the best one of the series. It was balanced in showing both the extremist settlers, and the more mainstream Jews who were … Continue reading
Fundamentalist Flunks Bar Exam And Sues Because Of Exam Question Involving Lesbians
From the Boston Herald: A Boston man who failed the Massachusetts bar exam has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his refusal to answer a test question – related to gay marriage – caused him to flunk the test. Stephen Dunne, … Continue reading
The New Thread for Debating Whether Gay Rights Hurt People Anyone
UPDATE: Comments on this thread are closed. — So, there was me, grumbling that my post about Durkheim’s “tyranny of the majority,” the Overton window, and the general concept of politics as rationalization, had become a thread about whether or … Continue reading
Normally I'd be up for a little debate on gender and its implications, but in this case all I can…