Texas Still Won't Recognize Same-Sex Parents, But U.S. Education Department Will

Texas lawmakers still refuse to recognize the reality of families headed by same-sex parents, but the federal government will. With just days left in the current legislative session in Texas, a bill — HB 201 — that would have changed the state’s supplementary birth certificates to allow the listing of same-sex parents for adopted children […]

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RR Groups Rally for Discrimination as Boy Scouts Leaders Gather at National Meeting

Religious-right groups are holding a “Friendly, Courteous, and Kind” rally today to support discrimination against gay youth as the Boy Scouts of America’s leaders gather for their annual national conference in the Dallas-area city of Grapevine. The 1,400 delegates at the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America will consider a proposal to allow […]

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Barton: AIDS, Other Diseases are God's Punishments Against Gays

First, credit to our friends at Right Wing Watch for capturing the audio below. Next, there’s not much that can be added. David Barton‘s comments today, that AIDS is punishment against gays, are vile and speak for themselves. Equally vile is what he added, that if the all-powerful God is somehow bested by humanity and […]

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TFN Issues Statement on Texas House Endorsement of Discrimination

Update: The Texas Observer has a summary of the ramifications of this amendment. We just issued the following statement regarding today’s passage in the Texas House of Representatives of an amendment authored by state Rep. Matt Krause, R-Ft. Worth, that would force the state’s colleges and universities to give their official approval to student organizations […]

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