16 month ago
plasticbag : Stonewall reports on a new survey on the UK's attitudes to homosexuality... - Their concern - whether the shrill voices that argue against homosexuality are representative of the wider population. Their conclusions, pretty much totally no. Awesome. Sometimes the British really cheer me up.
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20 month ago
plasticbag : The Archbishop of Westminster has written a letter to Tony Blair saying that Catholic adoption agencies should not be able to refuse gay couples... - My favourite bit is the place where the agencies will currently refer gay couples to places where they could adopt, but consider that doing it themselves would not be in the best interests of the children. Hardly a matter of principle then...
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20 month ago
plasticbag : The BBC asks, "Should church be able to opt out of gay rights laws?" - An interesting and fairly-balanced set of comments from people. Interesting point, it is already against the law to refuse to look at candidates for adoption on the grounds that they're devoutly Catholic...
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20 month ago
plasticbag : Lord Mackay of Clashfern has protested against UK legislation that would make it illegal to refuse to give gay people equal treatment... - He states, "What they are saying is if you are offering services you must be prepared to allow people to practise actions that you believe are wrong." And of course that's exactly what it says. Because if it doesn't harm him it's none of his business...
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22 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : One never knows when a homosexual is about - One never knows when a homosexual is about: at least I can claim I wasn't alive when this stuff was made
plasticbag : Glumbert.com has a 1950s Anti-Homosexual Propoganda film from the United States - [converted to Unicode] ?There's so much I'd say about this if I had more time. The important thing to remember is that there is a sizeable population in the US who would like to start making films like this again. Never believe that the progression in gay
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34 month ago
plasticbag : 'Tom! The token gay friend!' is best thing I've seen recently about our new status as happy nice desexualised and funny little pet people who don't have anything to worry about... - "As we learn from Tom, talking to friends and family about equality isn't always easy. In fact, it can be an adventure."
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41 month ago
plasticbag : Microsoft Comes Under Fire for Reversal on Gay Rights Bill - It looks like Microsoft have buckled under pressure from Christians threatening a Microsoft boycott. A better move would be to talk to all their competitors and go in as a united body.
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