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Gay Marriage Now Legal In Bermuda

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May 17, 2017 – While missing an opportunity to clearly state his position on the issue of same-sex marriage, Junior Minister of Tourism Archibald Christian has used the House of Assembly to note a major ‘same-sex’ development in Bermuda, which is also a British Overseas Territory. May 17, 2017 – While missing an opportunity to…

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The State’s Role in Marriage (Part 1)

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A possible Conservative victory in the upcoming federal election could mean social policies favouring a traditional “family” ideology: Where men are men and women are housewives and sexual and reproductive freedom is set back half a century. It’s an outcome too depressing to be worth discussion. Instead, I want to talk about one aspect of…

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New York City Creates Gender-Neutral ‘X’ Option For Birth Certificates

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – People who were born in New York City and do not identify as male or female can now opt for a third gender category of X on their birth certificates. Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the provision into a law on Tuesday, making New York City the fifth place to do…

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Church of Scotland Expected to Move Towards Gay Marriage

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May 21, 2017 – Scotland is moving towards being the country in the UK with most liberal Christian practice on gay marriage with the Church of Scotland and the Scottish Episcopal Church both taking steps in this direction in the near future. On Thursday the Church of Scotland is expected to back same-sex marriage in…

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Attorney and Plaintiff in the First Same Sex Marriage Lawsuit of the Modern Gay Rights Movement

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by Craig Dean Perhaps no topic stirs the imagination as the legalization of same-sex marriage. In this veritable minefield of tradition versus progress, twenty years ago attorney Craig Dean filed the first discrimination suit to legalize same-sex marriage in over forty years when his marriage license application to his partner was denied by the District…

Know Gender Identity Terms to Raise Awareness in the Workplace

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It is highly advised for HR Managers to raise LGBT+ awareness, informing each department that there are more than two genders. Gender is a spectrum, not a binary.  It is important to recognize this distinction because binary thinking around gender can exclude a large and overlooked part of the workforce. There are an estimated 1.4…

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The State’s Role in Marriage (Part 2)

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Read Part 1 of this article. Today, as Canadians (or at least those of us who vote) are choosing our government for the next five years, I want to recall the words of a former national leader. On Dec. 22, 1967, defending the decriminalization of homosexual behaviour, Pierre Elliott Trudeau opined that “The state has…

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Biblical Marriage: A Bad Source For Debate

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Note: The son of two Lutheran pastors, Vaughn Roste is a Canadian who has worshipped and worked in Episcopalian, Presbyterian, United and Christian Reformed Churches, but his current employment is teaching at a United Methodist College. He has visited five continents and lived on four of them, holds three degrees in two different areas (theology…

Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart Threatens To Kill Gays

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by Jan Prout 365Gay.com Newscenter Toronto Bureau Posted: September 20, 2004 12:02 am ET (Toronto, Ontario) A Canadian television station has apologized publicly to viewers for a telecast of American evangelist Jimmy Swaggart’s television program in which he threatened to kill gays. The program, aired last week on Omni 1, a Toronto multicultural station, and…

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Statement on Same-Sex Marriage

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CALGARY – Yesterday the Liberal government introduced their much-awaited marriage legislation. The decision I have come to has been a difficult one. I have spoken to many hundreds in my riding of Calgary Centre-North. I have met with many community leaders including religious leaders from Calgary and representatives of the gay community. I have held…

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Marriage, Loving and the Law

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In June 1958, Virginia residents Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter traveled to Washington, D.C., got married and returned home. An unexceptional story but for one fact: Richard was white and Mildred black. Their marriage therefore violated Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act. The Lovings were convicted in Virginia court and sentenced to a year in jail, with…

Crossing Lines – One Person’s Thoughts About Same-Sex Blessings

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We all grow up being taught the conventional wisdom of our surroundings. I never knew anyone whom I could identify as being a homosexual until I was in college — nice people didn’t talk about that. On the other hand, early on I learned the language of ridicule. There was a boy in our neighborhood…

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Justice = Civil Marriage Equality

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by Christopher Hubble – July 7, 2004 “The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith … Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society,” ~ President George W….

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Man Marries Christian Partner In The First Muslim Gay Wedding Of UK

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July 11, 2017 Jahed Choudhury and Sean Rogan have married in what is being called Britain’s ‘first’ ever same-sex Muslim wedding. The newlyweds want “to show the whole world that you can be gay and Muslim” after exchanging vows in West Midlands. 24-year-old Choudhury told Express and Star that he was bullied in school and was banned from his…

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Stop Arguing About the Bible and Homosexuality by Candace Chellew-Hodge

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“Nothing in regard to controversial matters ha(s) ever been settled by the Bible.” ~ William Lloyd Garrison Gays and lesbians will never “win” the argument over what the Bible says or does not say about homosexuality. The good news is: we don’t have to. It will not be arguments over the Bible that will ultimately…