Monthly Archives: March 2005

50 Clergy in Kansas Come Out Against Amendment!

Posted on March 26, 2005 by Patrick

Hurray!Contrary to an all-too-common misperception, it is simply not the case that all clergy and religious communities in Kansas support this amendment. In our considered view, this proposal threatens to dignify discrimination and undermine religious liberty. Furthermore, we feel that it violates a basic tenant… Continue reading →

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Judge Rules "No Rational Basis Exists" Opposing Gay Marriage

Posted on March 15, 2005 by Patrick

Joyful NewlywedsTrolley drivers on this city’s F Line rang their bells as a minister in a purple shirt and ecclesiastical collar, a 16-year-old girl and her two lesbian mothers, and 150 other supporters of same-sex marriage celebrated a court decision that California was violating its Constitution by not allowing gays to marry… Continue reading →

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Nature? Nurture? It Doesn't Matter.

Posted on March 9, 2005 by Patrick

Bacchus, LiberOne of the most persistent debates surrounding homosexuality regards whether gays are “born that way” or whether homosexuality is a “chosen lifestyle.” The debate is ill-formed from the start, in that it conflates two separate questions: How did you become what you are? Can you change what you are? Continue reading →

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Canadian Prime Minister Martin: “Equality for All”

Posted on March 6, 2005 by Patrick

Paul MartinCanadian Prime Minister Paul Martin kicked off parliamentary debate on the same-sex marriage bill Wednesday giving the following speech: I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people… Continue reading →

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