• Confronting Religious Arguments

    Recently we released a special report on guidelines for addressing religious arguments. This document can serve as a tool that you can use in your community to create dialogue about the immense harm caused to LGBT individuals, especially youth. Download the report here.

    Watch examples of this messaging at work at a recent community forum.

END THE HARM

Confronting Religion-based Bigotry's Harm to
LGBT Individuals, Youth and Families Wherever it Exists

Politics — Elected office — Schools — Churches — International


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Bank of America, Cisco back down after firing traditional marriage supporter

BY KATHLEEN GILBERT WASHINGTON, November 22, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) — In a rare successful pushback against the pro-gay rights corporate culture, customers of Bank of America and the Cisco Corporation have won a promise from the two companies not to discriminate … Continue reading

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Claims that LGBT community harassed same-sex marriage opponents not supported by courts

Courts in states across the country have rejected the National Organization for Marriage’s efforts to hide their donors, as they’re trying to do in Minnesota, saying the group provided no credible evidence of threats or violence. By Andy Birkey Tuesday, … Continue reading

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Book focuses on what it’s like growing up gay

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Gov. Rick Perry’s anti-gay Christianity

GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry talks about his faith talks disparagingly of gays in the military in a new political ad. Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s new ad, which claims President Obama is waging a war on religion, goes far beyond … Continue reading

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Outrage at church’s bigotry a sign of progress

Editorial Dec 2, 2011 One of the great story lines of all time pits the forces of bigotry against the power of love – from Romeo and Juliet to Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Brokeback Mountain. It makes sense … Continue reading

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Ga. counseling student in court over view on gays

By GREG BLUESTEIN and DORIE TURNER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An attorney for a graduate school counseling student told federal judges in Atlanta on Tuesday that the student’s First Amendment rights were violated when professors at a Georgia university … Continue reading

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Nigeria Senate approves bill banning gay marriage, groups in Africa’s most populous nation

By Associated Press, Published: November 29 LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Senate voted Tuesday to criminalize gay marriage, gay advocacy groups and same-sex public displays of affection, the latest legislation targeting a minority already facing discrimination in Africa’s most populous nation. … Continue reading

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Gay-rights group accuses Baptists of hypocrisy

By Bob Allen Monday, November 14, 2011 HUDSON, N.C. (ABP) – A gay advocacy group has accused the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina of using a double standard when it comes to homosexuality. The 4,000-church convention by policy excludes … Continue reading

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GOP presidential candidate walks away from religion-based bigotry

For a very long time, society has viewed gay marriage as a moral and, yes, religious issue. Today, I believe we have arrived at a point in history where more and more Americans are viewing it as a question of … Continue reading

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