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Contents:
- POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
- DONALD TMP EMBRAC GAYS HISTORIC SHOUT-OUT AT REPUBLIN NATNAL CONVENTN
- HOW DONALD TMP COURTED GAY VOTERS AT THE CONVENTN
- JTICE ALO TAK AIM AT GAY MARRIAGE 'POLILLY CHARGED SPEECH'
- HILLARY CLTON ON GAY RIGHTS ABROAD: SECRETARY OF STATE DELIVERS HISTORIC LGBT SPEECH IN GENEVA (VIDEO, FULL TEXT)
- GAY RIGHTS SPEECHPHIL SNIRON LGBT RIGHTS 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGAY RIGHTS SPEECH LYRICSSEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY9. COUNCIL BILL 2012-226AUGT 13, 2012[REV. DR. PHIL SNIR]GOOD EVENG, MY NAME IS THE REV. DR. PHIL SNIR. I WAS BORN AND RAISED SPRGFIELD, MISSOURI AND I STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENG SUPPORT OF THIS ORDANCE. I WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CY; ANY ACCURATE READG OF THE BIBLE SHOULD MAKE CLEAR THAT GAY RIGHTS GO AGAST THE PLA TTH OF THE WORD OF GOD, AS ONE PREACHER WARNS MAN, AND OVERSTEPPG THE BOUNDARY L GOD HAS DRAWN BY MAKG SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR GAYS AND LBIANS HAS TAKEN ANOTHER STEP THE DIRECTN OF VG THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD UPON OUR LAND. THIS STEP OF GAY RIGHTS IS BUT ANOTHER STEPPG STONE TOWARD THE IMMORALY AND LAWLSNS THAT WOULD BE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE LAST DAYS.THIS ORDANCE REPRENTS A NIAL OF ALL THAT WE BELIEVE AND NO ONE SHOULD FORCE ON . IT’S NOT THAT WE DON’T RE ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS, BUT ’S OUR RIGHTS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY. AND UN-CHRISTIAN VIEWS WILL BE FORCED ON AND OUR CHILDREN FOR WE WILL BE FORCED TO GO AGAST OUR PERSONAL MORALS.OUTSI ERNMENT AGENTS ARE ENAVORG TO DISTURB GOD’S TABLISHED ORR THAT IS NOT LE WH THE BIBLE. DO NOT LET PEOPLE LEAD YOU ASTRAY.WHEN YOU N TO NFLICT WH GOD’S TABLISHED ORR YOU HAVE TROUBLE. YOU DO NOT PRODUCE HARMONY. YOU PRODUCE STCTN AND TROUBLE AND OUR CY IS THE GREATT DANGER THAN HAS EVER BEEN S HISTORY.THE REASON IS THAT WE’VE GOTTEN AWAY OM THE BIBLE OF OUR FOREFATHERS. YOU SEE THE RIGHT OF SEGREGATN – I’M SORRY – HOLD ON!THE RIGHT OF SEGREGATN IS CLEARLY TABLISHED BY THE HOLY SCRIPTUR BOTH BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE.(ONE MUTE.)I’M SORRY, I’VE BROUGHT THE WRONG NOT WH ME THIS EVENG. I’VE BORROWED MY ARGUMENT OM THE WRONG CENTURY. IT TURNS OUT WHAT I HAVE BEEN READG TO YOU THIS WHOLE TIME IS DIRECT QUOT OM WHE PREACHERS OM THE 1950′S AND THE 1960′S, ALL SUPPORT OF RACIAL SEGREGATN.ALL I HAVE DONE IS SIMPLY TAKE OUT THE PHRASE "RACIAL SEGREGATN" AND SUBSTUTED WH THE PHRASE "GAY RIGHTS." I GUS THE ARGUMENTS I’VE BEEN HEARG AROUND SPRGFIELD LATELY SOUND SO SIAR TO THE THAT I GOT THEM NFED. I HOPE YOU WILL NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE. I HOPE YOU WILL STAND ON THE RIGHT SI OF HISTORY. THANK YOU.(ARE THERE ANY QUTNS?)THANK YOU.EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *LGBT RIGHTS (2013)LGBT RIGHTS1. THE HOPE SPEECHBRIEF OF AMICI CURAE CHRIS KLUWE AND BRENDON AYANBAJO SUPPORT OF RPONNTSDEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT (DOMA)ROLUTN FOR MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN 2013BRIEF FOR THE UNED STAT AS AMIC CURIAE SUPPORTG RPONNTSPROPOSN 8 (CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE PROTECTN ACT)LAWRENCE V. TEXAS (DISSENT)OPEN LETTER TO EMMETT C. BURNS, JR.MARRIAGE EQUALY/COMG OUT SPEECHHRC AMERINS FOR MARRIAGE EQUALYGAY RIGHTS SPEECHCREDSTAGSNON-MICNEWS EXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
POPE FRANCIS LLS FOR END TO ANTI-GAY LAWS AND LGBTQ+ WELE OM CHURCH
* speech about lgbt rights *
Ron DeSantis’ printial mpaign that was wily cricized as homophobic, how he views new laws that Republin-ntrolled state legislatur have passed and whether Republins are backslidg on their support for LGBTQ terview has been eded and nnsed for length and Early: What did you thk of the move to cut earmarks for LGBTQ centers Pennsylvania and Massachetts? Moran: The print of our Philalphia chapter was schled to give a speech [ 2020] about beg a gay nservative and beg a gay Republin at the William Way [LGBTQ Communy] Center.
I don't believe that feral dollars should be spent supportg plac that are promotg Early: A Gallup poll last month found that 41 percent of Republins view gay and lbian relatns as morally acceptable, down om 56 percent last year, although other polls haven’t found a siar cle.
DONALD TMP EMBRAC GAYS HISTORIC SHOUT-OUT AT REPUBLIN NATNAL CONVENTN
LGBTQ+ advot hail Pope’s rejectn of sexual orientatn as crime and ll to bishops to rist anti-gay laws as ‘tone’ * speech about lgbt rights *
And that hasn't been taken advantage of, Early: You told WBUR last month that you didn’t thk recent laws passed by Republin state legislatur banng youth transgenr re and rtrictg drag shows were “targetg gay and trans people. Pope Francis has cricised laws that crimalise homosexualy as “unjt”, sayg God lov all his children jt as they are, and llg on Catholic bishops who support the laws to wele LGBTQ+ people to the church.
Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops some parts of the world support laws that crimalise homosexualy or discrimate agast LGBTQ+ people, and he himself referred to the issue terms of “s”. Gay rights advot say the antiquated laws are ed to jtify harassment, and pot to new legislatn, such as the “Don’t say gay” law Florida, which forbids stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty om krgarten up to third gra, as evince of ntued efforts to margalise LGBTQ+ UN has repeatedly lled for an end to laws crimalisg homosexualy outright, sayg they vlate rights to privacy and eedom om discrimatn and are a breach of untri’ obligatns unr ternatnal law to protect the human rights of all people, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty.
HOW DONALD TMP COURTED GAY VOTERS AT THE CONVENTN
The billnaire says he's proud to be a gay Republin, offerg ments as the GOP clos out a nventn that stggled on LGBT rights * speech about lgbt rights *
Some Catholic bishops have strongly upheld them as nsistent wh Vatin teachg, while others have lled for them to be overturned as a vlatn of basic human Tuday, Francis said there need to be a distctn between a crime and a s wh regard to homosexualy. But he has ma reachg out to LGBTQ+ people a hallmark of his pope’s ments didn’t specifilly addrs transgenr or nonbary people, jt homosexualy, but advot of greater LGBTQ+ cln the Catholic Church hailed the pope’s ments as a momento advance. I want to thank the Human Rights Campaign for vg me to speak and for the work you do every day pursu of equaly on behalf of the lns of people this untry who work hard their jobs and re eply about their fai and who are gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr.
JTICE ALO TAK AIM AT GAY MARRIAGE 'POLILLY CHARGED SPEECH'
That’s the story of the movement for fairns and equaly, and not jt for those who are gay, but for all those our history who’ve been nied the rights and rponsibili of cizenship.
It’s the story of an epimic that cimated a muny and the gay men and women who me to support one another and save one another, who ntue to fight this surge, who have monstrated before the world that different kds of fai n show the same passn a time of need. My expectatn is that when you look back on the years you will see a time which we put a stop to discrimatn agast gays and lbians, whether the office or on the battlefield.
HILLARY CLTON ON GAY RIGHTS ABROAD: SECRETARY OF STATE DELIVERS HISTORIC LGBT SPEECH IN GENEVA (VIDEO, FULL TEXT)
Ever sce he had felt wh him a new sense of purpose, so when the officer told Jeanne that her son had been arrted, which was happeng often to gay prottors, she was not entirely ught off guard. The Mistry of Defence (MOD) and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) jotly missned an pennt review to better unrstand the impacts and implitns of the policy that homosexualy was patible wh life HM Armed Forc between 1967 and 2000.
The le was as unexpected as the reactn got om the thoands of nservative legat who are more acctomed to hearg their reprentativ oppose marriage equaly than embrace the gay muny. It was a far cry om last week, when the GOP mtee livered one of the most anti-LGBT platforms ever wrten by the Republin party, a move that had even gay Republins — who view Donald Tmp as “the most pro-LGBT ndidate” to ever be nomated by nservativ — to hold off on their endorsement.
Ted Cz, who disappoted legat when he failed to endorse Tmp durg his speech, raised more than a few eyebrows when he gave LGBT rights a shout out, tellg the dience, “Freedom means relig eedom, whether you are Christian or Jew, Mlim or atheist, gay or straight.
GAY RIGHTS SPEECHPHIL SNIRON LGBT RIGHTS 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGAY RIGHTS SPEECH LYRICSSEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY9. COUNCIL BILL 2012-226AUGT 13, 2012[REV. DR. PHIL SNIR]GOOD EVENG, MY NAME IS THE REV. DR. PHIL SNIR. I WAS BORN AND RAISED SPRGFIELD, MISSOURI AND I STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENG SUPPORT OF THIS ORDANCE. I WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CY; ANY ACCURATE READG OF THE BIBLE SHOULD MAKE CLEAR THAT GAY RIGHTS GO AGAST THE PLA TTH OF THE WORD OF GOD, AS ONE PREACHER WARNS MAN, AND OVERSTEPPG THE BOUNDARY L GOD HAS DRAWN BY MAKG SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR GAYS AND LBIANS HAS TAKEN ANOTHER STEP THE DIRECTN OF VG THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD UPON OUR LAND. THIS STEP OF GAY RIGHTS IS BUT ANOTHER STEPPG STONE TOWARD THE IMMORALY AND LAWLSNS THAT WOULD BE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE LAST DAYS.THIS ORDANCE REPRENTS A NIAL OF ALL THAT WE BELIEVE AND NO ONE SHOULD FORCE ON . IT’S NOT THAT WE DON’T RE ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS, BUT ’S OUR RIGHTS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY. AND UN-CHRISTIAN VIEWS WILL BE FORCED ON AND OUR CHILDREN FOR WE WILL BE FORCED TO GO AGAST OUR PERSONAL MORALS.OUTSI ERNMENT AGENTS ARE ENAVORG TO DISTURB GOD’S TABLISHED ORR THAT IS NOT LE WH THE BIBLE. DO NOT LET PEOPLE LEAD YOU ASTRAY.WHEN YOU N TO NFLICT WH GOD’S TABLISHED ORR YOU HAVE TROUBLE. YOU DO NOT PRODUCE HARMONY. YOU PRODUCE STCTN AND TROUBLE AND OUR CY IS THE GREATT DANGER THAN HAS EVER BEEN S HISTORY.THE REASON IS THAT WE’VE GOTTEN AWAY OM THE BIBLE OF OUR FOREFATHERS. YOU SEE THE RIGHT OF SEGREGATN – I’M SORRY – HOLD ON!THE RIGHT OF SEGREGATN IS CLEARLY TABLISHED BY THE HOLY SCRIPTUR BOTH BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE.(ONE MUTE.)I’M SORRY, I’VE BROUGHT THE WRONG NOT WH ME THIS EVENG. I’VE BORROWED MY ARGUMENT OM THE WRONG CENTURY. IT TURNS OUT WHAT I HAVE BEEN READG TO YOU THIS WHOLE TIME IS DIRECT QUOT OM WHE PREACHERS OM THE 1950′S AND THE 1960′S, ALL SUPPORT OF RACIAL SEGREGATN.ALL I HAVE DONE IS SIMPLY TAKE OUT THE PHRASE "RACIAL SEGREGATN" AND SUBSTUTED WH THE PHRASE "GAY RIGHTS." I GUS THE ARGUMENTS I’VE BEEN HEARG AROUND SPRGFIELD LATELY SOUND SO SIAR TO THE THAT I GOT THEM NFED. I HOPE YOU WILL NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE. I HOPE YOU WILL STAND ON THE RIGHT SI OF HISTORY. THANK YOU.(ARE THERE ANY QUTNS?)THANK YOU.EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *LGBT RIGHTS (2013)LGBT RIGHTS1. THE HOPE SPEECHBRIEF OF AMICI CURAE CHRIS KLUWE AND BRENDON AYANBAJO SUPPORT OF RPONNTSDEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT (DOMA)ROLUTN FOR MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN 2013BRIEF FOR THE UNED STAT AS AMIC CURIAE SUPPORTG RPONNTSPROPOSN 8 (CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE PROTECTN ACT)LAWRENCE V. TEXAS (DISSENT)OPEN LETTER TO EMMETT C. BURNS, JR.MARRIAGE EQUALY/COMG OUT SPEECHHRC AMERINS FOR MARRIAGE EQUALYGAY RIGHTS SPEECHCREDSTAGSNON-MICNEWS EXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
And former Hoe Speaker Newt Ggrich, who was on Tmp’s short list for VP, ma an unual appeal to LGBT people, sayg: “If our enemi had their way, gays, lbians and transgenr cizens would be put to ath, as they are today the Islamic State and Iran. And on Thursday night, openly gay billnaire and PayPal -founr Peter Thiel beme the first openly gay man to speak at the Republin Natnal Conventn 16 years, and the only gay speaker at the Cleveland gatherg. After all, days earlier, the party adopted as part of s platform ias that gays and lbians n be ma to heterosexuals through “nversn therapi” and that marriage should be limed to straight upl — settg asi the Supreme Court lg that renred opposn moot wh a lg that all upl n marry.
Thiel was the first openly gay dividual to addrs a GOP nventn sce 2000, when former Reprentative Jim Kolbe spoke — and some legat lowered their head silent, prayerful prott back then, even though Kolbe said nothg about his sexualy.
GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
12/06/2011Washgton– The Human Rights Campaign, the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr civil rights anizatn, today praised Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clton for her addrs focg on human rights for LGBT people regnn of Human Rights Day celebrated on December 10. Human Rights Campaign Print Joe Solmone, who earlier today met wh Secretary Clton and ternatnal human rights lears, released the followg statement:“Today, Secretary Clton distguished herself as a legendary champn of rights for all people, cludg those of who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
Hodg cisn that guaranteed gay marriage rights across the untry, as well as rtrictns aimed at rcg the spread of the ronavis and talk of rtcturg the Supreme Court and the feral judiciary more broadly.