News release on Texas School Board proposed textbook mention of anti-gay religious personalities
If the Texas State Board of Education moves to include mention of Phyllis Schlafly and Jerry Falwell in school textbooks, Faith In America hopes they will document how harmful their anti-gay actions have been to millions of gay and lesbian youth.
The Texas State Board [...]

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The following op-ed by William Meyer, a clinical social worker, appeared in the Thursday, March 4 edition of Durham Herald.
Meyer joined Faith In America as a supporter after hearing founder Mitchell Gold talking about his book CRISIS on a PBS radio show in December. He recently met with Mitchell to discuss our work and a [...]

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Human sexual orientation has deep biological roots.
By Dean Hamer and Michael Rosbash
There was an elephant in the San Francisco courtroom where lawyers contested the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the California law that prohibits the marriage of same-sex couples. One key issue should influence every aspect of the Perry vs. Schwarzenegger proceedings yet remained unspoken: What [...]

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News article from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
BOY’S SILENT STATEMENT MAKES BIG IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD
By Kate Ward
FAYETTEVILLE — When he chose to stand up for his beliefs by sitting down for the Pledge of Allegiance, 10-year-old Will Phillips never dreamed his message would circle the globe.
The West Fork student was honored by furniture designer and author [...]

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Wednesday September 30, 2009
WASHINGTON (RNS) As thousands of gays and lesbians prepare to march on the nation’s capital to push for equal rights, leaders from a range of faiths say it’s time to stop using religion as a weapon to oppose same-sex marriage.
What’s more, advocates for gay rights say their faith and a sacred belief [...]

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Note: The following book review was published in the June 2, 2009 issue of Christian Century.
Church-based hate
by David P. Gushee
“‘FAG’ ran across my chest in letters eight inches high,” recalled Jared Horsford, a student at Texas Tech and one of 40 gays and lesbians who tell their stories in this book. “I stared in the [...]

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Faith In America News Release

Faith In America today challenged Miss California’s pastor to consider the disservice he does to her and others with his embrace and promotion of religion-based bigotry and prejudice toward gay Americans.
According to Carrie Prejean’s pastor, Rev. Miles McPherson, he contacted the Miss USA contestant just hours after she stated she did [...]

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Dear Glenn,
On a recent segment on marriage equality in which you appeared with commentator Meghan Kelly, you stated you believe marriage equality is about going into schools and churches with a message that “gay marriage” is OK.
If you believe there is something which makes a gay American undeserving or unworthy of enjoying a lifelong relationship [...]

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Faith In America today expresses its immense and solemn gratitude to the Iowa Supreme Court in its affirmation this morning that constitutional equality must always trump religion-based bigotry and prejudice toward a minority group of people.
The ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court, with all six justices concurring, states that “civil marriage must be judged under [...]

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Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld
During his end-of-the-year Vatican address, Pope Benedict XVI implied that homosexuality is as great a threat to humankind as climate change. He argued that saving humanity from homosexual behavior is as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. Humanity, he asserted, needs to “listen to the language of creation” to realize the [...]

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