By Bruce Bastian
Posted on Huffington Post
It’s hard to believe, but there’s a backlash being carefully crafted against gay Americans who are understandably hurt and angry at the passage of California’s Proposition 8. Even though that narrow vote stripped loving couples of their legal right to marry, some religious leaders would have us believe that gay [...]

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The Focus On The Family  ”letter from a Christian in 2012″ that was sent just days now before the Nov. 4 2008 election is a fictional account that compares gay marriage and the prospect of the Boy Scouts accepting gay youth into their ranks as similar to incidents of global turmoil - with the [...]

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Openly gay furniture designer Mitchell Gold is most well-known for lush and plush home decor, but what some in the LGBT community may not be as aware of is his longtime advocacy on important issues- his generous philanthropy to the community and his work as founder of Faith in America, a non-profit organization dedicated to [...]

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Faith In America’s hearts and prayers go out to all the members of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and the Knoxville community which suffered great loss and tragedy as a result of hate and violence on Sunday.
According to media reports, the perpetrator stated his hate and condemnation for gays and lesbians as a motivating [...]

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While Faith In America respects this time of loss for former Sen. Jesse Helms’ family, we are compelled to remind Americans that there is a lesson to be learned from Helms’ dark legacy that for years promoted religion-based prejudice and discrimination against those that were different than him.
 
 In a 1995 radio broadcast he remarked, “Homosexuals [...]

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It’s the age old nature /nurture debate; is a person born gay or is he or she conditioned by their environment? Now according to results from a study carried out by Swedish and UK brain researchers, one’s sexual preference is set in the womb.
Scans see ‘gay brain differences’
The brains of gay men and women look [...]

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California’s Office of Vital Records says June 17 will be date when marriage certificates can be issues to same-sex couples.
From KHQ Right Now.

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Faith In America will be working with a Soulforce direct action at the 2008 General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, April 25-27, 2008. Soulforce will be utilizing several of Faith In America’s ads during its event.
We wanted to make you aware of this article that was authored by the Rev. Russ Whaley, who is an elder in [...]

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By Brent Childers, Executive Director
Lou Dobbs on Friday stated it made him sick to hear Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s so-called hateful words against America coming from a pulpit. 
What’s truly sickening is to see the most blatant attempt yet to interject racial division into the presidential campaign being spoon-fed to Americans under the guise of religion.
That truly [...]

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Fort Lauderdale police continue to investigate the murder Friday morning murder of a 17 year-old and a Saturday morning attack inside a restaurant of Melbourne Brunner, 37.
Brunner recounts the details of his attack  in this video.  The owner of the restaurant recently posted a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of his attacker.

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