We had a wonderful evening in Greensboro yesterday as the Human Rights Campaign and a number of other sponsoring organization joined about 250 community residents at the Faith and Fairness Town Hall meeting.
See news clip from local TV station. Click here.
Thanks goes to the Human Rights Committee for bringing this event to Greensboro and special [...]

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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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CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien will interview Mitchell Gold, editor of the book “Crisis,” on Jan. 28 as part of Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Visiting Writers Series. The interview will take place at 7 p.m. in the P.E. Monroe Auditorium on the Lenoir-Rhyne campus in Hickory, N.C.
This event is free and open to the public. [...]

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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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Sarah Kliff
The Gaggle/Newsweek.com
The Mormon church is supporting gay rights.
Sound a little suspicious?
That has been the read around the blogosphere as of late, after the Church of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that it would support a Salt Lake City ordinance barring housing and workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Cue cynicism: “The Mormon Church views gays as [...]

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By 365gay Newswire
11.10.2009
The Jakarta Post reported today that moderate Muslim scholars see no reason to reject homosexuals under Islam.
Scholars said that condemnation of homosexuality by Muslims is based on narrow-minded interpretations of Islamic teaching.
Siti Musdah Mulia of the Indonesia Conference of Religions and Peace said:
“There is no difference between lesbians and non lesbians. In the [...]

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Mitchell Gold, founder of Faith In America and CEO of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, was honored in New York on Wednesday for his work in educating the public about the harm caused by religion-based bigotry and prejudice toward gay Americans.
Gold was presented the Stonewall Community Foundation’s distinguished Visionary Award at the 40th [...]

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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 Ms. Prejean,
 On a recent interview with FOXNews.com’s Courtney Friel, you stated that you did not mean to offend anyone when you stated your opposition to gay Americans having the right to marry.
 We believe you are sincere in that answer.
 But we are writing this letter in hopes that you will come to better understand why [...]

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Faith In America today released a series of videos and letters that it hopes will help Rev. Rick Warren and other non-accepting people of faith understand the harm caused to gay Americans by religion-based bigotry, prejudice and discrimination.
The project, entitled “Can You Understand the Harm?”, includes videographed open-letter segments from Faith In America Founder Mitchell [...]

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