Joe.My.God. LGBT News

From the just-released Rocky Mountain Poll: After years of beating the drums against same-sex marriage, opponents of the idea in Arizona appear to be losing their grip on public attitudes toward the issue. By a ratio of 55 percent to 35percent, Arizonans say they favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry. Majorities in the following groups appear to have locked …

The United Nations has issued the below video message in recognition of the International Day Against Homophobia. Clip recap: 76 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex relationships and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people everywhere continue to suffer violent attacks and discriminatory treatment. In this simple, high-impact video from the UN human rights office, individuals from diverse backgrounds pose questions directly …

From the anti-gay Illinois Review blog.

Last night I wrote to Pew’s Stateline blog to question the coding of New Mexico on their just-posted map.  The author of the article responds: “We decided to lump it [New Mexico] in with the ‘forbid’ states because the state in practice has a ban – same-sex couples can’t marry, aren’t issued licenses, etc. Technically, yes, there is no law …

It does appear that way. O Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ) aprovou nesta terça-feira (14), por maioria de votos (14 a 1), uma resolução que obriga os cartórios de todo o país a celebrar o casamento civil e converter a união estável homoafetiva em casamento.  Os cartórios não poderão rejeitar o pedido, como acontece atualmente em alguns casos. A decisão …

In his typical fashion, Delgaudio calls the Student Non-Discrimination Act the “Homosexual Classrooms Act.” Those boxes seem pretty light, don’t they? (Tipped by JMG reader Blair)

“Living in a sexual relationship with a person of the same sex is forbidden in Scripture with terrifying clarity. ‘Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God’ (1 Corinthians 6:9–10). This means putting a …

“Now we are being told that redefining marriage poses no threat to religious liberty—that ‘everything will be ok’ and again, we argue that this is false.  Over one million Minnesotans will be forced to either affirm what they believe to be false or subject themselves to prosecution and insult as ‘bigots’ and ‘criminals under our law with the passage of …