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Death to gays! WTF?

September 12, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Death to gays! WTF?

Roy Moore, a Republican candidate for US Senate in Alabama, has appeared multiple times on a radio show hosted by a controversial pastor who preaches that the biblical punishment for homosexuality is death. Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, is in a runoff primary race against fellow Republican and incumbent Sen. Luther Strange. Moore is a hardline conservative, who made his name in Alabama by championing social and cultural issues popular with the religious right.

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Let’s not forget, Castro’s Cuba is still anti-gay.

September 10, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Let’s not forget, Castro’s Cuba is still anti-gay.

For years, Cuba was not very friendly to homosexuals – i.e., concentration camps for gays and segregation of people with HIV. About 20 years ago, Reynaldo Arenas wrote his memoirs and reminded the world that homosexuality is a crime in Cuba, and he was one of the many exhibits of that repression.  

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We Hear You: Debating Transgender Military Personnel and Culture’s Role in American Dream

September 10, 2017 compassq Comments Off on We Hear You: Debating Transgender Military Personnel and Culture’s Role in American Dream

Editor’s note: The Daily Signal’s coverage and commentary on President Donald Trump’s plan to bar openly transgender individuals from military service got our audience talking, as did our examination of the role of culture in maximizing opportunity in America. Write us at letters@dailysignal.com—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thank you to Walt Heyer for sharing his experience (“I Was Once Transgender. Why I Think Trump Made the Right Decision for the Military“). I have often wondered just how we got to this point. Changing a person’s sex doesn’t change issues any more than changing real estate cures an alcoholic.

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Don’t generalize the LGBTQ community.

September 7, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Don’t generalize the LGBTQ community.

Growing up Jewish in the Jersey suburbs, I was encouraged to be curious about other people’s religions and found that strangers were often curious about mine. I was told that questions were OK, but my parents taught me to bristle at any inquiry that would make me the face of my faith. These were questions that started with “Why do your people…” or “Why do Jews…”

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My Turn: Trump’s position on transgender troops is a disgrace

September 7, 2017 compassq Comments Off on My Turn: Trump’s position on transgender troops is a disgrace

President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military is a disgraceful move that reveals his prejudice and ignorance. The president’s directive is tragically reminiscent of the objections made by those who also opposed the addition of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians to the military. Despite these objections, our army has integrated and grown stronger.

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Pope Francis supports civil unions for same-sex couples.

September 5, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Pope Francis supports civil unions for same-sex couples.

Pope Francis has endorsed civil unions between same-sex couples for the first time since becoming pontiff in 2013. In the book Politics and Society, which consists of 12 printed conversations between the pope and French sociologist Dominique Wolton, he discussed his feelings on marriage equality and explained that he prefers using a different term to describe the union of gay people.

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The evangelical’s Nashville Statement is harmful to LGBT youth.

September 5, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The evangelical’s Nashville Statement is harmful to LGBT youth.

This week, a group of the country’s most prominent evangelical figures released a document condemning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and those who affirm them in what they called the Nashville Statement. Read the list of signatories and you’ll recognize the names — presidents of some of the country’s largest seminaries and pastors of burgeoning evangelical churches.