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North Carolina ends funding of conversion therapy to minors.

North Carolina’s governor has moved to end state-sponsored conversion therapy of LGBTQ young people. Roy Cooper issued an executive order Friday directing the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to cease the use of federal and state funds for the harmful…

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Archbishop warns of ‘rainbow plague’ amid LGBT tensions.

An archbishop in Poland has warned of a “rainbow plague” amid ongoing tensions in the country over gay rights. Marek Jedraszewski, the archbishop of Krakow, made the comments during a homily to mark the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising…

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Amsterdam is putting males in brothel windows for Pride.

Amsterdam’s red light district is pretty infamous. There, sex workers sometimes stand in front of one of hundreds of windows, looking to catch the attention of passersby. But until now, those workers have been exclusively women. Well, for the city’s Pride, they…

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Christian ‘historian’ insists religious people have extra rights.

Hate group leader David Barton is at it again. On his podcast WallBuilders Live he said that religious American are entitled to “more protection” under the Constitution’s First Amendment. Barton also considers himself a “historian,” despite being shunned by academics and…

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Fox News pundit rages at ‘practicing homosexual’ Buttigieg.

Former Fox News pundit Erick Erickson has lashed out at Democratic Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg for not “repenting” his sexuality. Erickson, who hosts a right-wing radio show, took aim at Buttigieg on his blog, The Resurgent. In the blog, he claimed…

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A third of Canadians are against same-sex marriage.

Roughly one-third of Canadians aren’t convinced same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, according to a new poll released days ahead of Vancouver’s massive Pride celebration. Just 64 per cent of respondents in the latest Research Co. survey agreed that same-sex marriage…