enter the fray: our reader discussion forum
The Fray Browse by Tags
Sign in
  
Advanced
All Tags » gays

  • Re: gay rights are civil rights

    Last night's episode also coincided with National Coming Out Day (recognized annually on Oct. 11). Sal got his coming out, all right. Will it turn him into an activist? Let's give him six years and see if he turns up at Stonewall.
    Posted to TV Club by texnny on October 12, 2009

  • Re: "wee small hours" review -episode 9

    I agree with scottfield. Don would have canned Sal regardless of the circumstances, but '60s homophobia sure didn't help. Sal's question, ''What if it were a girl?'' really should have been, ''What if I were a girl?'' What if the boozy client had hit on Peggy and been rebuffed? Would Don have canned Peggy? Maybe not -- which points to Sal's ...
    Posted to TV Club by texnny on October 12, 2009

  • No homos...anywhere?

    This is a great article. I also think it's worth noting that gay culture and hip-hop culture both vie for swathes of political authority from the same figure. The figure they want legitimacy from, whether as greenbacks and benjamins, big decorating budgets, or platinum albums, is other men–or man (yes he is a man–even in an Oprah suit, it's ...
    Posted to Music Box by ian.epstein on August 9, 2009

  • A Big Argument about a small thing- Gay Marriage etc.

    They used to say that Money makes the world go around. But now it's sex. First thing is for the feds to change their policies and get rid of the strict rules against same sex marriages. The states will follow and the world will not fall apart. With melting ice caps and warming trends the integration of homosexuals etc. into the whole society ...
    Posted to Politics by mrsmurgatroyd on May 25, 2009

  • Hanna's clarification: 'Are Conservatives Anti-Gay?'

    In the annals of Slate's most cringe-worthy moments, David Plotz's Gab Fest chatter in which he recalls his penchant for reading the Advocate at his Gym is a doozie. He apparently felt the need to remind us in the same breath that he is most definitely straight. Thanks for that, David. For the tl;dr crowd, there is no need to form a 'cringe ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Boxing on May 8, 2009

  • Behavior Trumps the Label of "Orientation"

    Labelling a person as 'gay' or 'straight' connotes particular behavior which is deemed 'wired'. But the big issue which Saletan slightly implies is: human freewill determines behavior before and beyond 'orientation' or 'wiring'. ''Wiring'' refers to blinking, breathing, heart rates, so forth. Everything else humans have to learn, ...
    Posted to Human Nature by Usama3 on April 1, 2009

  • No hatred here

    ''Everyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderers have eternal life in them.'' 1 John 3:15 Heavy language. The Roman Empire Jesus was born into had gay sex but Jesus concentrated on saving souls. What good does it do to make a sinner well behaved (relatively) if the sinner is still going to hell? Gay ...
    Posted to XX Factor by GuessWho on December 23, 2008

  • Fantastic article!

    Someone tell me why those in the USA who try so hard to get the 10 commandments posted all over in our public square and taught to our kids in school break so many of them trying to get that done? And also fight so hard to take money from the poor and middle class and put in the hands of the rich? And also to keep corporate greed-based health ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by redneckliberalpostbush on November 30, 2008

  • Religion is a Protected Choice

    A protected choice that is, so whether or not homosexuality is a choice matters little. I do think it is immutable but even if it wasn't it should not be used to discriminate against in the family formation arena and therefore should be protected also. The litmus test should be consenting adults. Blacks are not wanting to share their position with ...
    Posted to Human Nature by beboda2008 on November 19, 2008

  • Equal protection, the rule of law, freedom and Gays

    Your analysis misses the point. Our founding national values are freedom and equality. Our Constitution requires equal protection. The rule of law requires that laws be rational and not arbitrary nor merely an expression of majoritarian prejudice. Any law that discriminates against a discrete class of Americans should and must rationally serve an ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Issywise on November 18, 2008
1 2 3 4 5 Next > ... Last »