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‘Modern Family’ creator tweets gay marriage barb at Ann Romney
The creator of “Modern Family” has fired off a barbed tweet about gay marriage at Ann Romney, after the wife of the Republican White House hopeful said it was her favorite TV show. Romney named the show — which features a high-profile gay couple, Mitch and Cam — as her…
5 Questions For: Gay Republican and GOProud co-founder Chris Barron
Chris Barron is no stranger to controversy: From inviting the controversial Ann Coulter to headline the first-ever “HomoCon” of gay conservatives to his organizations on-again, off-again relationship with the influential CPAC conference to his infamous feud with liberal LGBT activist Dan Savage, he’s never shied away from the spotlight and,…
Scotland’s Catholic priests blast same sex marriage plan
LONDON — Scotland’s Roman Catholic priests on Sunday condemned plans by the devolved government in Edinburgh to legalise gay marriage. The letter by Scotland’s Catholic bishops, which was being read in each of the Church’s 500 Scottish parishes, urges followers to fight efforts to “redefine” marriage. “Marriage is a unique…
French broadly support same sex marriage
Nearly two-thirds of the French back gay marriage, a poll published Tuesday revealed as Catholic bishops urged their followers to pray for the maintenance of traditional family arrangements. The Ifop poll, due to be published on Wednesday by digital magazine La Lettre de l’Opinion, found 65 percent of the French support gay…
Houston restaurant lampoons Chick-fil-A with ‘chick-on-chick’ sandwich
Chick-fil-A has been joined in the realm of restaurants espousing their opinions about same-sex marriage. In Houston, a local eatery called Beaver’s has added a tongue-in-cheek offering to its menu in support of gay mariage in the form of a sandwich loaded with chicken and double entendre. The name of that meal:…
Chick-fil-A sales briefly soar amid gay marriage flap
WASHINGTON — Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A said Thursday it enjoyed “unprecedented” sales when customers across the United States turned out by the thousands to support its opposition to same-sex marriage. “We are very grateful and humbled by the incredible turnout of loyal Chick-fil-A customers” the company’s executive vice president for marketing…
Amway faces boycott over donation to anti-gay group
LGBT rights activist Fred Karger announced Thursday a global boycott targeting the direct-sales giant Amway over its founder’s contribution to an anti-gay group. Tax records obtained by Karger show that Amway president and owner Doug DeVos donated $500,000 to the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) Education Fund through his Douglas…
Activists hope same sex marriage debate will stir Japan
TOKYO — Koyuki Higashi is slim, articulate and intelligent, things that make a would-be wife attractive to many in Japan. But Higashi knows she will probably never marry because she is a lesbian. Despite the increasing tolerance of gay marriage in much of the developed world, especially in Europe, and…
NOM: ‘Gay marriage billionaires’ using class warfare for ‘re-defining marriage’
The president of one of the country’s most prominent anti-same sex marriage organizations recently played the “class warfare” card and warned that “gay marriage billionaires” were “re-defining marriage for everyone” by working with President Barack Obama and other politicians “who are all too willing to take the gay lobby’s money…
Same-sex marriage, gay adoption allowed in France from 2013
PARIS — Gay couples in France will be allowed to get married and to adopt children from next year, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced Tuesday. “In the first half of 2013, the right to marriage and adoption will be open to all couples, without discrimination,” he told parliament, confirming an…
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