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Montana Rep. insists ‘no homophobic issues here’ as he votes against decriminalizing gay sex
A Montana Republican state representative insisted Tuesday that “there’s no homophobic issues here,” even as he prepared to cast a vote to continue applying felony criminal penalties to LGBT people, simply for being who they are. Explaining why he planned to vote against SB 107, which seeks to amend the…
Anti-LGBT Ugandan pastor uses fruit to demonstrate gay sex on live TV
A Ugandan pastor who opposes LGBT rights recently explained why he thought homosexuality was dangerous by giving a bizarre demonstration of gay sex with the assistance of fruits and vegetables. In an appearance on the NBS talk show Morning Breeze, Reverend Martin Ssempa warned that gay men and lesbians “have…
French court rejects appeal of ruling that Parkinson’s drug turned man into ‘gay sex and gambling addict’
A French appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to pay 197,000 euros to a man who claimed that its drug to treat Parkinson’s turned him into a gay sex and gambling addict. The court in the northern city of Rennes said father-of-two Didier Jambart had suffered…
Illegal act: Ugandan artists stage play tackling LGBT taboos
Friends Samson and Olu share a beer and a moment of confidence after a game of pool at a typical Ugandan bar. “Olu, you know I’m gay,” Samson confides haltingly, with the admission sparking a chain of events that tears his existence as a successful businessman apart. The scene is…
The Vatican condemns nun’s sex-positive book
The Vatican has condemned a leading American nun for writing a book in which she praises female masturbation and approves divorce and gay sex and marriage, warning that the book must not be used by catholic educators. The Vatican’s criticism of Sister Margaret Farley, a professor emeritus of Christian ethics…
Pat Robertson: Bullying ‘terrible’ — but gay sex still an ‘abomination’
Anti-LGBT rights televangelist Pat Robertson on Tuesday told Christian students that bullying their gay and lesbian classmates was wrong even if they “think that these practices are an abomination.” A CBN viewer named Douglas posed this question to the TV preacher: “What would you say to a school that has…
Perverts, perverts everywhere
I definitely think that Rick Santorum's quote was (probably accidentally) revealing of conservative attitudes about sex. In an attempt to explain why he supports banning gays in the military but doesn't want this to be characterized as bigotry, Santorum said this: I — I would say, any type of sexual…
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