An Indiana pizza shop that came under fire after suggesting that they’d refuse to cater a gay wedding has now raised more than $800,000 by online supporters in just one day’s time. The astonishing haul pulled in for Memories Pizza in Walkteron comes after its owners said they’ve closed indefinitely following violent threats against their lives and […]
In case you haven’t seen the music video by Irish songwriter Hozier, the video for his gospel-inspired epic, “Take Me to Church,” a cavernous song that uses love and ecstasy as a religious metaphor. The video depicts two men’s gentle intimacy, followed by brutal gay-bashing at the hands of masked vigilantes against lyrics like, “I was born
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The 25th Annual Central Valley & Fresno’s GLBT Pride Parade and Festival will take place on SATURDAY, June 6th 2015 in the Tower District between 10am and 3pm. Fresno Rainbow Pride LGBT Pride Parade & Festival is gearing up for its 25th annual pride celebration on Saturday, June 6, 2015 in Fresno in the heart
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Jeffrey Toobin likened social conservative Christian business owners who refuse to participate in same-sex “marriages” to advocates of racial segregation during a Monday special on CNN: “This is, I think, precisely parallel to the people in the ’50s and ’60s, who thought there was a religious obligation to keep the races separate – and they
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Asa Hutchinson is sending the Religious Freedom Restoration Act back to the legislature for a rewrite, to strike the right balance between religious freedom and tolerance for diversity. The Republican governor’s reversal wasn’t just about getting the content right: “it’s also about communicating that we’re a state … that recognizes the need for non-discrimination’
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Dear Mz. Pink, I have friends who are dying from heroine addictions and don’t know what to do. I want to help them, but there’s nobody to stage an intervention with. I want to support them mentally because money, shelter, and food would do no good, they would take advantage and steal and use the
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I got “The Look” last week. Not “The Look” from the person trying to get around you in traffic. Not “The Look” from a server who’s irritated with you or their job. Not “The Look” that airport security always has on their face or “The Look” that people get when they have to listen to
Watch Out for the Backlash! When we talk about “backlash,” we are generally referring to efforts that began in the mid-1960s, in reaction to the social disruption caused by anti-war activism, feminism and the civil rights movement. Middle-class whites — finding their social dominance increasingly challenged — banded together to counteract what they saw as
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Dear Dr. Fred: I am in a CRANKY mood because I have just had not the first, but the second lunch on my calendar cancel in the past week. Both people had “OK” excuses — one was my banker who had a loan closing move to another day and the other a friend who had
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The “AND THEN CAME TANGO” fundraiser hosted at The Painted Table on Feb. 27 and 28, 2015, which benefited the Bulldog Pride Club and Bulldog Pride Fund at Fresno State raised more than $10,000. Special thanks to The California Endowment for its generous support.The Bulldog Pride Club is the booster or fundraising club, while the
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