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Category Archives: Civil Rights
A Gay Dad’s Lesson from His Son Regarding the Hobby Lobby Decision: “Scream Like a Girl”
“Dad, you are going to need to scream like a little girl!” My head whirled in Jesse’s direction and my mouth dropped. Did that condescendingly sexist remark really come out of the mouth of my beloved son? It was all … Continue reading
Box of Inequality
Good Signs Sunday Take away the ego and the want to be correct, the desire to keep a group of people locked in a box of inequality disappears.
Posted in Civil Rights, Equality, Good Signs, Prejudice
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A Gay Dad Sounds Off on the Anti-Gay Official’s Fear: Standardized Tests Will Make Kids “as Homosexual as They Possibly Can”
I believe in the coming years scientists will find that homophobia, when it hits the brain, becomes a degenerative disorder that destroys all logic centers and renders its victim common-senseless. The most recent recipient of my theoretical malady, is representative … Continue reading
Congratulations Oregon
You have now entered the equal zone! I am proud to know that the place of my birth is now giving same sex couples the rights we all enjoy. More work needs to be done, but for now we celebrate … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Equality, Good Signs, Marriage equality, News
Tagged marriage equality in Oregon
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Tiles Falling, Foolishness, and Priorities
Years ago, I enjoyed watching sports and going to sporting events of my favorite teams—the Mariners and Seahawks in Seattle. I even worked part-time at the Mariners’ games taking care of promotional contest boxes in the 90s. I liked to … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Equality, Fail!
Tagged big business, inequality, King County, kingdome ceiling tiles, sports, taxes
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How a Teen, Thrown From His Home for Being Gay, was Arrested and Tortured
A few weeks ago, I told the story of a teen named Corey who was driven from his birth home when his parents found out he was gay, and into the arms of a loving home that rescued him. His … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Hatred, Living, Mixing religion and politics, News, Politics, Prejudice
Tagged Gavin's Gay Friendly Group, Hakim, LGBT Human Rights, LGBT in Africa, Nigeria, Uganda
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A Gay Dad’s Requiem for a Little Boy Named Zachary, Killed Because He Might Become Gay
When my sons were very little, about three years old, there were times when I would sit back and just marvel at them. Here were these incredible little boys exploring and reacting to the world around them. Since my sons … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Hatred, Living, Prejudice
Tagged Brian Canady, Fred Phelps, homophobia, Jesse Watson, Jessica Dutro, requiem, Rob Watson, Zachary Dutro, Zachary Dutro-Boggess
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Why this question, MoveOn?
Today was the first time I’ve been asked by MoveOn.org for my thoughts on whether they should send this petition to its members. I thought it was a strange one to ask and with no explanation about why, it made … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Fail!, Prejudice, Reparative Therapy
Tagged anti-gay, civil rights, Conversion therapy, human dignity, myths, reparitive therapy
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Giving Our Ego a New Perspective
by Ono Kono Recently it occurred to me that when our ego gets in the way, we could help put it back in line with a new perspective. A little saying that I like to remember is, “Be kind; everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Living, Prejudice
Tagged discrimination, getting rid of ego, new perspectives
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Marriage Equality Foes: You’ are Correct, Fairness to Same Sex Couples Might Harm Your Marriage, But It’s Your Own Fault If It Does
For years, in thousands of same sex marriage debates which I have participated, those opposing marriage equality have claimed that if it was made legal, harm would be done to opposite sex marriages. There was nothing about their argument … Continue reading
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