With the recent victories for equal marriage rights in California and Washington state, full marriage rights for same-sex couples is finally on the legislative agenda in Springfield. But standing in the way is Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George, who can be …

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Chicago’s Cardinal George recently got himself in hot water by comparing gay rights demonstrators to the KKK, then defending that comment on at least two occasions subsequently, before finally saying “sorry” in a short note posted on the Archdiocesan website. …

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Scott Lively, widely seen as the principal North American promoter of Uganda’s infamous “kill-the-gays bill,” was recently honored by the anti-gay hate group “Americans For Truth About Homosexuality” in Arlington Hts, IL. While Lively and AFTAH founder Peter LaBarbera have …

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Joe Murray of the Catholic, pro-LGBT Rainbow Sash organization is interviewed by Bob Schwartz of the Gay Liberation Network regarding a forthcoming protest against Chicago Cardinal Francis George at Holy Name Cathedral on February 13, 2011. Originally broadcast February 11, …

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Many LGBTs were lynched both before and after the murder of Wyoming gay college student Matthew Shepard in 1998.  Several gay riots happened before the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion.  What made both events different from many other similar ones was that …

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Uploaded on Nov 7, 2008 Gay Liberation Network call in talk show with hosts Bob Schwartz & Buddy Bell. Uploaded on Nov 7, 2008 Gay Liberation Network call in talk show with hosts Bob Schwartz & Thomas Goree. GAY PRIDE …

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