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    Remembering the September 11, 2001 attacks

    September 12, 2019
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    Unification: Rise of the Thunderblade

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Same-sex marriage rights under attack again in Tennessee

By David W. Shelton On February 17, 2019 · Add Comment · In Gay Marriage, Gay Rights
The Tennessee legislature will consider a new bill that would nullify all existing same-sex marriages and deny new licenses for gay couples in Tennessee.
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Legislators, leave your gay neighbors alone

By David W. Shelton On January 25, 2016 · Add Comment · In Gay Marriage, Gay Rights
Same-sex couples have the right to legally marry in Tennessee. This statement is also true in all of the other 49 states in the union. Naturally, the backlash has become a tour-de-force of anti-gay rhetoric and misinformation with the very clear goal of stripping gay couples of the dignity and respect they have as lawfully [...]
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The Only Choice for Gays is Integrity

By David W. Shelton On June 17, 2015 · Add Comment · In Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, General Commentaries
Anti-gay rhetoric insists that being gay is a choice, but the reality is that the only choice for LGBT people is the choice of whether or not to be honest with themselves and everyone around them.
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Christians: Stop letting hate control the conversation on LGBT equality!

By David W. Shelton On April 24, 2015 · 15 Comments · In Christianity, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, General Commentaries
Anti-gay activists have brought the level of hate toward the LGBT community to a staggering new level. How should we respond? And should Christians continue to let a collective voice of hate speak for them? I say no.
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Dignity and Respect for LGBTs: A bigot’s greatest fear

By David W. Shelton On March 28, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Gay Marriage, Gay Rights
Marriage equality, or what many people call “gay marriage,” is going to become a nationwide reality by this June. Every single legal analyst that understands the 14th Amendment knows this. It’s a simple matter of equal treatment under the law. Civil marriage for same-sex couples is not a religious matter, so states are required to [...]
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District Judge declares Oklahoma Marriage Equality Ban Unconstitutional

By David W. Shelton On January 14, 2014 · Add Comment · In Gay Marriage, News
The Human Rights Campaign has reported that United States District Judge Terence Kern has ruled that Oklahoma's ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. Unlike Utah, though, the ruling is stayed pending an almost guaranteed appeal to a higher court.
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It is NOT a choice. Here’s why it matters.

By David W. Shelton On January 12, 2014 · 3 Comments · In Ex-Gay Fraud, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, General Commentaries
The discussion over LGBT rights and equality is rife with emotion, debated with passion, and unfortunately, peppered with misinformation. Many of the discussions from those opposed to LGBT equality use words like “lifestyle,” “behavior,” and my favorite, “sodomy.” Of course, there’s the even more religious sounding variation — sodomite. We talk about issues like marriage, the workplace, and even walking down the street holding hands. Through it all, an astonishing discussions, arguments, and debates are based on the single greatest myth: that sexual orientation is a choice.
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What the Duck? Why the Right Wing has Totally Quacked

By David W. Shelton On December 21, 2013 · 33 Comments · In Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, General Commentaries, Hate Groups, podcast
Yes, we are all tired of the Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty “controversy.” My own posts on Facebook on the topic drew fever-pitched debates and even resulted in one person un-friending me because I insisted that it has nothing to do with “Freedom of speech.” Once I stopped reading and rolling my eyes at the ridiculous comments on the whole ducking issue, I realized that if this was the front line of today’s culture war, then it was nothing more than a distraction of where the real battles were being fought.
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Maggie Gallagher Suddenly Thinks Boycotts are the New McCarthyism

By David W. Shelton On July 13, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Politics
For Maggie Gallagher, a boycott of this year's Thanksgiving blockbuster sci-fi film Ender's Game is like McCarthyism. Of course, such a nonsensical claim rings completely hollow because of her own sordid love affair with boycotts. She conveniently ignores not only her own organization's long history of boycotts, but that of her fellow anti-gay activists as well.
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Christians to be Persecuted for Righteousness?

By David W. Shelton On July 2, 2013 · 10 Comments · In Gay Marriage, Hate Groups
Here lately, I've been reading some interesting stories of how some far-right extremists (read: hate groups) are "ready to go to jail" in defiance of marriage equality. A few questions arise: Exactly how will they do this? Since a married couple has absolutely nothing to do with their own personal lives, what is their end goal?
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How Will the Supreme Court Rule on Marriage Equality?

By David W. Shelton On June 19, 2013 · Add Comment · In Gay Marriage
Those of us who support marriage equality are anticipating two rulings from the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Awash with the Sting of Defeat, and Into the River of Denial

By David W. Shelton On November 8, 2012 · Add Comment · In Gay Marriage, General Commentaries, podcast
The 2012 election has proven to be one for the record books, proving that simple math will ring true amidst a sea of puffery, rhetoric, and partisan politics. President Barack Obama won another term with both a majority of the popular vote and the Electoral College. An anti-gay “marriage protection” constitutional amendment failed in Minnesota. Marriage Equality laws were passed in three more states. Yes, Democrats and liberals had a good run through most of the country — but does it indicate a turning of the tide, or is it an anomaly as those on the far right claim?
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World Net Daily Lies about Gays – Again

By David W. Shelton On October 23, 2012 · Add Comment · In Gay Marriage
Looks like World Nut Daily is at it again. They have a nice article where Senator Jim Inhoffe claims that chaplains are being forced to marry same-sex couples against their will. What's particularly interesting is that a) the Pentagon's policy says the exact opposite and b) there's not one shred of evidence.
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American Churches Will Not Be Forced to Marry Gays

By David W. Shelton On August 29, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Christianity, Gay Marriage, podcast, Politics
How to sell a lie: First, convince your audience that you, and only you have the truth. Then feed them half truths and manipulated data to build their trust and make them reliant on your teet for every single bit of information they receive. Then bring out the big lies. This is how the far right has been convinced that churches will be forced to marry gays — there's not a single shred of evidence to support this claim, yet every single wingnut pundit and commentator says this without impunity. Not only is there not a single shred of evidence to support the claim, there's not a single gay rights group or a single activist that even remotely WANTS to force churches to marry gays.
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Explaining Marriage Equality: Easy as Pie

By David W. Shelton On August 7, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Gay Marriage, General Commentaries, podcast
I want to thank Facebook for inspiring me on the topic of marriage equality. One man commented about the prevailing “pie” mentality among conservatives on the issue of marriage equality — and it really got me thinking. Imagine for a moment that marriage is a pie. A fresh, out-of-the oven, cooling on the rack, perfectly baked pecan pie. Here in the South, you know, we call it a pea-can pah. For many Americans, that pecan pie was the norm. It was a pie that was only made for a man and a woman. It was as perfect as could be.
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Episcopal Church Approves Gay Union Liturgy, Transgender Ordination

By David W. Shelton On July 9, 2012 · Add Comment · In Gay Christians, Gay Marriage
The Episcopal Church has approved a liturgy for same-sex unions and voted to change the language of their church rules so that transgender persons are eligible for consideration in ministry and for ordination. In a press release, the denomination said that they will ask the convention to authorize the liturgy for provisional use until it [...]
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