Category Archives: Homosexuality

The Outings Are Coming

Thomas Nephew writes July 7, 2004: One example from 1996: When Congress was considering the now-enacted and still-vile Defense of Marriage Act, which put the US government firmly in the camp of anti-GLBT discriminators, Sen. Barbara Mikulski(D-MD) made a speech … Continue reading

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Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much

From Big Head DC: Once upon a time, there was a twentysomething boy-next-door type with reddish blond hair and a brilliantly white smile. Not one to shy away from attention, he wrote a blog called “Fifteen Minutes,” and also became … Continue reading

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Judaism’s Sexual Revolution: Why Judaism (and then Christianity) Rejected Homosexuality

Dennis Prager writes: When Judaism demanded that all sexual activity be channeled into marriage, it changed the world. The Torah’s prohibition of non-marital sex quite simply made the creation of Western civilization possible. Societies that did not place boundaries around … Continue reading

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Forbidden Sex

Rabbi Gil Student writes: The afternoon Torah reading on Yom Kippur is from Leviticus 18, the passage of forbidden relations. Included in this list is adultery, incest and homosexual relations. Why do we read it on Yom Kippur? Rashi (Megillah … Continue reading

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Ray Richmond’s Gentle Sensitive Side

If you know Ray Richmond, you don’t immediately think "gentle" and "sensitive." He’s a slashing writer and conversationalist. In his column today, however, Ray sounds like a poor man’s Oprah Winfrey as he tries to repair his reputation as a … Continue reading

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