Welcome to a weekly round up of news related to the gay, lesbian, bi, trans, and otherwise “Other” community.
- We’ll start off with grin-worthy story from the least expected place. While attending the hyper-right wing “Family Impact Summit” (or: “How can we use neutral rhetoric to support an agenda of hate?”), Jim at Box Turtle Bulletin watched as a member of the audience – a lesbian and mother of a seven-year-old – put the panelists in their place. And all she did was ask simple, straightforward questions that cut through the thick haze of b.s. that passes for ‘evidence’:
Peter Sprigg [from the Family Research Council] jumped in to assert that “without question” the best family structure was headed by a man and a woman. But Cathy persisted:
…But now you’re devaluing, what, over fifty percent of the children who live with one parent or that one parent as died or that they’re divorced and now they’re just living with one parent. You’re devaluing them and that’s not fair.
Right on. It’s a shame someone has to make such obvious points, but we’ve learned not to accept better from this crowd: Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’intrate. At least for today, we can applaud one woman who braved that viper’s nest.
- Here’s what happens when you don’t have enough brave people: fearing a split in the Anglican Church over ordination of gay clergy and recognition of same-sex marriage, the American branch has caved to the demands of bigotry and supported a moratorium on both. This, despite widespread support for by U.S. Episcopal leaders:
The leaders of the 2.3 million US Episcopalians, however, reaffirmed their commitment to the civil rights of homosexuals and opposed “actions or policies that does violence to them, encourages violence towards them or violates their dignity as children of God.”
Nevertheless, violation of their dignity as children of God will continue “until a broader consensus is reached.” (h/t Pam’s House Blend)