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  • James Kirchick's "Queers for Palestine?"
    "Israel is not 'an oasis of liberal tolerance,' and Palestine is not 'a reactionary religious backwater.'"
  • Noah's Arc
    "I know that the show has been canceled, and I must say it hurts like hell."
  • Mass. Couples Sue for Federal Rights
    "While I am happy that certain places like Mass. have state laws that recognize same-sex couples, the majority of Americans do not live under such laws."
  • Defining Hate
    "To Debbie in Sonoma, I suggest that you need to re-examine your definition of hate."
  • Separation of Church, State, and Hate
    "As United States Citizens, Taxpayers, Contributors to Society, Veterans, and first and foremost, Human Beings, we should NEVER have to 'ask' for Equality!"
  • A Gay Rights Issue That's Not About Marriage
    "On February 12, 2009. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N Y) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) reintroduced the United American Families Act (UAFA), a bill which seeks to provide U.S. citizens the right to sponsor their same-sex foreign national partners for immigration."
  • Stop Calling Us Haters!
    "I am so angry that this campaign is calling us who voted YES as people who hate. My yes vote does not mean I hate you."
  • Response to "Here Come the Brides" by Michael Fairman
    "Hey, AMC...the U-haul stereotype -- it's not true. You have not given me a character or a love story to fall in love with!"
  • Civil Unions CAN Be Equal to Marriage!
    "In the case of legal arrangements between Gay or Straight couples, separate CAN INDEED be equal if the legal benefits and responsibilities are exactly the same."
  • Criticism of President Obama
    "I'll start by stating that I'm a gay male who voted for Obama. I can't believe the criticism I'm reading from some of your readers on his 'inaction' on GLBT rights."
  • Queers for Palestine?
    "Mr. Kirchick's article 'Queers for Palestine' is blatant Zionist propaganda."
  • Equal Rights for All?
    "How soon will this president address the inequality issue?"
  • Civil Unions Are Not Equal
    "Obama is one of many who seem to think creating 'civil unions' that extend the exact same rights to gays is an equal substitute for 'marriage.'"
  • SUU Honors LDS Church President at Commencement
    "The selection of Monson to speak at SUU's commencement only furthers the perception of SUU as a public institution and brings into question again SUU's commitment to diversity."
  • Obama's Bigotry
    "Rick Warren and his fellow bigots love to quote the Bible to prove their bigotry is divinely inspired."
  • Let's Prioritize
    "All I seem to be constantly hearing from gay advocates is the marriage battle."
  • Prop. 8 and Rick Warren
    "It is very sad to see that in 2008, a right of a minority group is being decided by a majority vote."
  • Hitched in Frisco
    "They can't take away our rights on the same day we finally have a person of color elected into the White House. It just doesn't fit."
  • Support Our People in Utah
    "Having lived in Salt Lake City for ten years, I know that Utah's LGBT people are carrying on a courageous struggle in the shadow of one of the most powerful and homophobic organizations in the country--- the LDS Church."
  • Inclusion of Reverend Warren in Inauguration
    "JFK didn't go out of his way to demean African-Americans at his inauguration by asking a blatant racial bigot to give the invocation."
  • Antigay Reverend Rick Warren
    "The rationalization that is being used to defend President-elect Obama's choice of Pastor Warren to give the invocation shows a shocking lack of understanding and compassion to the GLBT community and their allies."
  • Rick Warren's Role in the Inauguration
    "The impact of Obama's 'inclusiveness' has totally been negated by choosing Rick Warren to be part of the Inauguration."
  • Letter to California
    "We respectfully request a refund of the county clerk fees and all expenses your state cost us to falsely come to California to marry."
  • The Road to Equality
    "The LGBT community knew that Obama overstated his claim to champion equal rights for LGBT people from the beginning of his candidacy, yet we still supported him."
  • Let's Boycott Obama
    "I really believed Obama was different from all the other lying politicians. Now he shows he is just as bad by choosing Rick Warren, who says my marriage is the same as incest and pedophilia."