If prescribing to dogmatic absolutes worked, then the most conservative Christian red states wouldn’t have the highest rates of teen pregnancy, divorce and porn consumption. From the beginning I knew I was being bad. Between mooning over Aquaman and fantasizing…
The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance is disappointed by the decision of the European Court of Human Rights which ruled yesterday in Strasbourg, France that "The European Convention on Human Rights does not require member states' governments to grant same-sex couples…
As the battle over same-sex marriage heats up, the opponents of same-sex marriage are stepping up their rhetoric. It’s not surprising.The idea of marriage for most people involves the idea of consummating that marriage and that means SEX. The idea…
Do We Need a More Nuanced View of Sexuality? - a response from Joan Garrity I've always been firmly in the "orientation is hardwired" camp, but this article* made me think...If we put any stock in the Kinsey Scale, then…
Am I really hearing this in America? Go to YouTube and type in "anti-semitism and occupy wall street" and hear what I heard. I’m Jewish. I have never, in my lifetime, worried about Nazi Germany being repeated. Until now. Occupy…
Wouldn’t that be a silly headline and a ridiculous debate? And yet, we have the same debate about sexuality education. In an opinion piece published in the New York Times, Robert P. George and Melissa Moschella took the position that a new…
Today we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. It's a time to mourn the thousands of victims of that day's unfathomable violence and the millions around the globe who have suffered in its aftermath. Children…
A message of hope from 1922 - as true today as it was when our country was first founded. William Allen White won a 1923 Pulitzer Prize for his editorial, "To an Anxious Friend," published in the Emporia Gazette on…
Yesterday the Washington Blade posted an article about Hilary Clinton's speech at a Pride rally. Also during her 14-minute speech, Clinton referenced the work the State Department has done in the past year to address LGBT issues overseas, including facilitating…
Let's pretend. Let's imagine that Mary hears that John is gay, and is having same-sex relationships while dating Susie. Mary tells Jane in hopes of getting the message to Susie. (Jane is a close friend of Susie's mom.) Mary believes…