Monday, June 13, 2011

Heroic News: “Gays outraged by Target's 'neutral' stance on gay 'marriage' in MN” plus 8 more

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Gays outraged by Target's 'neutral' stance on gay 'marriage' in MN

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:14 AM PDT

The Minneapolis-based big box retailer has long been a major sponsor of Twin Cities Pride, one of the largest LGBT celebrations in the country, but political giving to candidates who oppose LGBT 'rights' has prompted Twin Cities Pride to defend itself over accepting Target’s sponsorship.

Court to decide whether Prop. 8 judge's relationship should wipe out gay marriage ruling

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:06 AM PDT

A federal district judge in San Francisco has scheduled a hearing Monday over whether the retired federal judge who struck down California's ban on same-sex 'marriage' should have his ruling wiped from the legal record because of his relationship with a man.

Pole dancing classes for 3-year olds?

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:58 AM PDT

To the tiny students at this dance studio, the moves are totally innocent. In fact, they are being instructed in the sleazy art of pole dancing. And their age? As young as three.

Middle-aged American man posed as lesbian blogger from Syria

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:10 AM PDT

Gay and political activists reacted angrily Monday after discovering a blog purportedly written by a gay woman detained by Syrian authorities was the work of an American university student living in Scotland.

Could prenatal DNA testing open Pandora's box?

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:07 AM PDT

Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus. And suppose that DNA could reveal not only medical conditions like Down syndrome, but also things like eye color and height. And the risk for developing depression or Alzheimer's disease.

HHS offers Medicaid guidance for same sex 'couples'

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Late last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services clarified that same-sex couples are entitled to the same protections that exist for heterosexual 'couples' when one member enters a nursing home.

Abortion good, circumcision bad: celebrity empty-headedness on grand display

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:50 AM PDT

When Russell Crowe, "known for his erratic mood swings and difficult temperament," recently "tweeted" on the topics of male circumcision and abortion, the "critically acclaimed actor" exhibited distressingly crappy reasoning.

Poverty of porn

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:12 AM PDT

The opposite of eroticism, of sexually charged consciousness, is not abstinence but pornography. Like light and dark are two sides of the same coin, so are eroticism and abstinence.

Texas' Perry assails Obama on abortion

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, accused the Obama administration on Sunday of transforming abortion into a U.S. export and breaking faith with the nation's founding principles by supporting taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research.