Sentences with phrase «against gay equality»

seriously though, skip - every argument of yours has failed - religious views that gays are perverted and sinful (and yes, vast majority against gay equality are religious minded) has no place in a secular govt DADT repeal was favored in the public by almost 68 % - if voted on, pretty clear the public was approving of gay equality in the military

«Iain Dale says that Parkinson can not be arguing against gay equality because Parkinson is himself gay» Unfortunately Conservative party LGBT people do work against the interests of other LGBT people.

Not exact matches

One of the main arguments used by advocates of gay «marriage» is that the current definition of marriage (as pertaining exclusively to man and woman) breaches the principle of equality and thus discriminates against same sex couples.

What I meant to say is that the religion of a candidate will certainly influence his politics — how could someone who's religion discriminates against a «gay lifestyle» pass legislation that supports gay equality and abolishes the second - class citizen status of gay people?

The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has admitted — after months of secrecy — that Penn National Gaming paid for a summer mailing that sought to mobilize supporters of Maryland's marriage equality bill against a gambling expansion measure in the state.

Sen. Stachowski's voted against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) New Yorkers at every turn, whether it's nondiscrimination protections or marriage equality.

While there is significant discrimination against Gays in employment, it's not in the same league as it is for Trans people, and just isn't that big an issue compared with marriage equality.

A number of witnesses were to testify in favor of a marriage equality plank in the platform: Marc Solomon, national campaign director for Freedom to Marry; Allison Herwitt, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall Democrats.

Or republicans are actually against equality of opportunity (against gay marriage).

There are also concerns at the absence of any protection for gays and lesbians against harassment in the upcoming equality bill.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Three gay and lesbian City Council candidates ---- one incumbent and two newcomers ---- are facing organized opposition in the September 10 Democratic primary from a religious right coalition that held rallies against marriage equality over a period of at least seven years.

Gay rights experts point out that there have been no successful challenges against the religious exemptions to Britain's equality laws.

The special exemptions enshrined in the Act to permit organised religions to treat lesbian and gay people unkindly, unfairly, and discriminate against them are so wide that the legislation itself may even be in breach of European equality legislation.

What George may not remember is that Ulster County voted against him because of his stance and votes on key issues ~ marriage equality (he voted against gay marriage) ~ and he has stated that he is opposed to abortion regardless of reason (including the potential death of the mother)....

Since then, Diaz has campaigned harder and longer than any other New York Democrat against marriage equality, leading a crowd of thousands in protest against gay marriage this summer.

Fight Back NY, the new political action committee started by gay advocate Tim Gill and others that plans to aggressively target New York state senators who voted against the recent marriage equality bill, has officially launched.

Fight Back NY, the new political action committee started by gay advocate Tim Gill and others that plans to aggressively target New York state senators who voted against the recent marriage equality bill, has officially launched.The group also... Read

One of the candidates, Erick Salgado, an Evangelical Christian from Staten Island who was active in the fight against marriage equality in New York, suggested that gay groups in San Francisco and in the Pride Parade in Manhattan are «trying to ban altogether bris milah.»

In an interview with Indiewire, the filmmaker was direct about the political implications: «You can get on your soapbox, you can push your political agenda or your religious agenda, against gay marriage, against racial equality, but you can't argue about these people in their home... Equality as a concept isn't something I think we ever achieve, it's something we make progress toward, and hope that we don't slip back and lose any of it.