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In this web site, "SSM" refers to same-sex marriage

"LGBT" refers to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender persons and transsexuals

 

Updated essays:

As of 2013-APR, our dedicated server in Dallas, TX contained over 6,600 essays and menus. This includes our home page, thousands of menus and many thousands of individual essays. We have a goal of adding one new essay each day. We update many dozens of essays each week. We continually add to our interesting quotes section, We attempt to cover emerging stories related to religion, spirituality, and ethics.

There are lots of other religious web sites on the Internet that cover these same topics. However, they are generally written from a very conservative or very liberal point of view. They often reflect the beliefs of their webmaster or sponsoring agency. Objectivity and balance are often missing. Our web site is different. We try to explain all sides to each topic while remaining as free of bias as we can. When we do state our personal opinions, we keep them separate from the main text of our essays and identify them carefully.

Essays planned for the near future:

We estimate that we need to write many thousands of essays before our web site will be reasonably complete. Even then, there will probably be new "hot" topics emerge among the main moral/ethical topics with a religious content -- like gun control, polygamous marriages, equal rights for transsexuals, etc. These will necessitate the writing of new articles.

We maintain a list of new topics about which we are currently working on or plan to write "someday."  We have a larger list for internal use that, sadly, numbers in the many thousands of topics.

In recent months, the conflict between religious conservatives and sexual minorities -- defined both by their sexual orientation and gender identity -- have monopolized much of the news. Back in 2011-FEB, when the Obama Administration decided to no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), some commentators predicted that this would form a tipping point on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual (LGBT) rights. This seems to have happened, because subsequent months saw an accelerating rate of change towards LGBT equality. The change has been so rapid that it has formed the bulk of our web site's new essays from 2011 to the present time. With over 37 states denying their same-sex couples access to marriage, activity on a state-by-state basis will probably be the main religious/civil rights topic for the foreseeable future, eclipsing even abortion access. However, it is quite possible that the U.S. Supreme Court could eventually legalize same-sex marriage (SSM) across the U.S. as it did during 1967 with interracial marriage in the ironically named case: Loving v. Virginia.

Amazon.com's book description:

There is a strange silence in churches about biblical and theological scholarship. A huge knowledge gap exists between the pulpit and the pew. Consequently, many Christians cannot reconcile their belief system with modernity. Paul Jones explores seven secrets that jeopardize the nature and purpose of the church. These secrets, he asserts, must be exposed to restore the church to vigor and vitality.

Editorial reviews:

• "Paul Jones is an excellent teacher, as this book makes clear. Readers will learn much that is important for the life of the church today." --Marcus Borg, author of The Heart of Christianity
  
  
• "A poignant critique of caricatures of the gospel and church that operate both inside of the church and outside of it." --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary
  
  
• "Offers thoughtful laypersons and pastors, as well as college students, a theological and historical context for engaging the basic doctrines, traditions and practices of the Christian church." --A. Guy Waldrop, Director for the Council of Colleges and Universities of the Christian Church
  
  
• "A poignant critique of caricatures of the gospel and church that operate both inside of the church and outside of it." --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary
  
  
• "Offers thoughtful laypersons and pastors, as well as college students, a theological and historical context for engaging the basic doctrines, traditions and practices of the Christian church." --A. Guy Waldrop, Director for the Council of Colleges and Universities of the Christian Church.

New and updated essays during 2013-AUG:

None yet. But we are working on lots of topics.

Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo, "Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?," Thomas Nelson, (2012).

Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

Amazon.com's book description:

For all the Christians facing conflict between Jesus’ words and their own lives, for all the non-Christians who feel they rarely see Jesus’ commands reflected in the choices of his followers, Red Letter Revolution is a blueprint for a new kind of Christianity, one consciously centered on the words of Jesus, the Bible’s 'red letters.'

Framed as a captivating dialogue between Shane Claiborne, a progressive young evangelical, and Tony Campolo, a seasoned pastor and professor of sociology, Red Letter Revolution is a life-altering manifesto for skeptics and Christians alike. It is a call to a lifestyle that considers first and foremost Jesus’ explicit, liberating message of sacrificial love.

Shane and Tony candidly bring the words of Jesus to bear on contemporary issues of violence, community, Islam, hell, sexuality, civil disobedience, and twenty other critical topics for people of faith and conscience today. The resulting conversations reveal the striking truth that Christians guided unequivocally by the words of Jesus will frequently reach conclusions utterly contrary to those of mainstream evangelical Christianity.

If the Jesus who speaks to you through the Gospels is at odds with the Christian culture you know, if you have ever wanted to stand up and say, “I love Jesus, but that’s not me,” Red Letter Revolution will prove that you are not alone—you may have been a Red Letter Christian all along.

Reviews:

• This book, by a young and an elderly Christian, will help you decide how we Christians could change the world if we took the ‘red letter’ words of Jesus literally and seriously.” —President Jimmy Carter

• “In Red Letter Revolution the uncompromised truth of Jesus' teachings are given voice by two modern-day Christian leaders who do more than preach this Good News. They walk the talk and lead the way.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu

• “I started reading this book and couldn't stop. . . . Thank you, Tony and Shane. Thank you for this book. May the movement spread around the world.” —Abuna Elias Chacour, Melkite Catholic Archbishop of Galilee

• “Red Letter Revolution is an adrenaline-producing conversation with prophetic bite.” —Eugene H. Peterson, author of The Message Bible

• “I cannot over-emphasize or exaggerate the richness of this book.” —Phyllis Tickle, author of Emergence Christianity

• “In this courageous and well crafted book, we have a return to the core message of the Gospel from two Christians who first tried to live it themselves—and only then spoke." —Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Center for Action and Contemplation.

New and updated essays during 2013-JUL: 46 essays:

• U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA):
  
• 2013-JUN-26+: Human Rights Campaign issues goal. Reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling
  
  
• More reactions: Part 2  Part 3  Part 4
  
  
• 2013-JUN-26: Unexpected reactions to the DOMA ruling by liberal & conservative commentators, Citizenlink reaction
  
  
• Webmaster's reactions to the DOMA ruling. Congressional action
  
  
• SSM in California: U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Proposition 8 case, California:
  • More reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling
    
    
  • Still more reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling
    
    
  • Some final reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling
    
    
  • ProtectMarriage launches two more appeals
    
    
• SSM in England and Wales:
• 2011 to 2013-MAY: Public opinion polls. 2013-JUN: Wrecking amendments proposed.
  
  
• 2013-JUL: More wrecking amendments proposed. Bill passes Lords' Report Stage intact
  
  
• 2013-JUL: Bill passes House of Lords' Third Reading & returns to the House of Commons
  
  
• 2013-JUL: Bill passed by House and receives Royal Assent. Marriages start in mid-2014
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• SSM in Canada:
  • 2005-JUL-19 & 20: Bill is passed by the Senate and signed into law. A look back eight years later.
    
    
• Japanese sex slavery before and during World War II: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3 (Updated)
  
  
• Islam: The fast of Ramadan: Overview, purposes, discipline, health concerns, activities, etc. (Updated)
  
  
• SSM in Pennsylvania:
  • Part 1: Background. Legislative attempt to legalize SSMs fails. Federal court case launched
    
    
  • Part 2: Officials won't defend discriminatory laws. Polls show public support. 4 SSM licenses sold. One lesbian couple marries.
    
    
• Church of England and female bishops:
  • Reactions to 2012 decision and a restart of the process that may lead to the consecration of female bishops
    
    
• Predictions for same-sex marriage in the U.S.: from 2013 to 2016
  
  
• Two essays donated by Susan Humphreys:
  • "Schism within the Boy Scouts movement"
    
    
  • " 'Faith and Truth:' a response to the Popes' new encyclical 'Lumen Fidei' (Light of Faith)"
    
    
• Four essays donated by Dave Wilson:
  • The Evolution-Religion controversy: The practical need for an understanding of evolution
    
    
  • The improbability of the Universe as it now exists
    
    
  • Homo sapiens’s potential fatal flaw
    
    
  • Religious intolerance as a symptom, rather than a cause of conflicts, mass murder, genocide, etc.
    
    
• Two essays donated by Rabbi Allen S. Maller:
  • It is not Gays undermining marriage. It is the uneducated
    
    
  • One God with Many Faces: A religious view of pluralism
    
    
• Beliefs about homosexualty by the Christian Reformed Church  Part 1  Part 2
  
  
• SSM in Ohio
  • Part 1: 2004-NOV: SSM Ban added to Constitution. 2013-MAR: Saperstein opinion poll. Comments
    
    
  • Part 2: 2013-MAR: Readers' comments on poll article. APR: Quinnipiac poll. JUL: Obergefell v. Kasich case
    
    
  • Part 3: 2013-JUL: Obergefell v. Kasich case (Cont'd)
    
    
• Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) 2009 to now:
  • Part 1: Background. Basic beliefs by individuals and groups supporting & opposing ENDA
    
    
  • Part 2: Beliefs by a group opposing ENDA. Update. Senate Committee passes bill
    
    
• Predictions of the future of same-sex marriage in the U.S.:
  • Part 1: Overview. Predictions by Ned Lathery of Marriage Equality, USA. Predictions by Justices Kennedy & Scalia
    
    
  • Part 2: Predictions by U.S. Supreme Court Justices Kennedy & Scalia (cont'd), and Linda Feldman of the Christian Science Monitor
    
    
  • Part 3: Predictions by Linda Feldman (Cont'd), this web site, and Future Timeline.net
    
    
  • Part 4: Predictions by Future Timeline.net, the New York Times, and The Hill
    
    
• Allegations of Japanese sex slavery before & during World War II:
  • Part 4: You Tube video, books, web sites, etc. (modified)
    
    
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "2013-JUL: Pope Francis' comments on homosexuality"
  

During this month, we strongly recommend the book:

Marcus J. Borg, "Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power - And How They Can Be Restored." Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

Amazon.com's book description:

"Modern Christians are steeped in a language so distorted that it has become a stumbling block to the religion, says internationally renowned Bible scholar Marcus J. Borg. Borg argues that Christianity’s important words, and the sacred texts and stories in which those words are embedded, have been narrowed by a modern framework for the faith that emphasizes sin, forgiveness, Jesus dying for our sins, and the afterlife. Here, Borg employs the “historical-metaphorical” method for understanding Christian language that can restore for us these words of power and transformation. For example,

• Redemption: now narrowly understood as Jesus saving us from sins so we can go to heaven, but in the Bible it refers to being set free from slavery.
  
  
• Savior: now refers to Jesus as the one who saves us from our sins, but in the Bible it has a rich and wonderful variety of meanings having nothing to do with the afterlife.
  
  
• Sacrifice: now refers to Jesus’s death on the cross as payment for our sins, but in the Bible it is never about substitutionary payment for sin.

In Speaking Christian, Borg delivers a language for twenty-first-century Christians that grounds the faith in its deep and rich original roots and allows it once again to transform our lives."

The book is published by HarperOne, (2011), and is available in hardcover, Kindle, and in paperback versions, Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

New and updated essays during 2013-JUN: (41 essays)

• With the start of a new month, we opened up a list of "Accelerating steps towards same-sex marriage. LGBT equality, etc"
  
  
• A series of essays donated by Anthony Ashford: "Six biblical reasons why Christians should accept same-sex relationships." Part 1  Part 2   Part 3
  
  
• Same-sex marriage in Illinois via legislative action:
  
  • 2013-MAY: President Obama & ex-president Clinton support bill. Session ends in the House with no vote. Some reactions
    
    
  • 2013-MAY/JUN: More reactions to the failure to vote
    
    
• Same-sex marriage in Scotland:
  • Part 4: 2012 & 2013: The Marriage & Civil Partnerships Bill is to be introduced during 2013-JUN.
    
    
• The BSA National Council votes to allow gay youth but not gay adult leaders. Reactions by:
  • Utah National Parks Council, and two Baptist churches in Alabama
    
    
  • Additional faith groups. Brief debate on CNN by Stemberger & Wahls
    
    
• Same-sex marriage in the UK:
  • 2013-FEB: SSM bill passes 2nd reading. Public Bill Committee Proceedings. Catholic Archbishop accepts defeat
    
    
  • 2013-MAY: SSM bill passes 3rd reading in the House of Commons. Comments
    
    
  • 2013-MAY/JUN: More comments. Debate begins in the House of Lords
    
    
  • 2013-JUN: Excerpts from debates in the House of Lords.
    
    
• Same-sex marriage in Australia:
  • 2012-JUN until now: SSM backed by federal Senate committee but rejected by House & Senate. Tipping point reached?
    
    
• Updating of the "Unforgivable sin" menu and eight essays
  
  
• Making Emergency Contraceptive (Plan B One-Step) readily available to younger teens: Part 1: 1998 to 2011-APR.  Part 2: 2011-APR until now
  
  
• SSM in Michigan: Part 1   Part 1
  
  
• Three essays by Susan Humphreys:
  • Pardon and forgiveness: the highest forms of justice
    
    
  • No Ifs, Ands, or Buts; an essay about absolutes.
    
    
  • The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Entropy, Personal growth, & Transcendence"
    
    
• Timeline of same-sex marriage in Canada; current status. (Updated essay)
  
  
• Discussion of a series of full page ex-gay & pro reparative therapy in major newspapers during 1998 & 1999 and speculation on their role in parental attitudes towards gay teens today:
  
  
  • Part 1: 1998 & 1899: "Ex-gay" advertisements on TV and in newspapers
    

  • Part 2: 1999: "Ex-gay" advertisements (Cont'd). Reactions to the ads by LGBT groups
    
    
  • Part 3: 1999: Lawsuit by conservative Christian groups. Review of the TV ads 14 years later. What might have been if different ads were shown
    
    
• SSM in Canada: 2012-JAN to now: Federal Conservatives reopen attack on SSM. Census data: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4
  
  
• Developments at Exodus International: once the main promoter of reparative therapy to treat the LGBT community:
  
  
  • President Alan Chambers apologizes for harm Exodus has done to LGBT community. Exodus to close
    
    
  • Reactions to Exodus International's decision to close
    
    
    • This web site's webmaster reacts to Exodus closing
      
      
• 1993 to now: Movement towards SSM in Ireland
  
  
• Will same-sex marriage inevitably come to every U.S. state?
  
  
  • Current status of SSM. Argument on inevitability based on history of previous marriage redefinitions
    
    
  • Arguments based on U.S. Constitution, and public opinion. Conclusions
    
    
• U.S. Supreme Court rules on SSM in California (Proposition 8):
  • The U.S. Supreme Court announced its ruling: Prop. 8 is unconstitutional. Marriage equality wins
    
    
  • 2013-JUN: Reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling
    
    
• U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA):
  • 2013-JUN-26: Key section of DOMA declared unconstitutional by U.S. Supreme Court. Impact of the ruling
    

During 2013-MAY:

During this month, we recommend the book:

"Although raised Roman Catholic, Susan Stabile was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun and devoted 20 years of her life to practicing Buddhism before returning to Catholicism in 2001. In Growing in Love and Wisdom, she draws on this unique dual perspective to explore the value of interreligious dialogue, the spiritual dynamics that operate across faith traditions, and how Buddhist meditation practices can deepen Christian prayer. She begins by examining the values and principles shared by the two faiths and shows that both traditions seek to effect a fundamental transformation in the lives of believers. Both stress the need for experiences with deep emotional resonance that goes beyond the level of concepts to touch the heart. The center of the book offers 15 Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices, adapted for Christian use. Stabile provides clear instructions on how to do these meditations and helpful commentary on each, explaining its purpose and the relation between the Buddhist original and her Christian adaptation of it. Throughout, she highlights the many remarkably close parallels between the teachings of Jesus and the Buddha. The meditations offered in this unusual book will be extremely useful to thoughtful Christians, to those responsible for giving spiritual direction, and also to Buddhist sympathizers who will be intrigued and pleased to see familiar contemplations handled so skillfully by a former Buddhist practitioner who has gratefully learned so much from her former religion and now introduces the riches of that tradition to her fellow Christians."

New and updated essays during 2013-MAY: (40 essays)

• With the start of a new month, we opened up a list of "Accelerating steps towards same-sex marriage. LGBT equality, etc"
  
  
• 2013-APR: Passage of the same-sex marriage (SSM) bill through the Rhode Island Legislature:
  
  
  • Bill is passed by Senate Judiciary Committee. Bill is amended by the Senate!
    
    
  • Bill passed by the full Senate! National Organization for Marriage complains
    
    
  • Redefining marriage. House Judiciary Committee unanimously passes SSM bill! Governor issues statement
    
    
  • Full House passed bill 56 to 15. Governor signed bill into law. Admitting same-sex couples to marriage. Reactions
  
  
• Boy Scouts of America reconsidering their discrimination against gay youth, Atheists, Agnostics, and other non-theists:
  
  
  • More about discrimination against Atheists, Agnostics & other non-theists. Efforts to eliminate discrimination
    
    
  • An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "What are Right principles?
    
    
  • Reactions by OnMyHonor.net, editorial in the L A Times, Salt Lake Tribune, the U.S. public, etc.
    
    
  • Reactions by James Dale, Christian Post, Fact Not Fantasy blog, webmaster's comments
    
    
  • The BSA National Council vote to allow gay youth but not gay adult leaders. Reactions:
    
    
  • 50 religious leaders ask to continue discrimination. The BSA National Council votes. The BSA future? Reactions by persons harmed by previous policy
    
    
  • Reactions by the:
    
    
    • Boy Scouts of America, Alliance Defending Freedom, American Family Association, & Americans for Truth about Homosexuality
      
      
    • Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, Assemblies of God, Family Research Council, & GLAAD
      
      
    • Mormon Church, Metropolitan Community Church, & On My Honor
      
      
    • Rick Perry, RedState, Catholic Church, & Southern Baptists
      
      
    • Unitarian Universalists, United Church of Christ, United Methodists, & Utah National Parks Council
      
      
• An analysis of Genesis 3, the fall/rise of humanity (Updated essays):
  
  
  • Part 1: Analysis of the text: Quotations, Overview, Assumptions, Authorship of Genesis 3.
    
    
  • Part 2: Interpretations of Genesis 3. More detailed analysis of Genesis 3:1-7
    
    
  • Part 3: More detailed analysis of Genesis 3:8-24.
    
    
• Beliefs about original sin:
  
  
  • Background. Biblical references. Religions & faith groups that believe/don't believe in original sin.
    
    
  • More groups that believe/don't believe in in "original sin." Some ethical problems with "original sin." A modern-day parable
    
    
• SSM In Delaware:
  
  
  • Bill passed by a House Committee, the full House, and a Senate Committee
    
    
  • Bill passed by the full Senate. Governor Jack Markell (D) signed it into law. Comments and reactions
    
    
• Same-sex marriage in Minnesota during MAY:
  
  
  • Part 11: 2013-MAY: Visitors from New York state warn about loss of religious freedom if SSMs legalized in MN.
    
    
  • Part 12:  Text of the SSM bill. A House vote is scheduled. Amendment proposed
    
    
  • Part 13:  Church vigil held. Demonstrations in Capitol building. The House passed its SSM bill
    
    
  • Part 14:  Senate passes the SSM bill.
    
    
  • Part 15:  Reactions to passage of SSM bill by Senate.
    
    
  • Part 16:  2013-MAY-14: Governor signed bill into law. Some Christians' fears and concerns.
    
    
• Climate change and other environmental topics:
  • Information from the media during 2013
    
    
  • Specialist web sites dealing with climate change and other environmental news
    
    
• Emergency contraceptives (EC):
  • Part 2: Are EC & regular hormonal birth control contraceptives or abortifacients? (Updated)
    
    
• Four essays donated by Susan Humphreys:
  • "Can Theists and Atheists coexist?"
    
    
  • "Two foundational religious terms: Mythos and Logos"
    
    
  • "An allegory about religious humility & cooperation -- You supply the ending"
    
    
  • About hubris: extreme pride or arrogance -- particularly as it applies to religious belief.
    
    
• Same-sex marriage in Illinois via court cases:
  • 2012: Two lawsuits consolidated into one. Thomas More Society asks to represent defendant
    
    
  • 2012 & 2013: "Darby v. Orr" lawsuit attempts to legalize SSM (Cont'd)
    
    
• Same-sex marriage in Illinois via legislative action:
  • Public opinion polls. Bill passes House committee. Black pastors divided
    
    
  • African-American clergy divided (Cont'd). Governor Quinn urge passage of the bill
    
    
• Same-sex marriage in France:
  • Part 7: Parliament approves bill. Constitutionality unsuccessfully challenged. Bill signed into law. Suicide triggered.

During 2013-APR:

During this month, we recommend the book:

In our supposedly secular age governed by reason and technology, fundamentalism has emerged as an overwhelming force in every major world religion. Why? This is the fascinating, disturbing question that best selling author Karen Armstrong addresses in her brilliant new book The Battle for God. Writing with the broad perspective and deep understanding of human spirituality that won huge audiences for A History of God, Armstrong illuminates the spread of militant piety as a phenomenon peculiar to our moment in history.

Contrary to popular belief, fundamentalism is not a throwback to some ancient form of religion but rather a response to the spiritual crisis of the modern world. As Armstrong argues, the collapse of a piety rooted in myth and cult during the Renaissance forced people of faith to grasp for new ways of being religious--and fundamentalism was born. Armstrong focuses here on three fundamentalist movements: Protestant fundamentalism in America, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel, and Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt and Iran--exploring how each has developed its own unique way of combating the assaults of modernity.

Blending history, sociology, and spirituality, The Battle for God is a compelling and compassionate study of a radical form of religious expression that is critically shaping the course of world history.

Karen Armstrong, "The Battle For God, A History of Fundamentalism", Ballentine Books, (2011). Available in paperback at $10.85 plus shipping or in Kindle versions for $22.04. Used copies are often available at much lower prices plus shipping. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

New and updated essays during 2013-April: (30 essays):

Since April is income tax month, we don't expect to be able to reach our usual quota of one essay/day.

• With the start of a new month, we closed out a March list of "Accelerating steps towards same-sex marriage. LGBT equality, etc" with an amazing prediction of future states to approve same-sex marriage. We also opened up a list of "Accelerating steps towards same-sex marriage. LGBT equality, etc" for April.
  
  
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "Do people have the right to believe anything they want? Does religious freedom include the right to hurt others?"
  
  
• Analysis of Dr. Phil's "Shocking Mom Revelations" episode of 2013-APR-01
  
  
• An essay by Dr. Marty Klein, "Poor reason to support gay rights: "My son is gay"
  
  
• Introduction of civil unions and same-sex marriage in Portugal and Uruguay
  
  
• An essay donated by Rabbi Allen S. Mailer: "Mormons, Jews & Reincarnation. People with a 'Jewish Soul' being drawn to Judaism"
  
  
• Reactions by commentators in DOMA/Windsor case (Cont'd). Predicted scenarios for the outcome
  
  
• An essay donated by Natasa P. Nuit, "Spiritual evolution. The I Ching, Kabbalah, Tarot, Yogi, etc"
  
  
• Efforts to legalize same-sex marriage (SSM) in Delaware
  
  
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "What is killing religion?"
  
  
• Columbia is moving towards legalization of same-sex marriage.
  
  
• New Zealand has become the latest country whose government has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
  
  
• An essay donated by Rabbi Allen S. Maller: Jewish Messianic Prophecy Today
  
  
• Same-sex marriage in Minnesota: Part 10: House Committee passes SSM bill. Promotion of SSM heats up
  
  
• Same-sex marriage in Illinois: IL Public opinion polls. House Committee passes SSM bill
  
  
• Boy Scouts of America reconsidering their discrimination against gays:
  • BSA & discrimination. Webmaster's comments. Is the BSA discriminating against the wrong members? BSA change
    
    
  • The BSA Executive Committee's proposed new membership standards
    
    
  • Anti-gay hate groups. Reactions to the proposed policy by the Family Research Council, & the Unitarian Universalist Association
    
    
  • Reactions by the Family Research Council (cont'd), by author Patrick Boyle & by Bloomberg
    
    
  • Reactions by Scouts for Equality, Citizenlink, and Alliance Defending Freedom
    
    
  • Reactions by the American Family Association and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (a.k.a. the Mormons)
    
    
  • Reactions by Bloomberg View's blog, and their readers
    
    
  • Reaction by OnMyHonor.net & by the Los Angeles Times' editorial board
    
    
• Domestic partnerships and same-sex marriage in Nevada: Part 1  Part 2
  
  
• Same-sex marriage in Rhode Island:
  • Polling results:
    • Part 1: Summary of polling results. Polls taken 2008 & 2009
      
      
    • Part 2: More recent polls taken 2009-DEC and later
      
      
  • Passage of the SSM bill through the Legislature:
    • 2013-FEB to APR: Opinion poll. SSM discussions
      
      
• Reactions by the American Family Association & the LDS Church to the proposed BSA policy on gays
  

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