Marriage Equality Could Save Tax Dollars….and More

Even if you do not believe in equality for all humans, you must admit the idiocy of tax dollars being spent as a direct result of the government’s own discrimination. I imagine this Gay Divorce Welfare Program would be totally unnecessary if our country had Marriage Equality.

THINK. If hetero-sexual* marriages have a 50% divorce rate, then I assume homo-loving marriages have the same percentage. Now imagine how many LGBT Americans end up on welfare due to an ex’s greed and vengence (you’ll NEVER know how many; the closet keeps most hidden from view). But wouldn’t a legal and just separation for LGBT couples be better for our tax base? If not for the sake of EQUALITY, how about for the sake of ecomonic prudence?

Read more at gaytaxprotest.blogspot.com.

Philly 11 - Court Says No Leg To Stand On

A federal appeals court has dismissed the “civil rights” complaint by 11 Philadelphia citizens who are proclaiming to be Christians even though they appear to be full of hate. A ruling states they have no cause against the First Amendment rights the organizers of the city’s Outfest celebration back in 2004.

“The city has an interest in ensuring that a permit-holder can use the permit for the purpose for which it was obtained,” this week’s opinion from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. “This interest necessarily includes the right of police officers to prevent counter-protestors from disrupting or interfering with the message of the permit-holder.”

The decision upheld a previous court’s dismissal of the case which was a gross demonstration of hate and and discrimination towards the GLBT community.

Hooray for justice!

FDA Discriminates Against Gays - Not Red Cross

I’m going to leave the post up, but here is something someone brought to my attention by T. A. Ferguson, you can read his blog HERE. The Red Cross does not set the screening policies, they are set by the FDA. Read more

The E.U. Likes Us - But What’s Not To Like

A recent survey, published earlier this month takes a look at discrimination in the European Union. It demonstrated a growing acceptance of the LGBT community within the E.U., but a press release from the International Lesbian and Gay Association shows there is more work to do. Read more

UN Urges Lift of HIV+ Travel Ban

At the opening of a two-day meeting in the General Assembly of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon called for an end to all discrimination against people with HIV or AIDS, including travel restrictions imposed on them by some countries.

“I call for a change in laws that uphold stigma and discrimination, including restrictions on travel for people living with HIV,” he said.

A letter signed by 345 nongovernmental organizations was sent to leaders and ambassadors of concerned countries to urge them to lift the restrictions.

According to UNAIDS, 74 countries place restrictive measures on HIV-positive citizens, including noting the disease on their passports.

Twelve nations prohibit entry to anyone carrying the AIDS virus: Armenia, Colombia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sudan, the United States, and Yemen.

Most of these countries claim there are public-health concerns that justify the restrictions.

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