Dallas News: Robinson to Preach at Cathedral of Hope
March 20, 2010 by Gay Agenda News Team · Leave a Comment
The Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, will address the Cathedral of Hope on Wednesday, March 24 at 7:15 p.m. Robinson is the first openly gay man to be elected and consecrated to the office of bishop in the Episcopal Church in America; the Cathedral of Hope is the world’s largest liberal Christian church with a primary outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. This will be the first time that Bishop Robinson has addressed a church in North Texas. The service is free and open to all. The Cathedral of Hope is located at 5910 Cedar Springs; Dallas, TX 75235.
First a gay mayor in Houston, now Robinson in Dallas. Now THAT’s progress.
Read more at: Dallas News!
What Texan Creationists Can Us
March 6, 2010 by Gay Agenda News Team · 2 Comments
In the future, it’s likely that your children will learn about Phyllis Schlafly over Edward Kennedy, read that global warming and evolution are basically fallible guesses and hear a revised version of history that diminishes the efforts of minority groups.
And it’s all because of a few evangelicals in Texas.
The Texas Board of education has been pushing a far-right, conservative agenda in Texas textbooks which is aimed at countering the perceived (read: imaginary) liberal propaganda in students’ curriculum. Lest you think that this only affects the Lone Star State, Texas is a behemoth in textbook distribution as well as national test standards, which means that what we do in Texas certainly doesn’t stay in Texas. So when your kids, nieces, nephews and younger siblings formulate their opinions through social studies and science, they will be reading it through the cross-colored glasses of the Texas Board of Education.
When you think about it, infiltrating a board of education was quite ingenious. A few religious extremists took aim at the right place, in the right time and wielded a frightening amount of power. Now, why didn’t we, the gay community, think of that?
There are many lessons to be learned from this conservative politicking in America’s schools. But the greatest takeaway is that our cause can sometimes be advanced more effectively by whispering on a local level rather than yelling on a national one. Due to the knee-jerk reactions of most conservatives when any person, issue or piece of legislation comes within a ten-foot radius of gaydom, it’s difficult to win even the smallest victory on a widespread level without a fight.
More at: Gay Rights – Change.org!
Will Texas Gay Divorce Lead to Gay Marriage?
February 18, 2010 by Gay Agenda News Team · Leave a Comment
A Texas judge’s decision to grant a divorce to a gay couple could open the door to same-sex marriages in the state.
Only five states in the union recognize same sex marriages, and Texas currently isn’t one of them.
The Travis county judge’s decision to grant Angelique Naylor and her former partner a divorce has the potential to affect thousands of gay couples in Texas.
“More and more states are recognizing same sex marriage and passing laws and amendments that grant them,” said Jennifer Cochran, Naylor’s attorney. “More and more people are moving to the state of Texas because of the economy, so the Texas courts have to deal with this issue.”
That might happen very soon. One day after the judge granted Naylor her divorce Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott stepped in stating:
“The Court has no legal authority to grant this divorce, and as a result, the State must intervene in this case to defend the Texas Constitution.”
AG Intervenes in Gay Divorce Case
February 16, 2010 by Gay Agenda News Team · 1 Comment
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has intervened in a first-of-its-kind Travis County same-sex divorce case, arguing that the women involved, who were married in another state, may not be legally granted a divorce because Texas law defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
Angelique Naylor, 39, and Sabina Daly, 41, married in 2004 in Massachusetts, where gay marriage is legal. They returned to their home in Austin and together adopted a son, who is now 4. They have been separated for more than a year.
Last week, at the close of a two-day hearing before state District Judge Scott Jenkins on how they should divide their property and share custody of their son, the two reached an agreement that in part called for them to divorce.
According to Naylor’s lawyer, Jennifer Cochran, Jenkins granted the divorce orally and ordered the parties to put their agreement in writing and return to court next month for his signature.
Gay Couple to Apply for Marriage License in Texas
January 28, 2010 by Gay Agenda News Team · Leave a Comment
A same-sex wedding ceremony and protest for the rights that are denied to Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender (LGBT) couples will take place on Friday before Valentines Day, February 12 beginning at noon. The ceremony will begin in the Historical Plaza, outside the Records Building at 509 Main St. in downtown Dallas followed by the newlyweds proceeding to the marriage license office with the crowd in tow to demand a license that recognizes their union. Flowers, tuxedos, and a pastor will make this a celebratory affirmation of the couple’s marriage while at the same time demanding an end to marriage segregation. Freedom to Marry Day is being co-sponsored by Equality March Texas.
Federal and state legislation, along with a state constitutional amendment, deny some 1300 rights and obligations that accompany marriage to LGBT couples. Due to dim prospects on repealing Texas’s anti-gay constitutional amendment and legislation activists with Queer LiberAction and Equality March Texas argue that the only way for all LGBT Americans to be treated with dignity and fairly is for marriage equality to become federal law.
