Frustratingly, migrating to the new puter has somehow resurrected a bunch of deleted bookmarks. It's a real jumble. So apologies for any duplicates which get posted as I try to sort them out.

Doctors' fears mean woman is sent to Darwin for abortion: "Queensland Health is paying for a woman to be sent to Darwin for an abortion because doctors fear ( Read more... )

When it comes to Rick Warren, my personal interest is in challenging his incorrect statements, but of course all this Googling has turned up some thought-provoking political commentary from various perspectives:

Rick Warren’s biggest critics: other evangelicals

Barack Obama and Rick Warren: Gay Rights Activists Are Offended

Praying With Rev. ( Read more... )

Continuing to examine Rick Warren's claim that "For 5,000 years every single culture and every single religion has defined marriage as a man and a woman", I spent a few minutes Googling, and came up with multiple cultures for which this is not true.

There are cultures in Africa, including the largest ethnic group in Kenya, the Kikuyu, in which ( Read more... )

Further to the Rev. Warren's remarks, I'd like to investigate this claim: "For 5,000 years every single culture and every single religion has defined marriage as a man and a woman, not just Christianity [but also] Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism ( Read more... )

Dammit, this guy is going to give Obama's inauguration speech?

I remember scoffing when, in the very first episode of The West Wing, a fundie can't remember which is the First Commandment. I am no longer sceptical. Warren says: "God said in Genesis 1, a man and woman should cling to each other for life." Um, no, that's Genesis 2:24. That may seem ( Read more... )

Same-sex discrimination end closer: "The Senate agreed to amend superannuation laws to allow same-sex couples to leave entitlements to their partner or child upon death. It also debated a bill to extend the meaning of de facto partner, child and parent to include same-sex relationships to 68 commonwealth laws. The legislation will bring long- ( Read more... )

Huge disappointment and anger over the passing of Prop 8 is understandable, but the blamestorming in some quarters is disgraceful. It was the Mormons! It was the Blacks! As though there are no gay Mormons, as though there are no gay Blacks; as though Mormons didn't fight Prop 8, as though Blacks didn't fight Prop 8 - alongside people of all races, ( Read more... )

AND YOU, VIRGINIA.

Just recently (14 October) the Senate's Inquiry into the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-General Law Reform) Bill 2008 has recommended passage of the Bill.

And on 16 October, the Senate passed the Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other
Measures) Bill 2008 (although technical stuff means it'll have ( Read more... )

U-turn as Californians vote to ban gay marriage

(Bonus copyediting fuckup: "US: Californians vote to ban gay marriage US Gay Second Lead" lol)

More details from the SF Chronicle: Same-sex marriage ban wins; opponents sue to block measure.

More resources: Lambda Legal; National Center For Lesbian Rights; ACLU.

ETA: But wait! No On Prop 8 points ( Read more... )