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  1. #SCOTUS will decide if #preschools that decline #children of #SameSex couples may receive state #funding

    The #SupremeCourt agreed Monday to review a #Colorado #law that requires preschools receiving taxpayer money to enroll children of same-sex couples — setting up an important #FirstAmendment showdown at the high court that pits “#religious” “rights” against #LGBTQ #families.

    #heterosexism #bigotry #discrimination #hate #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
    cnn.com/2026/04/20/politics/su

  2. Study finds widespread same-sex behavior among primates. Occurrence is more likely with:

    - longer lifespans

    - greater differences in physical size between sexes

    - more complex social structures and hierarchies.

    - drier environments with limited food and high threat of predators.

    In truth, the religious bigots who lie and protest that it 'isn't natural' are warping reality to further their own antisocial bullying and hate behaviours.

    lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/study-

    #nature #ssb #samesex #biblebashers #cultsofhate #religious #religion

  3. From 2018: THEOCRATIC MERCENARY ERIK PRINCE AND THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT.

    "President Donald Trumps election allowed the Christian right to achieve a new level of domination in the US government. Since the 1960s, the #ChristianRight has become the loudest voice in the Republican Party, moving their message from the revival tents and into the political arena. Continuing this tradition, Erik Dean Prince, founder of the private security services firm RBlackwater, embodies the values of a heavily financed movement in American politics, combining elements of corporate greed, pro-war fanaticism, and religious fundamentalism. Prince has been eyeing a run for political office, which would enable him to help legislate his proposals and build momentum for his fellow travelers to achieve the same in the 2018 and 2020 elections.

    A Son is Born

    "Erik Dean Prince was born in Holland, Michigan, on June 6, 1969, the youngest child and only son of Edgar and Elsa Prince, who also had daughters Betsy, Emilie, and Eileen. As documented by author Suzanne Simons in her 2009 book Master of War: Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and the Business of War, Prince grew up in a religious household and attended Christian schools; the Princes were members of the Reformed Church in America, a conservative Christian sect that follows the philosophical template of theologian John Calvin.

    "Edgar Prince worked as a die caster and then chief engineer for the die cast machine manufacturing outfit Buss Machine Works after serving in the US Air Force. In 1965 he and two co-workers struck out on their own to establish Prince Manufacturing. By the 1970s the company expanded its operations and became financially successful, as did the Prince family. Edgar Prince died of heart failure in 1995, and the company was sold to Johnson Controls for over $1 billion.

    "Surrounded by those who share their belief in Christian-based politics, the Prince family has used its fortune to help build the conservative Christian movement. Focus on the Family founder #JamesDobson and Richard Nixon's disgraced former special counsel Charles Colson (who became a born-again Christian after serving seven months in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal) were family friends. Edgar and Elsa Prince were major contributors to the Family Research Council and founded the nonprofit Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation in 1979, substantial funds from which have gone toward the effort to abolish the legal wall separating church and state. lhe Prince family also has deep ties to the Council for National Policy (#CNP) which, according to its vision statement, supports 'a united conservative movement to assure, by 2020, policy leadership and governance that restores religious and economic freedom, a strong national defense, and Judeo-Christian values under the Constitution.'

    "From Reverend Billy Graham's "spiritual counsel" to twelve US presidents, to Reverend #JerryFalwell's #MoralMajority movement of the 1970s and '80s, to Marion Gordon #PatRobertson's #ChristianCoalition (now the Christian Coalition of America), the movement to push a fundamentalist 'Judeo-Christian' agenda into the public sphere has been an ongoing crusade. Keeping with family tradition, #ErikPrince's sister Betsy married fellow Christian right figure Dick DeVos, whose father is the founder of Amway and the past president of the CNP from 1990-1993. #BetsyDeVos served as the chair of the Michigan Republican Party and now serves as US Secretary of Education under Donald Trump. The DeVos dynasty, labelled a 'family of extremists' by the Center for American Progress, is undoubtedly having an influence on the Trump White House.

    "As many readers of this publication [#TheHumanist] likely know, the Christian right calls for: mandatory prayer in school, the abolition of #ReproductiveRights and bans on #SameSex marriage, persecution of #minority groups, and funding of #pseudoscientific studies (such as those that deny #ClimateChange and promote intelligent design). Recently, Secretary DeVos instructed her office to remove guidelines protecting the #CivilRights of #transgender students. This is only one of many ways that she and her #Trumpian cohorts are ignoring the will of the majority in favor of the #theocratic #tyranny of the few. By contrast, DeVos's brother Erik, characterized by critics as a 'mercenary' and '#WarProfiteer,' made his mark on US policy through his controversial outfit Blackwater. "

    Read more:
    thefreelibrary.com/THEOCRATIC+

    #USPol #TrumpSucks
    #Authoritarianism #ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal #ErikPrinceColonialism #ChristoFascism #Fascism

  4. #Buddhism offers a nuanced approach to #sexuality that differs from many traditions: rather than condemning #SameSex relationships, core teachings evaluate actions based on intention, harm, and attachment. Early texts lack explicit prohibitions of #homosexuality, while monastic celibacy rules apply universally regardless of orientation. However, Buddhism's #MiddleWay invites #ethical engagement beyond rigid identity categories.

    🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_

    #WeekendStories #LGBTQ+

  5. The Tenth Anniversary of #MarriageEquality: How Traditional #MarriageLaw Led to #Constitutional Protection for #SameSex #Marriage

    3 Journal of American Constitutional History 899 (2025). doi.org/10.59015/jach.URIP8173
    SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 711
    28 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2025
    Joanna L. Grossman
    Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law

    papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf

  6. The #SupremeCourt just refused to hear a challenge to its earlier decision legalising #same-sex marriage🏳️‍🌈, effectively keeping that legal right in place across the US 🇺🇸💍

    Supreme Court rejects call to ...

  7. 🚨🚨 #SCOTUS rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide 🚨🚨

    The #SupremeCourt on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized #SameSexMarriage nationwide.

    The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to #SameSex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in #Obergefell v. Hodges.

    #law #LGBTQ #HumanRights #love
    apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

  8. I am nervous. Scared even.

    But part of me wants SCOTUS to hear Davis’ renewed objections so they will either decide and tell me to my face that I’m a second class citizen or reaffirm my marriage and tell that hateful dumb bitch to fuck off again.

    Gift 🎁 article

    nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/poli

    #scotus #gay #equality #marriage #law #uslaw #uspol #samesex #obergefell #gift #giftarticle

  9. #GAFCON (conservative, orthodox #Anglicans) has said that it will no longer recognise the authority of the #ArchbishopOfCanterbury.

    The statement published on Thursday came almost 2 weeks after Rt Rev Dame Sarah Mullally was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, becoming the first ever #female to hold the role.

    Earlier this year, the Church in Wales also elected Most Rev Cherry Vann, who is in a #samesex #relationship, as Archbishop of Wales.

    #religion #misogyny #homophobia #auspol

  10. A push to ditch #Virginia’s #SameSex marriage ban hinges on this year’s elections

    #MarriageEquality advocates say there’s an urgent need to overturn the legacy ban as #CivilRights come under threat.

    Mel Leonor Barclay, September 9, 2025

    Excerpt: " 'We are now essentially looking down the barrel, not knowing what could happen next,' said Democratic Del. Joshua Cole, who is running for reelection this November in a battleground seat in Northern Virginia. Cole identifies as bisexual and is a chief sponsor of the constitutional amendment."

    Read more:
    19thnews.org/2025/09/virginia-

    #LGBTQ+ #LoveIsLove #USPol #GayRights

  11. On days like today, the full #bigotry of the #CatholicChurch 🛐 comes to light: #samesex couples still can’t be blessed, but #football scarves🧣 and jerseys 🎽? No problem! Sacramental grace for fan gear ⚽️, but not for love 💔.

    Earlier this year, I wrote a comment on this bigotry in this blog post: fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_ and a general one on #Christianity’s #polytheistic aspects here: fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_

    #lgbtq #gayrights 🏳️‍🌈 #FCköln #Köln #Cologne #polytheism

    🖼️ source: domradio.de/artikel/andacht-fu

  12. #SameSex #penguin couple hatch rare chick at zoo

    July 2, 2025
    Angela Ferguson

    "A rare chick has been hatched and raised by a same-sex penguin couple at Chester Zoo.

    "The Humboldt chick is one of 10 to have hatched at the zoo, in what it described as a 'bumper year for penguins'.

    "Scampi and Flounder, a pair of male penguins, 'stepped in to help raise one of two eggs laid by another penguin pair, Wotsit and Peach', the zoo said.

    "The chicks are said to now be days away from taking to the water for the first time."

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyxr2

    #GayPenguinsRule! #NatureIsGay! #Nature #Penguins #GayParenting #GLBTQ+ #GayPenguins

  13. @TheAdvocate4q66
    "Wedding spending by same-sex couples and their out-of-state guests has boosted state and local economies by approximately $5.9 billion over the past 10 years, a new study has found.

    "There are an estimated 823,000 same-sex couples in the U.S., according to a recent report from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, and more than 591,000 have married since the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized marriage equality nationwide. About 80 percent of married couples (473,000 couples) celebrated with a wedding or other events.

    "At the average $8,546 spent per wedding, these couples have spent approximately $4.9 billion on their celebrations, with an estimated 22.2 million guests in attendance. Among them, 7.6 million guests traveled from out-of-state, generating an additional economic boost of nearly $1 billion over the past 10 years."

    #LGBTQ #SameSex #Marriage #Weddings #Economy #Hospitality #Travel #Tourism
    advocate.com/news/gay-weddings

  14. #Alito invoked several hypotheticals of what he called “progressive” #schools setting their own #curriculum, including being “an #LGBTQ+ friendly school” w/ #books that present #SameSex couples as “a perfectly legitimate lifestyle,” [#bigot] or teaching #history from the standpoint of #Project1619, which sought to reframe how the #UnitedStates talks about #slavery. [this fuckin guy]

    #law #SCOTUS #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #FederalistSociety #ActivistCourt

  15. The trend is also evident in other areas, notably a 2023 ruling that found that #FreeSpeech protections shield some #businesses from having to provide services to #SameSex couples (the case involving a would-be Colorado wedding website designer).
    
Justin Driver, a Yale #law prof, said #SCOTUS’ recent #jurisprudence has recalibrated the #Constitution’s traditional balance between #religion & #secularism as laid out in the #FirstAmendment.

    #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #ActivistCourt

  16. "Research shows #younger #Gay #men increasingly desire #older men, hinting at #fading #ageism in the Gay #Community.

    The term '#daddy,' historically referring to #desirable #older men, has grown in popularity. #SameSex male couples, more than other pairings, tend to embrace this dynamic."

    #Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Aging #Dating #Family #Relationships #Representation #Culture

    queerty.com/daddy-era-20231127

  17. "Research shows #younger #Gay #men increasingly desire #older men, hinting at #fading #ageism in the Gay #Community.

    The term '#daddy,' historically referring to #desirable #older men, has grown in popularity. #SameSex male couples, more than other pairings, tend to embrace this dynamic."

    #Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Aging #Dating #Family #Relationships #Representation #Culture

    queerty.com/daddy-era-20231127

  18. "Research shows #younger #Gay #men increasingly desire #older men, hinting at #fading #ageism in the Gay #Community.

    The term '#daddy,' historically referring to #desirable #older men, has grown in popularity. #SameSex male couples, more than other pairings, tend to embrace this dynamic."

    #Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Aging #Dating #Family #Relationships #Representation #Culture

    queerty.com/daddy-era-20231127

  19. "Research shows #younger #Gay #men increasingly desire #older men, hinting at #fading #ageism in the Gay #Community.

    The term '#daddy,' historically referring to #desirable #older men, has grown in popularity. #SameSex male couples, more than other pairings, tend to embrace this dynamic."

    #Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Aging #Dating #Family #Relationships #Representation #Culture

    queerty.com/daddy-era-20231127

  20. "Research shows #younger #Gay #men increasingly desire #older men, hinting at #fading #ageism in the Gay #Community.

    The term '#daddy,' historically referring to #desirable #older men, has grown in popularity. #SameSex male couples, more than other pairings, tend to embrace this dynamic."

    #Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Aging #Dating #Family #Relationships #Representation #Culture

    queerty.com/daddy-era-20231127