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	<description>Restore Equality Now~West Adams/LA South Marriage Equality And Community Activists</description>
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		<title>God Made Me Gay: A Letter To Louise (A Must Read)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I, as many others, have always battled with the &#8216;religion vs. nature&#8217; aspect of homophobia/homodisgust. It is amazing and appalling at how misinformed that the majority of Christians and Jews alike are on the interpretations of the Bible&#8217;s text. With so many words having archaic and multiple meanings and the sheer amount of translations over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jefferson Thomas, The Little Rock Nine, And Why We Find The LGBT Equality Movement Depressing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may already know, Jefferson Thomas, who was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the United States&#8217; first major battle over school segregation, died Sunday after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 68. May his soul rest in peace. You know in terms of the fight for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Gay Marriage And Freeing The Slaves: Was Lincoln A Coward, Too?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately the Gay Inc chorus has cranked up the volume a few notches on repubs and their support of gay marriage. It’s an interesting political phenomenon to observe. And we hope the repubs are sincere. We think they are. Kinda’, sorta.’ Of course Gay Inc media outlets are using this growing gay marriage support from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young Adult Christians Explain Gay Marriage Blahs: Why Our Generation Doesn’t Care About Prop 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBT rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Repost from Kangas Commune By Jonathan Merritt Twentysomethings have dropped out of the gay marriage debate. Why? When Proposition 8 was ruled “unconstitutional” by a California judge, Christian leaders let out a collective cry. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council vowed to keep fighting, and the American Family Association called it an “absolutely outrageous and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fidel Castro Apologizes For Persecution Of Cuban Gays</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBT rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fidel Castro told La Jornada the persecution of gays, who were rounded up at the time as supposed counterrevolutionaries and placed in forced labor camps, was a &#8220;great injustice&#8221; that arose from the island&#8217;s history of discrimination against homosexuals, according to Reuters. This is what the former Cuban president had to say: He said he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Hardball: Joe Solmonese, R. Clarke Cooper,Talk Gay Marriage, Trade Recipes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Log Cabin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch these two meat heads Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese and Log Cabin Republican executive director R. Clarke Cooper chitty chat on gay marriage with Chris Matthews on MSNBC&#8217;s Hardball. And no, they didn&#8217;t trade recipes. It was a cute conversation, actually. Matthews is always entertaining when it comes to the subject of gayness. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda LGBT Activists Focus Of Documentary: Breaking the Chains</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Gaelick.com The only thing holding the Anti-Homosexuality Bill back, right now, is Museveni, who is afraid of losing support from Western donors. If there was a vote on it tomorrow, it would pass almost unanimously. To vote against it would be political suicide in Uganda. ~NPR A year ago, three American Evangelicals traveled to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roy Ashburn Clashes With Mark Leno, EQCA, Over Gay Marriage Bill</title>
		<link>http://renwl.org/news/lgbt-rights/roy-ashburn-clashes-with-mark-leno-eqca-over-gay-marriage-bill</link>
		<comments>http://renwl.org/news/lgbt-rights/roy-ashburn-clashes-with-mark-leno-eqca-over-gay-marriage-bill#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBT rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lgbt news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re beginning to like this Ashburn guy. We like his ballsy-ness. According to On Top Magazine, California Senator Roy Ashburn sent a letter last week to CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger asking him to veto the Civil Marriage Religious Freedom Act bill, a pet project of Senator Mark Leno and EQCA. His reason? Ashburn feels the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kuchu Movement: LGBT Ugandans Are Kuchu, Not Gay</title>
		<link>http://renwl.org/news/lgbt-rights/the-kuchu-movement-lgbt-ugandans-are-kuchu-not-gay</link>
		<comments>http://renwl.org/news/lgbt-rights/the-kuchu-movement-lgbt-ugandans-are-kuchu-not-gay#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBT rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Behind The Mask How activists are using coalitions to promote LGBTI rights in Uganda. The kuchu movement is abuzz in Uganda. Kuchu is a (plural: kuchus) word, apparently of Swahili origin, that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) Ugandans have minted to describe their identities. “We do not use the word ‘queer,’” explains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya: LGBTI Activists Showcase Fight For Human Rights, Strategies On HIV/AIDS Prevention</title>
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		<comments>http://renwl.org/news/lgbt-rights/kenya-lgbti-activists-showcase-fight-for-human-rights-strategies-on-hivaids-prevention#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Kenya Imagine Written by Keguro Macharia On May 17, 2010, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) arranged a reception at the Kenyan National Museum to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO).  Attendees included members from the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK) and other members of Civil Society. This event, the first [...]]]></description>
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