Author Archives: ketcham

SAFE SCHOOLS — and Pflag

Posted on August 16, 2012 by ketcham

PFLAG Then & Now…40 Years of Family and Ally Voices August is Back-To-School month, and we’re taking a 40th Anniversary look at the history of safe schools work, from support to education to advocacy! When PFLAG was founded, 40 years … Continue reading →

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WHAT’S TRADITIONAL ?

Posted on August 16, 2012 by ketcham

  “What’s traditional? Is traditional when marriage (meant that) brides were bought with goats? I think it’s a civil rights issue.” –Angelina Simmons, an independent voter in Maine, as quoted by the Portland Press Herald (This quote came from the … Continue reading →

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..And PFLAG’s statement about Chick-fill-A

Posted on August 6, 2012 by ketcham

PFLAG NATIONAL RESPONDS TO CHICK-FIL-A CONTROVERSY WASHINGTON, DC- August 3, 2012 -PFLAG National the nation’s original family and ally organization, and the largest grassroots-based non-profit for families, friends, and allies of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people-issued the following … Continue reading →

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Another Gay Take on Chick-fil-A

Posted on August 3, 2012 by ketcham

The following is from an opinion piece in the New York Times on August 2, 2012.  It was written by the Dean of the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech, Steve Salbu.    “And freedom, after all, is at the heart … Continue reading →

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After the Amendment……….

Posted on July 19, 2012 by ketcham

See     http://www.youtube.            com/watch?v=5j8hAgzPz7Y. A long-time member of PflagAlamance found this statement meaningful.  It is from Justin Lee, executive director of the Gay Christian Network. He believes that many of the 6l% of North Carolinians who voted FOR the Amendment just didn’t … Continue reading →

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“Sin needs to be taken out of homosexuality”

Posted on July 4, 2012 by ketcham

Parents of the Rutgers University student who committed suicide say “Sin needs to be taken out of homosexuality”                                              By Marianne O’Donnell
Rock Center (from the website of FaithinAmerica.com) The family of a Rutgers University student who killed himself after discovering his … Continue reading →

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HAVE GAY MEN JOINED THE MAINSTREAM ?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by ketcham

What About Gay Culture? By DAVID M. HALPERIN, Ann Arbor, Mich., New York Times, June 21, 2012 David M. Halperin is a professor of the history and theory of sexuality at the University of Michigan and the author of the … Continue reading →

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Anti-Gay Platform of NC Republicans

Posted on June 15, 2012 by ketcham

Equality NC Responds to Anti-LGBT North Carolina Republican Party Platform (see http://equalitync.org/news1/equality-nc-responds-to-north-carolinas-republican-party-platform) Raleigh, N.C. – In a platform statement released during the recent  GOP state convention in Greensboro, the North Carolina Republican Party specifically excluded gay and lesbian North Carolinians … Continue reading →

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Replacements Limited: Its Stand and Its Cost

Posted on May 27, 2012 by ketcham

A Company’s Stand for Gay Marriage, and Its Cost By JAMES B. STEWART      (New York Times, May 26, 2012) In the months leading up to North Carolina’s vote this month to ban gay marriage, most of the state’s business leaders … Continue reading →

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End of the Pseudo-Theory!

Posted on May 26, 2012 by ketcham

See http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/opinion/welcome-end-of-a-pseudotheory.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=prin   for the editorial in the New York Times on May 24th, which begins like this: “Many opponents of giving equal rights and protections to gay Americans — at the workplace, in the military, in marrying and forming families — … Continue reading →

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