This post Stolen: The story is complete Bullshit, made up by GayINC..

 

stolen from “Maybe it’s me blog”

this is complete bullshit..

In a new study on college students, the phrase “that’s so gay” proved to be hostile and harmful.
Researchers learned this info through a survey among 114 gay, lesbian and bisexual students between the ages of 18 to 25. They reported their reactions to the phrase for over a year.
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Data suggests gay, lesbian and bisexual college students who heard “that’s so gay” more frequently were more likely to report feeling isolated and to suffer negative health symptoms, such as headaches, poor appetite or eating problems.

Practically every respondent reported hearing “that’s so gay” on campus at least once in the past 12 months. Nearly half of the students said they’ve heard the phrase more than 10 times within the year. Only 14 respondents—or 13 percent—hadn’t heard it at all.

Hearing the phrase more often was found to increase students’ risk of health problems and feelings of isolation.

Wow, the effects of that phrase alone can do this? We really have some work to do.
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ok #GayInc where is the Outrage and protests, boycotts of these????

Doug DeVos, Amway President

In 2009 The Douglas and Maria DeVos Foundation, which was founded and is funded by the President of Amway, Douglas DeVos, donated $500,000 to the National Organization for Marriage.
The donation led to Fred Karger, president of the LGBT advocacy group, Rights Equal Rights foundation, calling for a boycott of Amway and its affiliates, including the Orlando Magic basketball team, which is owned by DeVos's father and Amway co-founder Richard DeVos.

The Knights Of Columbus

According to RightsEqualRights.com, The Knights of Columbus donated $1,425,000 in 2008 to support Proposition 8.
Founded in 1882, The Knights was "formed to render financial aid to members and their families... social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works."
With more than 1.8 million members throughout the world, RightsEqualRights.com notes that the organization has spent millions of dollars "...to fund constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage across the United States."

Jim Walton

Jim Walton is the youngest son of Sam Walton and an heir to the WalMart fortune. He also serves as CEO of Arvest Bank, which operates in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas.
In 2008 Jim Walton donated $75,000 to Family Council Action Committee's campaign to keep gay couples from adopting in Arkansas.

The Church Of Latter Day Saints

According to an interview with the New York Times, a strategist for Protect Marriage, an anti-gay organization working to keep same-sex marriage illegal, claimed that nearly one-half of the $40 million raised to support Proposition 8 was donated by Mormons.
Another Protect Marriage member "estimated that Mormons made up 80 percent to 90 percent of the early volunteers who walked door-to-door [to gain Prop 8 support] in election precincts."

Thomas S. Monaghan, Domino's Founder

The famously pro-life and anti-gay rights Domino's Pizza founder financed a ballot initiative in 2001 aimed at removing sexual orientation from a Michigan city's nondiscrimination ordinance.
Still, the company has managed to stay out of the public fray. "We're not a religious company. We're not a political company. We're a pizza company," a Domino's spokesman told USA Today earlier this month.

Terry Caster, CEO Of A-1 Self Storage

A-1 Self Storage CEO Terry Caster and his family donated $693,000 to support Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative banning gay marriage, according to San Diego City Beat.

Target

Target faced a backlash when it was revealed the company had made a controversial political donation of $150,000 to MN Forward, a group supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, a vocal gay marriage opponent. Quickly, anti-Target groups were created on Facebook, and Lady Gaga dropped an exclusive album deal with the retailer in a show of support.
Even so, Target officials staunchly defended their company. As NewsOK reports, the company has continued to be a major sponsor for the Pride festivities in Minneapolis, and also scores high on the Human Rights Campaign's corporate equality index, which rates businesses on workplace policies for LGBT employees.
"Target is not anti-gay," Michael Francis, Target's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, told The Los Angeles Times. "It's important to set the record straight and provide some context."

Alan Ashton, Co-Founder Of WordPerfect

A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ashton, who made his fortune as one of the founders of the WordPerfect Corporation, donated $1,000,000 to support Proposition 8.

Chicago Chick-fil-A Culture Clash (there some truth in this one)

Whoopi Goldberg to Chick-fil-A: I Stand With You

Antoine Dodson Thoughts on Chick-fil-A

Do you Remember this: EQUALITY IN ACTION | Postcard Campaign

Do you guys remember this fail campaign. They spent thousand of dollars on it for nothing.

the info of the campaign,

Help Equality NC by volunteering for our Equality in Action Postcard Campaign against the anti-LGBT amendment! Whether you’re new to Equality NC or have been involved with us for years, we know you care about this issue and are dedicated to this cause. You know the damage this amendment will do to LGBT individuals, youth, families, and allies.  Getting postcards signed by your friends, neighbors, family, and coworkers is a great way to both bring the issue to light and to let NC senators and representatives know that voters in their district care about equal rights. 

In order to make a bigger impact, we're asking that each of you gather at least 25 postcards from your social circles, families, friends, co-workers, organizations, and faith communities. Collect the postcards as they are signed, and we'll include a return envelope with postage for you to send them back to us. We will duplicate each postcard so that each person's representative and senator receives one.

When we provide legislators with a stack of our postcards urging them not to vote for the anti-LGBT amendment, it not only makes a powerful statement but also proves there are fair-minded North Carolinians in their district. Won't you help us make that statement?

There are many steps that go into the full Postcard Campaign.  The most important step is volunteers getting postcards completed in their communities. In addition, we need volunteers in our Raleigh office to help us process postcard requests, track outstanding postcard kits, do data entry as we receive completed postcards, duplicate postcards in order to reach the signer's representative and senator, and organize postcards by legislative districts!  

from my old post concerning this issue,

they deliver these cards on the first day of the session. Where the Senate voted and passed the amendment, the next day the House voted and passed the amendment. So in truth not one Rep or Sen., saw these cards fully till after the vote..

These Cards should have been delivered why before the first day of the Session. But those who thought they knew it all, Claim and Swore that no votes on this amendment would happen that fast.. Guess what, they were wrong.. , they delivered these cards while both the house and senate was is session.

yes that right, they blow it. they didn’t want his campaign to be a success, they wanted to fail.. Period. Just like Race to the Ballot was a failure. They ignore over 70% of NC and they wonder why we lost at the polls..

Equality NC is a joke here in NC, even before the Fruit-Loop stunt..

Look what the lesbians have done now, simply because someone said “no” to them

Vermont Resort to Pay Fine and Revise Policies to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit by Lesbian Couple

Wildflower Inn Will Also Make a Charitable Donation to Pro-LGBT Group as Part of Settlement

MONTPELIER, Vt. – A Vermont resort that was sued last year for refusing to host a lesbian couple’s wedding reception and violating Vermont’s Fair Housing and Public Accommodations Act finalized an agreement to resolve the lawsuit today. As part of the settlement, the resort will pay $10,000 to the Vermont Human Rights Commission as a civil penalty and will place $20,000 in a charitable trust to be disbursed by the couple.

Kate Linsley (nee Baker) and Ming Linsley of New York contacted the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Vermont after Ming’s mother was told by the Wildflower Inn’s events manager that due to the innkeepers’ “personal feelings,” the inn did not host “gay receptions.” After the plaintiffs filed suit, the Vermont Human Rights Commission also intervened as a co-plaintiff in the proceedings.

“We’re glad that the Wildflower Inn has recognized that the way we were treated was wrong and that no other family will have to experience what we did,” said Ming. “Although we found a different location and had a beautiful day, all families should feel welcome at any resort that’s open to the public.”

The couple planned to hold their wedding ceremony at a Buddhist retreat in northern Vermont and wanted to have the reception at a nearby inn. The 24-room inn described itself as an award-winning resort and an ideal destination-wedding location. On its website, the inn described itself as “Four Seasons for Everyone,” and said that even the family dog was welcome.

Kate and Ming will not keep any of the $20,000 placed in the charitable trust. Most of the trust will be donated to nonprofit organizations, with the remainder used to pay for some of the costs incurred in bringing the lawsuit.

“We did not bring this lawsuit in order to punish the Wildflower Inn or to collect money,” said Kate. “We brought this lawsuit because we wanted people to know that what the Wildflower Inn did was illegal. We didn’t want to stay quiet and allow businesses to continue to think they can discriminate.”

The Vermont Fair Housing and Public Accommodations Act explicitly prohibits any public accommodations from denying goods and services based on customers’ sexual orientation. The law applies to inns, restaurants, schools, stores and any other business that serves the general public. The act contains exceptions for religious organizations and small inns with five or fewer rooms, though the Wildflower Inn fit neither category.

“It may seem strange to us today, but when federal civil rights laws were passed in the 1960s, some business owners argued that laws requiring racial desegregation violated their religious beliefs,” said Joshua Block, staff attorney for the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Project.  “People are entitled to their own personal religious beliefs, but when you choose to open up a public business you don’t have a right to pick and choose which customers you want to serve. This settlement reaffirms that businesses operating in the commercial sphere cannot use religion as a license to discriminate.”

As part of the settlement, the Wildflower Inn agreed to no longer host wedding receptions. The inn argued in court that the meetings and events manager misapplied the resort’s policies in turning away Kate and Ming. The resort stated that instead of turning away same-sex couples who seek to hold a wedding reception, their actual policy was to not respond to phone calls or e-mails about wedding receptions for same-sex couples or to have a conversation in which the owners explained to the couple that hosting a wedding reception for a same-sex couple conflicted with their religious beliefs.

As part of the settlement agreement, however, the Wildflower Inn agreed that Vermont law prohibits unequal treatment of same-sex couples, including a failure to respond to inquiries from those couples or discouraging those couples from using the facilities.

“Here in Vermont, we have a long history of being inclusive and welcoming to all people,” said Robert Appel, executive director of the Vermont Human Rights Commission. “This settlement makes clear that when you operate a public business in Vermont, you can’t discriminate.”

More information on this case, including a video of the plaintiffs, can be seen here: http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/lesbian-couple-sues-vermonts-wildflower-inn-discrimination

More information on the ACLU’s work challenging individuals and institutions using religion as an excuse for discrimination can be found here: www.aclu.org/using-religion-discriminate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 23, 2012

CONTACT:Robyn Shepherd, ACLU national, (212) 519-7829 or 549-2666; media@aclu.orgAllen Gilbert, ACLU of Vermont, (802) 223-6304 x115; agilbert@acluvt.orgRobert Appel, Vermont Human Rights Commission, (802) 828-2482