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Resources about Homosexuality and AIDS
Includes articles, testimonies, booklists, links
to other organizations, Frequently Asked Questions, and news about
homosexuality from a Christian perspective. Created by Gene Chase,
a professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Messiah College
in Pennsylvania.
CitizenLink
– Focus on the Family Position Statement on Same-Sex “Marriage”
and Civil Unions
A statement arguing why homosexuals should not be
allowed to marry. From Focus on the Family, an organization with
the objective to help “preserve traditional values and the
institution of the family.”
NARTH: National Association
for Research and Therapy for Homosexuals
Presents current information, clinical and ethical
issues, papers, research, testimonies, books, and resources about
therapy for homosexuality. From the National Association for Research
and Therapy for Homosexuals, a group that makes psychological
therapy available to gays and lesbians who want to change.
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American
Civil Liberties Union: Lesbian and Gay Rights
Includes news, laws, court cases, position papers,
fact sheets, and publications in defense of lesbian and gay rights.
From the American Civil Liberties Union, a national organization
that works “to defend and preserve the individual rights
and liberties guaranteed to all people” of the United States.
GLAAD – Gay &
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Includes news headlines, publications, resource kits
on a variety of topics including gay marriage, and information
on media and TV programs. From The Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation (GLAAD), dedicated to promoting fair and accurate
representation of gays and lesbians in the media.
Human Rights Campaign
Features issues & legislation, publications,
legal briefs, congressional scorecards, and data on the state
of the workplace for gays and lesbians. Also provides information
on HIV/AIDS and gay marriage. From the Human Rights Campaign,
“provid[ing] a national voice on gay and lesbian issues.”
OutProud
Presents news, coming-out stories, online brochures,
and more. From The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
& Transgender Youth, a group that “serves the needs
of these young men and women by providing advocacy, information,
resources and support.”
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Queer Legal
Resources
Links to information on court cases dealing with
gay issues. From The Queer Resources Directory (QRD), “an
electronic research library specifically dedicated to sexual minorities.”
FindLaw:
Bowers v. Hardwick
Provides the text of this 1986 U.S. Supreme Court
case that allowed states to criminalize sodomy on the grounds
of public morality. From FindLaw, begun in 1995 as a list of Internet
resources compiled by engineer and attorney Timothy Stanley and
attorney Stacy Stern and now owned by the publisher West Group.
FindLaw:
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. et al
Provides the text of this U.S. Supreme Court case
regarding same sex sexual harassment. From FindLaw, begun in 1995
as a list of Internet resources compiled by engineer and attorney
Timothy Stanley and attorney Stacy Stern and now owned by the
publisher West Group.
Legal
Information Institute: Lawrence v. Texas
Provides the text of this 2003 U.S. Supreme Court
decision that ruled state sodomy laws as unconstitutional and,
thus, overturned the Court’s previous decision made in the
1986 case Bowers v. Hardwick. From the Legal Information Institute,
co-founded by a Professor of Law and former Director of Educational
Technologies at Cornell Law School.
Supreme
Court strikes down Texas sodomy law
An article from the CNN.com/Law Center discussing
the 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas that
ruled state sodomy laws as unconstitutional and, thus, overturned
the Court’s previous decision made in the 1986 case Bowers
v. Hardwick.
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