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Stamp out traditional marriage says homosexual advocates

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It has long been clear that same-sex marriage activists don't want a fair and even-sided debate. They don't want honest public discourse that hears both sides. They want instead the enforcement of double standards that work to bolster their own side while silencing any opposition. To take one instance: the oft-repeated call to a standard of "live and let live" is not  really  meant to apply equally, to everyone. It isn't meant to apply to people of faith, or those who believe in traditional marriage . No,  such people are supposed to be harassed and harried for their views at every opportunity.  Their businesses should be targeted with nuisance lawsuits, and ultimately they should be forced out of public life altogether unless they wholly embrace the ideology of so-called "marriage equality." Imagine a game—say a football game—where the sides were deliberately matched unevenly. A game with two sets of rules: one for them, and one for us, their opp

Pray the gay away

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" Pray the Gay Away? " was the title of the latest episode of "Our America " with Ling. The longtime television journalist , whose new series is on OWN ( Oprah Winfrey Network ), sought to find answers to a question that continues to be asked today: Is it possible to be gay and Christian at the same time? For 17 students at The Naming Project's summer camp, it is. "Everyone in this camp has heard many times over being gay is a sin, almost as though it was a broken record," the Rev. Jay Wiesner, pastoral director at The Naming Project, told Ling. "Our hope is to be able to offer a place for kids to become at peace with you they are." Chelsea Shamy, 19, remembered being rejected at her church and at school after coming out as a lesbian. But she is convinced that God accepts her the way she is. "I just felt so rejected because I know that's not what God is. God is love and that's not what they were sharing at all," she said on