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A conservative website to galvanize support against Target’s ‘gender-inclusive’ restroom and changing-room policies was shut down on Thanksgiving morning by its web hosting company on the claim that it featured “hateful or discriminatory ” content.  “Our #AnywhereButTARGET campaign has been so effective that at 9:00 a.m. this Thanksgiving morning our Minneapolis -based web host (Leadpages) unfortunately SHUT US DOWN for being ‘hateful’ and discriminatory’ to try to stop this movement!” stated Lance Wray, Executive Director of 2ndVote, the organization behind the website, in a press release.  In an email to Wray date November 23, Leadpages’ director of operations Doug Storbeck said that it must take down its #AnywhereButTarget landing page by November 24. “You see, at Leadpages, we strive to create an inclusive workplace that upholds the dignity of all people. We value, respect, and celebrate everyone’s individualities and honor their unique strengths from all different w

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began a two-day visit to the impoverished West African nation of Liberia this week by treading delicately around his government’s frank encouragement of homosexual and transgender status in Canada and internationally. Global Affairs Canada ’s website offers more than 130 links to projects around the world from Kashish to Manila and Dominica with which it is promoting homosexuality, but Trudeau shied from touting the issue in the heart of a region that is strongly opposed to that agenda. Yet he is signalling that he will advocate “ LGBT rights” in an address Saturday morning in Madagascar when speaking to La Francophonie , a consortium of the world’s nations with close ties to French language and culture. Trudeau came to Liberia to talk about the $11.5 million his government was spreading across West Africa over the next five years to advance the economic and social status of women. He encouraged the development of agriculture and c

The Senate’s rejection of the February 11 people’s vote on same-sex marriage should be the time to draw a line under this long-running saga. Most Australians don’t rate it as a top order issue and, quite frankly, have had enough. Even gay marriage advocates of the Turnbull Government such as Tim Wilson , Trent Zimmerman and their fellow traveller Warren Entsch have rightly said there is no plan B. It’s plebiscite or nothing. This was the Coalition’s election commitment; failure to honour it would be a breach of trust. Gay marriage now remains gridlocked for years and few will be worried about this, apart from activists in the inner city areas of Sydney and Melbourne where rainbow flags adorn shop windows. Quite frankly there are bigger issues facing the nation. There is no popular clamour for a change to the Marriage Act. Even the left-leaning GetUp! organisation’s supporters consistently rate same-sex marriage way down their list of priorities, with it coming in at number

‘Haters’, ‘rabid right’, ‘vicious', and 'rump’: names your senators called you yesterday There was a good deal of name-calling yesterday in Parliament – all directed at anyone who supports the government’s election promise to hold a people’s vote on marriage. Senator Anne Urquhart referred to the ‘rabid right’ and the ‘vicious anti- marriage equality lobby’. Senator Susan Lines said Australia was being held hostage by ‘a Rump’ of right-wing conservatives. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young spoke of ‘ideologs and haters’. Complaining of the ‘many, many, deeply, deeply offensive emails’ she received from constituents opposed to same sex marriage, Lines explained that she refuses to answer such emails – and unfortunately for anyone who would wish to investigate this further - they get deleted. Lines argued that a respectful public debate is impossible because it gives a strong voice to those who oppose same-sex marriage and would therefore be ‘divisive’. It seems that Lines

Australia: Queensland Labor’s plan to set aside five per cent of winnable seats to LGBTI candidates risks alienating a large proportion of Queenslanders, according to the Australian Christian Lobby . ACL Queensland Director, Wendy Francis , said it would be difficult for Queenslanders to understand why the Labor Party had chosen to introduce a quota for LGBTI candidates at last weekend’s Queensland Labor Conference, but not ones for other segments of the community. The motion was put to the conference by Rainbow Labor, a powerful lobby group which advocates for LGBTI issues within the party. “The Labor Party is sending the message that it is more concerned with embracing Rainbow politics than providing policies that benefit all Queenslanders,” Ms Francis said. “The comments from Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten that ‘Labor is light years ahead when it comes to electing Australians from ­diverse backgrounds to office’ begs the question; ‘Why not have quotas for Christians an

The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed a significant delay in the introduction of same-sex marriage in the country. It's after Australian politicians refused to let the people decide whether same-sex marriage should be legalised. The Upper House voted down the ruling government's motion of a referendum on whether to amend current Australian marriage laws. It means a potential referendum cannot be voted on until the next parliamentary term which could be in 2019. Given that Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull 's ruling Liberal-National Coalition has consistently stated it wants to hold a referendum on the issue rather than pass it in parliament, it's unlikely a change in marriage law will now happen for the foreseeable future. Critics of the referendum proposal say the move is unnecessarily expensive when politicians can vote through the legislation themselves, and the debates surrounding the referendum could be divisive. Lyle Shelton , Managing Direct

David Robertson responds to the news that a Christian run bakery in Northern Ireland has   lost an appeal   against a ruling that it discriminated against a gay man by refusing to make a cake bearing a pro- gay marriage slogan. We have finally arrived. We said that we would get here but we did not expect it to be so soon. The Ashers Bakery decision given today is a real signpost to the promised secular nirvana where in the UK we now have a system of state doctrine that must be obeyed. For those who are not aware of this case   my original post  provides the basic background.   This interview   that we conducted with Daniel and Amy McArthur shows what a lovely and thoughtful couple they are, and the dangers that have come from the Equalities Commission pursuing them.  The judges have today declared that the bakers were not allowed to provide a service only to people who agreed with their religious beliefs . The only problem with that perfectly reasonable statement is t