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Daily Archives: August 4, 2015
Anti-gay football analyst sues Fox Sports for religious discrimination
Anti-gay football analyst sues Fox Sports for religious discrimination
A former college football commentator Monday (3 August) filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Fox Sports who he claims fired him over his anti-gay views.
Craig James by was hired by Fox Sports Southwest in August 2013, only to be fired days later. He is seeking at least $100,000 in damages and a jury trial to hear his claims of breach of contract and discrimination.
‘Fox Sports fired Craig James because of his religious beliefs about marriage and his expression of those beliefs during a debate when James ran in the Texas Republican primary for United States Senator,’ the suit reads.
During that debate, the former New England Patriots running back said LGBTI people chose to be gay and would ‘have to answer to the Lord for their actions.’
‘We should not give benefits to those civil unions,’ he added.
Fox Networks Group said James’ ‘allegations are baseless and we will vigorously defend ourselves against them.’
‘Craig James is a polarizing figure in the college sports community and the decision not to use him in our college football coverage was based on the perception that he abused a previous on-air position to further a personal agenda,’ Scott Grogin, the group’s senior vice president of communications, said in a statement to the Dallas Morning News.
‘The decision had nothing to do with Mr James’ religious beliefs and we did not discriminate against Mr James in any way.’
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Darren Wee
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OITNB’s Lea DeLaria: Butch lesbians are the pariahs of the LGBTI community
OITNB’s Lea DeLaria: Butch lesbians are the pariahs of the LGBTI community
Orange Is the New Black star Lea DeLaria has said ‘nelly fags and butch lesbians’ are the pariahs of the LGBTI community.
DeLaria plays Boo in Netflix series and told the Television Critics Association last week that her character’s storyline read like something out of her childhood diary.
‘Butches have a shared life experience, and you saw all of it in Boo’s backstory,’ she said. ‘Being forced to wear a dress by your parents… I would hide under my bed just terrified.’
DeLaria said the only difference between her life and Boo’s was that her parents had listened to her. ‘Unfortunately, the story that they showed, Boo’s story, is all too common. Way too common,’ she lamented.
The actress continued, ‘My own community ostracizes me and thinks of nelly fags and butch lesbians as sort of the pariahs of the community.’
But DeLaria credited the show changing the people’s attitudes toward LGBTI people.
‘A large part of what we’ve done of the politics of the LGBT community has been about gaining our rights, fighting for our rights, achieving our rights,’ she said.
‘And recently it’s been turned a little bit more towards winning the hearts and minds of people. I feel very strongly that Orange Is the New Black has been very important in that part of what’s happened to us in that community – that’s an amazing turn of events.’
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Darren Wee
Houston Mayor Sued Over LGBT Rights Law — Again
Houston Mayor Sued Over LGBT Rights Law — Again
A suit filed by conservative pastors accuses Mayor Annise Parker of interfering with citizens’ right to vote.
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Couples apply for first same-sex marriage licenses in Philippines
Couples apply for first same-sex marriage licenses in Philippines
Two gay couples in the Philippines applied for marriage licenses Monday (3 August) in a first for the Catholic-majoirty country.
Maria Arlyn Ibanez, Crescencio Agbayani and their partners tried to register their relationships at a registry office in Quezon City. But officials said marriage was between a man and a woman and would not accept their applications.
Although the outcome was expected, Agbayani, founding pastor of the gay-friendly Christian Church Inc, said the rejection was still ‘painful.’
‘We were denied but we will not stop,’ he wrote on his personal Facebook page.
‘We will seek help from our Supreme Court.’
Ibanez said she will still wed her partner in a symbolic ceremony later this month.
The Philippine Marriage Equality Network had encouraged gay couples across the country to apply for marry licenses on Monday. Filings were also simultaneously made in the cities of Baguio, Davao and Silang.
Philippines law defines marriage as a ‘special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman,’ and any legislation to change it would likely be blocked by lawmakers allied to the church.
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Darren Wee
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