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Judge who said she’s “entitled” to discriminate against gay couples slapped with misconduct warning

Judge who said she’s “entitled” to discriminate against gay couples slapped with misconduct warning

The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct has slapped a Waco, Texas judge with a warning for refusing to marry same-sex couples despite the 2015 SCOTUS ruling on marriage equality.

The Houston Chronicle reports Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley will perform marriages for straight couples but has refused to marry same-sex couples citing her “conscience and religion.”

In 2017, Hensley, she told the Waco-Herald that she demanded a “religious exemption” from performing same-sex ceremonies, saying “I’m entitled to accommodations just as much as anyone else.”

She had also proposed to the Commission that she recuse herself from performing same-sex weddings if her refusal to do so would question her impartiality. The Commission refused.

The Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a warning to Hensley on Monday, saying her refusal to perform same-sex marriages cast “doubt on her capacity to act impartially to persons appearing before her as a judge due to the person’s sexual orientation.”

A warning issued by the commission is the second-highest order of discipline the committee can take against a judge. Should Hensely’s refusal to perform same-sex marriages continue, the Commission on Judicial Conduct could impeach her, removing her from her judicial post.

In Texas, judges acting as justices of the peace can collect thousands of dollars in personal income by officiating weddings. Since 2016, a number of them have refused to perform marriages altogether, lest they have to officiate for same-sex couples.

Related: Texas teacher claims he was fired after coming out as gay to his students

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Coldplay’s Chris Martin Once Thought He Might Be Gay and it Changed His Mind About God

Coldplay’s Chris Martin Once Thought He Might Be Gay and it Changed His Mind About God

Coldplay’s Chris Martin sat down for a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone founder and editorial director Jann Wenner. One of the topics they covered was Martin’s religious upbringing and how it affected him during a time he was questioning his sexual orientation. Martin said his earlier beliefs about God were very “man with a beard in the sky” who was very punitive, and were later influenced by evangelical Christianity. This prompted a lot of conflict when he began questioning if he was gay.

Said Martin: “When I went to boarding school I walked a bit funny and I bounced a bit and I was also very homophobic because I was like, ‘If I’m gay, I’m completely f**ked for eternity’ and I was a kid discovering sexuality. [I thought to myself], ‘Maybe I’m gay, maybe I’m this, maybe I’m that, I can’t be this’ so I was terrified. And then I walked a bit funny and I was in a boarding school with a bunch of quite hardcore kids who were also gone for their thing and, for a few years, they were very much like, ‘You’re definitely gay,’ in quite a full-on manner, quite aggressively telling me that and it was weird for me for a few years…”

Asked Wenner: “Did you think you were gay?”

Replied Martin: “[I thought to myself], ‘I don’t know and even if I am, I can’t be because it’s wrong… If I am, I can’t be’ so that was creating a terrible turmoil…”

Asked Wenner: “Did [the kids] convince you that you were gay?”

“I start to worry about it for sure,” replied Martin. “About 15 and a half, I don’t know what happened, but I was like, ‘Yeah so what?’ and then it all just stopped overnight. It was very interesting. Once I was like, ‘Yeah, so what if I’m gay.’”

“What stopped? Your worry, or the kids?” asked Wenner.

Replied Martin: “The worry and anyone teasing you and…I don’t know what it was. Maybe it was reading about Elton. I really don’t remember. Maybe just growing up a bit and having a bit more exposure to the world thinking, ‘A lot of my heroes are gay’ or whatever. Whatever they are, it doesn’t really matter. So what that did was ease a big pressure and then made me question, ‘Hey maybe some of this stuff that I’m learning about God and everything — I’m not sure if I subscribe to all of this particular religion’… So for a few years that was a bit wobbly and then eventually I just was like, ‘Okay, I think I have my own relationship with what I think God is and it’s not really any one religion for me.’”

Watch the full interview HERE.

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Coldplay’s Chris Martin Once Thought He Might Be Gay and it Changed His Mind About God

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Know Stigma // Educate Yourself

Know Stigma // Educate Yourself

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Know Stigma // Educate Yourself

Although I missed World Aids Day, I wanted to still post this.

There have been so many amazing medical advancements with HIV/AIDs that we need to remove the stigma. We need to educate ourselves.

I have many amazing positive friends who face this stigma daily. I have met many positive people in SL who still face stigma – Let’s be different. Let’s promote knowledge and stop letting ignorance win.

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www.hiv.gov/
www.hiv.gov/events/awareness-days

If you would like a photo done like the one above, Message me on here, or in world (gh0stpup resident) and I will do it free of charge!

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