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Encyclopedia > Gay agenda

The term gay agenda is primarily a talking point (a political tool) used by those who oppose gay rights. It is not definitively known who first coined the term, but it is used by many Christian fundamentalists groups and the Right, especially in the United States. Talking points are small pre-prepared arguments or phrases that political strategists issue to representatives or supporters of a party or administration to be used repeatedly in speeches, talk show appearances and debates. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... This article concerns the self-labelled Fundamentalist Movement in Protestant Christianity. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply The Right, are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of conservatism, classical liberalism, the religious right, authoritarian nationalism; or often simply the opposite of left-wing politics. ...


Its core claim is that gays, lesbians and their supporters have a "master plan" to redefine religion (particularly Christianity), marriage, and family through "special rights" and shifting focus away from Bible-based morality[1]. For other uses of the term Christian, see Christian (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... The Bible (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity (The Bible actually refers to...


LGBT groups such as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation deny any such agenda, and some religious groups supportive of gay rights such as the United Church of Christ argue that the opposition to gays is in itself a deviation from Christ's teachings. Most members of the LGBT community consider their personal "agendas" and political goals to be too heterogeneous to be grouped together into one single "agenda." [2] [3]. LGBT (or GLBT) is an abreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Aspiring Defamation (GLAAD) is an organization that claims to promote and ensure inclusive representation of self-identifying gay and lesbian people and events in the media as a means of De-Stigmatizing homosexuality, thus eliminating discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... Emblem of the UCC The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition, and formed in 1957 by the merger of two denominations, the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. ... This page is about the title, for the Christian figure, see Jesus Christ is the English representation of the Greek word Χριστός (transliterated as Khristós), which means anointed. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an abreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...


The main goals of major LGBT political organizations are to end discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations and to achieve equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons. For many Christian conservatives who view homosexuality as a choice and a sin, equal rights for those who commit sinful acts promotes immorality, and they are thus entitled to say gays should not be able to institutionalize such behavior through the courts, since gays rarely get legislation passed in their favor. They also view gay rights as a misguided attempt to take civil rights hard fought and won on biological terms and improperly assert the word "right" for elective behavior frowned by not only by Christian countries, but by non-Christian countries such as India or China, and frowned on other religions including Islam, Judiasm and even Asian Bhuddism. LGBT (or GLBT) is an abreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... To discriminate is to make a distinction between people on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit. ... Social equality is a social state of affairs in which certain different people have the same status in a certain respect. ... Conservative Christianity is a sub-division of the Christian community that adhere to what many consider to be conservative religious values of the Christian faith. ... Since its inception, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Sin has been a term most usually used in a religious context, and today describes any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, any willful disregard for the norms revealed by God is a sin. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( ▶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... For a discussion of Jews as an ethnicity or ethnic group see the article on Jew. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ...


The term Homosexual Agenda is also used. It was used, for example, by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in his dissent in the landmark case Lawrence v. Texas, in which he controversially wrote, "the law-profession culture has largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda." [4]. The term "homosexual agenda" is viewed by some as an attempt to make the argument more palatable to moderate voters. Most gays view it as a refusal to recognize their right to be called by the term by which they define themselves; it is thus an insult in the same way that referring to Blacks as Negros or Negroids is today. The Supreme Court of the United States is the supreme court in the United States. ... Justice Antonin Scalia Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia (born March 11, 1936) has been a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice since 1986. ... It has been suggested that John Geddes Lawrence be merged into this article or section. ... Negro means black in Spanish, Portuguese and ancient Italian languages, being derived from the Latin word niger of the same meaning. ... Negroid Skull Negroid is an anthropological term describing the racial classification of humans indigenous to Africa, where they predominate in most regions of the continent, save for portions of North Africa. ...


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Gay Agenda - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (1468 words)
Right-wing extremists often refer to "the gay agenda" in the most menacing terms, as if it threatened everything that Americans hold dear, and as if there were something "wrong" or "dangerous" about a group of Americans campaigning for fair play, justice, and equal treatment.
Courts in many states have made rulings on the presumption that lesbians and gay men are unfit to have custody simply because of their sexual orientation, rather than focusing on the best interest of the child.
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