Gay boycott urged of 2 San Diego hotels- July 11, 2008 SAN DIEGOSame-sex marriage advocates urged travelers Thursday to boycott two hotels owned by a San Diego County businessman who gave $125,000 to a group backing a California ballot initiative to ban gay marriage. Doug Manchester, who owns the Manchester Grand Hyatt in downtown San Diego and the Grand Del Mar golf resort near La Jolla, donated the money to the National Organization for Marriage in January. Organizers of the boycott said they were publicizing Manchester's contribution now because.http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2008/07/gay-boycott-urged-of-2-san-diego-hotels.html TWO Launches Drive to Keep James Dobson Out of the Radio Hall of Fame- July 9, 2008 The Radio Hall of Fame Should Not Reward Intolerance and Lies, Says TWONEW YORK, NY-- TruthWinsOut.org (TWO) launched a campaign today to keep Focus on the Family founder James Dobson out of the Radio Hall of Fame. The Museum of Broadcast Communications nominated the anti-gay leader even though Dobson has been accused of distorting research and smearing gay and lesbian people for political gain. For example, Dobson told The Daily Oklahoman on Oct. 23, 2004, "Homosexuals are not monogamous....http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2008/07/two-launches-drive-to-keep-james-dobson.html 4 Teenagers Are Arrested in Attack at Gay Shelter- July 9, 2008 Four teenagers have been arrested on charges that they harassed and struck a priest who runs a Queens shelter for transgender and gay youth. Some of the shelter&8217;s residents were also attacked, officials said on Tuesday. The victims had minor injuries, the police said. The priest, the Rev. Louis Braxton Jr., said he was returning to the shelter, Carmen&8217;s Place, on Steinway Street in Astoria, about 10:30 on Monday night when he saw a group of youths hit a resident on the head with..http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2008/07/4-teenagers-are-arrested-in-attack-at.html Calif. Gay 'Marriage' Opponents Pick Mobilizing Over Protesting Christian Post- July 9, 2008 "The major media would love to see us engage in fierce protests and hostile demonstrations of outrage against the licensing of same-sex 'marriages,'" Ronald Prentice, chairman of the ProtectMarriage.com coalition, told The Associated Press in an interview last month. He pointed out, however, that the "battle is not against the same-sex couples who are pursuing the opportunity to marry' granted them by the activist judges on the California Supreme Court." Instead of...http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2008/07/calif-gay-marriage-opponents-pick.html Gay Charlestonians hear wedding bells in the Golden State- July 9, 2008 When Bryan and Michael decided to leave California in 2005 and relocate to suburban Charleston, they didn't realize they'd be heading back to the West Coast three years later to tie the knot. On June 14, the state of California began issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples after the state's Supreme Court invalidated the prohibition against same-sex weddings. Massachusetts began allowing gay marriages in 2002, but only for residents of states that allow it (and until last month,.http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2008/07/gay-charlestonians-hear-wedding-bells.html |