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Facebook to Receive GLAAD Award for LGBT Efforts

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Throughout the past two years, Facebook has taken many initiatives to promote and enable LGBT rights and equality. The company worked with GLAAD in October 2010 to monitor a memorial page for LGBT youth after users posted violent anti-gay images and comments. It also launched the Network of Support, a panel of five leading LGBT advocacy organizations with MTV’s A Thin Line campaign to help Facebook address LGBT issues.

More recently, Facebook launched the Stop Bullying: Speak Up campaign with Time Warner, which empowers students, teachers and parents to help prevent bullying. The campaign just launched across Latin America this week. Facebook also added Help Center content that provides guidance on how users can help an LGBT person who has posted suicidal content.

“Facebook has set the bar high for ensuring LGBT people have a safe space to connect with friends and family,” said GLAAD President Herndon Graddick in a statement on Thursday. “GLAAD is pleased to present this award to Facebook in recognition of its efforts to make their platform welcoming to everyone.”

via Facebook to Receive GLAAD Award for LGBT Efforts.

I am not a fan of GLAAD. They fight stigma against gay identified folks but then stigmatize those of us who choose to not identify as gay because of spiritual and/or moral reasons. They are clearly an activist group, not a think tank.

That said, I do like most of Facebook’s non-bullying efforts.

It’s Time to Move Beyond “After The Ball”

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First, here is an old-school stigmatizing article by Brian Clowes for LifeSiteNews.com. He uses the book After The Ball to come up with his list (my thoughts after the jump.):

May 31, 2012 (HLIWorldWatch.org) – Anyone who is concerned about the influence of the homosexual agenda on reshaping traditional values must become intimately familiar with the major tactics that homophiles commonly employ in order to anticipate them and respond in charity and truth. Homophile strategists are very adept at manipulating public opinion with an arsenal of six tactics that are based upon deceptions and half‑truths:

  • Exploit the “victim” status;
  • Use the sympathetic media;
  • Confuse and neutralize the churches;
  • Slander and stereotype Christians;
  • Bait and switch (hide their true nature); and
  • Intimidation.

via The six ways homosexual activists manipulate public opinion | LifeSiteNews.com.

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“Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are” – The Atlantic

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From Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are (linkage by The Atlantic): Surveys show a shockingly high fraction think a quarter of the country is gay or lesbian, when the reality is that it’s probably less than 2 percent  … In surveys conducted in 2002 and 2011, pollsters at Gallup found that members of [...]

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Safe in His Hand

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John 10:24-30 (NASB) 24 The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “ I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify [...]

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Congratulations to England and Queen Elizabeth! – The Diamond Jubilee

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Congratulations to the Royal family and the people of England on the celebration of the Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubiliee! I like the Church of England’s prayer for today that I found via Peter Ould. Diamond Jubilee Prayer The following Prayer, written at The Queen’s direction by the Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedralfor Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee, [...]

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The Official Start to My New Book

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I’ve tried to write two books before and life got in the way and/or I got overwhelmed with the process. However, about six weeks ago I felt like I heard the Lord say … again … it is time to tell Our story.  He confirmed this … again … with two different people saying I [...]

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