Rick Perry’s conversion therapy comments were cruel to gays
The saddest reality of the new GOP party platform and Gov. Perry’s comments about our LGBT citizens and “conversion therapy” isn’t just the stupidity of equating homosexuality with the disease of...
View ArticleThe Bible and gay marriage: Should we still stone witches, too?
Re: “Bigotry or beliefs?” by Patricia Johnson, June 18 Letters. Oh, brother, are we throwing Bible verses around again? Ms. Johnson kindly points out some verses from Leviticus that condemn...
View ArticleGreg Abbott’s marriage rationale isn’t rational, and not just for gay couples
Re: “AG: Procreation is reason for ban — Abbott files state’s appeal of ruling finding laws unconstitutional,” Wednesday news story. Greg Abbott is going to court again! This time he claims that...
View ArticleMarriage is just for procreation? What about heterosexual couples who can’t...
Marriage for procreation? The state of Texas puts forward its interest in “natural” procreation, claiming that interest is sufficient to warrant its banning same-sex marriage. Apparently, the state...
View ArticleProcreation and Texas marriage laws
Complementary biology Re: “A Legal Reach — Abbott’s argument against gay marriage irrational,” Monday Editorials. “We did not make ourselves,” St. Augustine wrote. Someone created us. It’s undeniable...
View ArticleWhat about churches’ rights on gay marriage?
Re: “A Legal Reach — Abbott’s argument against gay marriage irrational,” Monday Editorials. At the end of the article, your editor wrote: “This newspaper, which opposed Texas’ constitutional amendment...
View ArticleChurches shouldn’t discriminate
Re: “What about churches’ rights on gay marriage?” by Kevin Loyd, Saturday Letters. Mr. Loyd apparently thinks it is appropriate for churches to deny membership to homosexuals. I would think that a...
View ArticleGreg Abbott’s brief is brilliant
Re: “A Legal Reach — Abbott’s argument against gay marriage irrational,” Monday Editorials. In expressing your opposition to Attorney General Greg Abbott’s brief supporting the Texas constitutional...
View ArticleMarriage amendment needed?
Re: “Gay marriage court victories end — Federal judge in New Orleans upholds ban; 21 challenges successful,” Thursday news story. The ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman on the...
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Don’t compare Michael Sam and Josh Brent
Dallas Cowboys practice squad player Michael Sam (right) defensive end George Selvie run a drill during practice Thursday, September 4, 2014 at their Valley Ranch facility in Irving, Texas. (Staff...
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Gay marriage
n this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Ana Rendon and Michelle Guerra leave the Clark County Marriage License Bureau after receiving their marriage license Downtown Las Vegas on Thursday,...
View ArticleLogic from the bad old days
Re: “Silence on gay marriage — Supreme Court justices’ inaction is activism itself, says Mark Davis,” Wednesday Viewpoints. To illustrate the resilience of the old states’ rights mantra, one only...
View ArticleArrogance in Houston
Re: “Shameful Subpoenas — Houston oversteps bounds in seeking sermons,” Wednesday Editorials. Thank you to The Dallas Morning News for your editorial in opposition to Houston Mayor Annise Parker’s...
View ArticlePlano did the right thing
Re: “Many blast new LGBT rights policy — Emails running against it; social media comments more supportive,” Wednesday Metro story. Many residents were angered when the Plano City Council extended...
View ArticleChrist didn’t discriminate
Re: “Petition targets rights ordinance — Groups oppose policy on gender identity, sexual orientation,” Thursday news story. Let’s follow the words of Christ Reading your story on the groups that are...
View ArticleNo right to impose religious beliefs on others
Re: “Bias ban foes push petitions — Cruz’s father joins rally opposing ordinance on gay discrimination,” Thursday Metro story. I understand a group in Plano claiming to be Christian is demanding that...
View ArticleMarriage is the union of two people
Re: “Judges talk of sex, laws, eight-track tapes — Federal appeals panel listens to arguing attorneys from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,” Saturday news story. Where is it written that — as Solicitor...
View ArticlePro/con: Plano is showing its true colors | Jacquielynn Floyd out of touch...
Re: “Plano could smash stereotype with vote,” by Jacquielynn Floyd, Monday Metro column. Showing Plano’s true colors Because some church leaders have drawn up church-based lines in this issue, the...
View ArticlePlano residents should stand up to the self-righteous few
Discrimination lessens others Re: “Plano could smash stereotype with vote,” by Jacquielynn Floyd, Monday Metro column. Nondiscrimination ordinances propel equality; they don’t impinge upon free speech...
View ArticlePlano: not just for Christians
Re: “Out of touch with Christians,” by Dale Strimple, Tuesday Letters. Perhaps I am living in a fog, but I wasn’t aware that the city of Plano was just for Christians and their values. Within the city...
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