Gay parents bashed on hidden camera show
ABC staged a scene where gay parents were harassed by their waitress in a Texas diner. Some bystanders had some strong reactions while others ignored it.
The hidden camera show What Would You Do? has run a number of segments on homosexuality:
Two men use Skype to have a legal wedding in Texas
Mark Reed and Dante Walkup just got legally married in Texas, where gay marriage is not legal. How did they do it? It’s called “e-marriage.”
They found a creative way around inequality. The two men and their families joined together in Texas. The wedding was officiated by a woman who was in Washington D.C.—where gay marriage is legal—using Skype.
According to the report by Dallas Voice, the couple wanted to have their wedding in Texas to be with their families and friends.
“It was very important that all of our family came. It was the first time they actually met, even though we’ve been together 10 years. If we had to go to D.C., there’s no way we could have had the people there who we wanted to be there.”
The couple were married on October 10th, 2010 (10/10/10) at a hotel in Dallas, Texas, with a projection screen behind them.
According to the report, there are no laws against e-weddings in Washington D.C., so the men understand that their marriage could be debated in court.
The couple had to first go to Washington D.C. to register. The marriage license was then mailed to them a few days after their wedding.
Gay Texas councilman gives emotional testimony against bullying
In response to recent suicides by gay teens, Fort Worth city councilman Joel Burns reaches out to GLBT teens with an emotional personal story.
(via Huffington Post)
Texas Town Furious Over Play About Gay Jesus
Residents of Stephenville, Texas are upset over Tarleton State University hosting a student production of “Corpus Christi,” which depicts a gay Jesus performing a same-sex wedding for two of his apostles.
Residents of Stephenville are outraged, according to Fox News. People are pressuring the university to stop the performance, which is set to Saturday at 8am. AOL News reports that the university is limiting attendance to students and family members for safety concerns. The play was also moved to 8am.
The 1998 play was written by Terrence McNally and depicts Jesus and the Apostles living in the modern day as gay men. In the play, Jesus kisses Judas at the Pontius Pilate High School’s senior prom and adminsters the gay marriage of two apostles.
According to the Fox News report:
“It infuriates me that somebody would be given a platform to be able to demean and degrade the Son of God,” said David Harris, pastor of the town’s Hillcrest Church of Christ. “I’m angry about it and every Christian should be.”
Though the play has won multiple awards, it has been subject to criticism by Christian groups. The playwrite has even received death threats, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
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