Obama pledges to end 'don't ask, don't tell'

U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a Washington speech Saturday but acknowledged to a cheering crowd that the policy changes he promised on the campaign trail are not coming as quickly as they expected.

"I will end 'don't ask-don't tell,"' Obama said at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay civil rights advocacy group.

Obama reaffirmed his commitment to end the ban but did not give a timetable or the specifics that some activists have called for.

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I, like many others would like to see you do something for a change. Enough with the talk and promises, how about some actual action?

Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Tonight was the kick off for Pride Week Toronto 2009. The Toronto Star has a special section for Pride. This year's theme is; Can't Stop, Won't Stop.

Happy Pride everyone! 

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It has been 40 years since Canada decriminalized homosexuality, setting the stage for the rights and freedoms we enjoy today. But the battle continues

It was the spring of 1969 and Pierre Elliott Trudeau's landmark bill – which the then justice minister defended with the famous declaration, "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation" – was a hot topic in the national news.

The passage of Canada's Criminal Law Amendment Act – which, among other things, decriminalized homosexuality – loomed much larger than the New York Stonewall riots, which happened in September of that same year, recalls long-time Toronto activist Tim McCaskell  Read the rest of the story The Star.com

Priests to face 'sex drive tests'

The following story is from the BBC news, its actually from October 2008. My thought is this; If the church wants to weed out those with 'homosexual tendencies', and they won't allow women preists, then who will they have for priests?

The Roman Catholic Church has issued guidance for future priests to have psychological tests to weed out those unable to control their sexual urges.

A senior churchman said a series of sex scandals had contributed to the rewriting of the guidelines.

The authors said screening would help avoid "tragic situations" caused by what they termed psychological defects.

The guidance says the voluntary tests should also aim to vet for those with "deep-seated homosexual tendencies".