Civil Partnership Laws Protect Gays

MYTH:
"Gay partners already have the same rights and protections as straight people"

TRUTH:

We could go on forever arguing why marriage equality is only the start of reaching true equal status in the eyes of the law AND the community in general. Nothing speaks louder than the pudding though. Check out this blog post by The Michelangelo Signorile Show about a real life family's struggle.

Bill O'Reilly - The Myth Bluster

If we were to put a face to the many homo myths out there, we'd be hard to go past Bill O'Reilly. Not many people can hawk on like a 1780s gay 'fact' file like this man (burn the witches!).

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Laura Burman politely rebuts the ill-informed man gracefully; if not with an air of amusement at just how backward this man thinks, regardless of whatever delusional logic he decides to spin inside his narrow mind.

Nevertheless, we feel the need to re-affirm (*sigh*) the truth, point by (*sigh*, again) point:

MYTH:
"Socially it is much more difficult to be a homosexual than a heterosexual in America."

TRUTH:
This is true, due to the mis information and stigma painted by people like Bill O'Reilly. The challenge isn't homosexuality, it is homophobia and some people's desire to make it out to be something that it isn't.


MYTH:
"Religiously, there are people who believe that that kind of a lifestyle is against their religion and they pass that onto their children."

TRUTH:
Homosexuality is NOT a lifestyle! We believe religion shouldn't ever play a part in a public education setting. Gayness can't be "passed" onto other students. Sexual orientation is something you are born with, not chosen, regardless of "experimentation".


MYTH:
"An exposition of sexuality in a minor situation is inappropriate in an academic setting."

TRUTH:
Coming out or declaring a relationship at school is no more a sexual exposition than someone declaring they are heterosexual and are partnered. Sexuality is something that develops in all teenagers. Homosexual teens have the same right to express themselves and develop normally as their heterosexual counterparts. Sending a message that they should hide their feelings is unnatural and dangerous to their self esteem and health.


MYTH:
"There is no reason why homosexuals have to declare themselves more than anything other than friends."

TRUTH:
There is every reason why homosexuals should be open and truthful of who they are. It is important to their self esteem and normal social and sexual development. It also helps develop a society who isn't blinded by an artificial view of spectrum of natural sexual orientation.

Phew! We doubt good ol' Bill will ever read or absorb this message, but it sure feels good being on the truth's side!

GayTruth Story: "I would have died without them"

Cody Derrick grew up in a conservative Mormon home in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah. At the age of 21, shortly after returning from his mission, Cody came out that he was gay. This is Cody Derrick's coming out story; a story of religion, fear, and family.

Although we're still not sure if his family are "hate the sin, not the sinner" believers, we're so glad Cody has found the strength and support he desperately needed from his immediate family. In his own words, he expresses how devastated he is "for all of those kids who couldn't figure out that it was better to be gay than than dead".

It is truly a devastating reality for the millions of gay people out there who have either succumb to thoughts of suicide, or live a life scarred with self hate. To all the gay people out there who aren't as lucky to have accepting parents, we hope this story brings you comfort in knowing this isn't always the way things turn out.

It Will Hurt The Bottom Line

MYTH:
"Gay marriage will burden small business."
-Michael Steele

TRUTH:
What the?! We find this almost too brain dead to debate.
But Keith Olbermann takes the time to explain how silly this statement is.

It's Tradition!

MYTH:
We can not allow homosexuals to marry simply
because it is against tradition.

TRUTH:
If it were a simple matter of tradition, then this would be reality today:

Written and Directed by Keith Hartman