http://thehrc.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Human Rights Campaign en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:11:51 GMT 2009-12-31T19:11:51Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702431&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace From "my" perspective (for what it's worth) "balance" is "perfection" ... in that in every "whole" there must be an equal but opposite to all "sides" ... the very center of a circle or a sphere . . . Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:47:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702431&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2009-06-05T15:47:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516366&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace A friend sent this to me. For some reason it really resonnates with what I'm feeling about the issue. What if folks just stopped using all the terms of heterosexual marriage with heterosexuals to . . . Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:17:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516366&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace John M. 2008-11-24T17:17:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977498755&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace It's a new day... a new country...a new era. This is what I went to bed thinking last night. And this is what folks are mostly saying this morning. For me, however, the new day brings a . . . Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:52:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977498755&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace John M. 2008-11-05T18:52:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977478556&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace I stumbled across this on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2nsGtd7y3c   I'd embed it as a video, but I don't know how to do that. :(   This was the winner of . . . Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:11:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977478556&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace John M. 2008-10-15T18:11:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977487616&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Once upon a time, a long while back, a man was born called Adam ... then about the same time there was a woman born called Eve ... At first they saw each other as equals and their "parent" . . . Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:05:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977487616&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2008-10-24T17:05:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389055&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Freedom as a "word" drummed into the heads of the citizenry, has been taken by too many to mean selfishness and excessive pride, in thinking of what they have in relationship to those who do . . . Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:42:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977389055&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2008-07-03T20:42:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977364732&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Seven years plus of drought. Drought disaster designations for most of the state. Low reservoirs, closed marinas. GF&P unable to release trout into the streams and lakes due to low water levels. Ranchers . . . Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:57:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977364732&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Melissa The Pirate Princess is still alive! 2008-06-07T17:57:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358260&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Chick made the preceeding comment statement about "A Cult of Deception" article by Dave McGill, and I answered: That day is already here for many of us ... the problem can be looked . . . Sat, 31 May 2008 17:59:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358260&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2008-05-31T17:59:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977349739&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace In today's political climate, there is a great divide between some Conservatives and some Liberals,  that have played out here on Gather, and everywhere else, with a lot of conflict over being . . . Tue, 20 May 2008 22:08:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977349739&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2008-05-20T22:08:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977301751&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Liz, you are probably aware that I generally steer clear of poetry (as if I were "racist" towards it) because I probably do not "under"-stand most of it ... taking it at "face" . . . Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:17:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977301751&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2008-04-04T19:17:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296433&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Eric's partner Joe had taken his parents out flying that morning, but Eric hadn't heard from them all day and had a bad feeling about it. He called the airport and was told there had . . . Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:30:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296433&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace John M. 2008-03-29T16:30:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977287829&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Everything in time and space is about change ... the most noticeable to humans have been those involving cycles of relative completion, such as the 24 hour period of the day ... then comes the seasons . . . Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:02:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977287829&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2008-03-18T23:02:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977280671&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Ever wonder what folks say about you when you leave the room? Here is a chance that gay and lesbian folks have to hear what conservative christian republicans say about us when they think no one . . . Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:38:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977280671&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace John M. 2008-03-10T14:38:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977272645&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace live what you want to be surround humanity with love & kindness empathy & compassion patience & understanding goodwill & generosity they will learn from their . . . Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:02:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977272645&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Wendy*~temporarily MIA ~* O. 2008-03-01T16:02:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977245727&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Not only do I wish that you would take the time to read this, but I also hope that your morals and values toward humanity kick in and allow you to sign the petition, as well.  The article: . . . Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:31:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977245727&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Wendy*~temporarily MIA ~* O. 2008-01-31T21:31:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977229592&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace  Gotcha -keep reading, you'll find it. I wasn't lying.   I'm not sure where to start this article. There are sadly, so many options. It all started when I read an . . . Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:30:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977229592&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Wendy*~temporarily MIA ~* O. 2008-01-14T18:30:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977204941&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace If you never do anything else, you had better Book Mark the linked article because it will tell you why our government does the things it does in the middle east associated with energy fields ... even . . . Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:14:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977204941&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2007-12-16T06:14:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197212&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Michael Guest, the US ambassador to Romania from 2000 to 2004 has quit the state department after 26 years of foreign service in his frustration over the department's treatment of its gay workers. . . . Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:29:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197212&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace John M. 2007-12-07T17:29:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192136&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Many on Gather that lean to the Right politically, insist upon "FACTs" from the Left, which must have what they call "Valid" sources. No source that does not meet their approval is . . . Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:18:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192136&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2007-12-02T07:18:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180755&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace I do not see any potential problems that are to be ascribed to the system itself as much as to the philosophy of the people in the upper levels of the system. All of our 'systems' are hierarchical . . . Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:30:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180755&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace Jerry Kays 2007-11-18T19:30:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170644&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has released a report  (a full version--all 164 pages--can be found here ) condemning abstinance only education. The programs that teach abstinance . . . Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:03:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170644&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace John M. 2007-11-08T00:03:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170595&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace The most progressive country in the world on GLBT issues has asked it's foreign ambassadors in countries that receive financial support from the Netherlands (which gives about six billion dollars . . . Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:17:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170595&grpId=3659174697242428&nav=Groupspace John M. 2007-11-07T23:17:41Z