Fixer Upper controversy continues: Pastor addresses anti-gay remarks; Chip Gaines calls for respect
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Fixer Upper controversy continues: Pastor addresses anti-gay remarks; Chip Gaines calls for respect

The first Fixer Upper controversy in the show’s four-year history continues to swell, as the head of Chip and Joanna Gaines’ church has addressed his remarks regarding homosexuality, gay marriage, and conversion therapy practices. The controversy first erupted earlier this week, just as Fixer Upper Season 4 premiered on HGTV. A BuzzFeed article pointed out…

HGTV, Chipper Gaines offer responses to Fixer Upper anti-gay allegations: ‘Do everything in love’
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HGTV, Chipper Gaines offer responses to Fixer Upper anti-gay allegations: ‘Do everything in love’

The Chip and Joanna Gaines anti-gay rumors have been swirling for days, thanks to the controversial views of their mega-church’s pastor. Jimmy Seibert, the head of the Antioch Community Church in Waco, got the Gainses into some trouble on the day of the Fixer Upper Season 4 premiere, after a BuzzFeed story unearthed anti-gay and…

Chip and Joanna Gaines conversion therapy controversy marks Fixer Upper Season 4 debut
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Chip and Joanna Gaines conversion therapy controversy marks Fixer Upper Season 4 debut

Fixer Upper Season 4 may have just gotten started, but an unexpected controversy is what many fans are talking about. According to a new report, Chip and Joanna Gaines are members of a megachurch whose pastor is an ardent advocate of conversion therapy for homosexuality. The report, published by BuzzFeed on the day of the…

PHOTOS, VIDEO FYI marriage drama Bride and Prejudice tackles controversial couplings
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PHOTOS, VIDEO FYI marriage drama Bride and Prejudice tackles controversial couplings

The Bride and Prejudice cast has been revealed! FYI’s newest marriage-based reality TV drama is set to air in just a few short weeks, and it looks like the show will hold nothing back when it comes to the family drama that follows its three couples: one interracial, one interfaith, and one gay. According to the initial…

Azealia Banks homophobic rant: Rapper compares gay community to the KKK in Twitter diatribe
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Azealia Banks homophobic rant: Rapper compares gay community to the KKK in Twitter diatribe

Just a few days after Azealia Banks got involved in a high-volume airplane fight–one in which she called a flight attendant a “f*cking f*ggot” and allegedly attacked a Frenchman–the controversial rapper has unleashed another tirade, this time on Twitter. This weekend, Azealia Banks got into it with a star of the popular British series EastEnders; the resulting…

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis arrested for refusing to grant same-sex marriage licenses
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Kentucky clerk Kim Davis arrested for refusing to grant same-sex marriage licenses

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who has become a lightning rod for left-wing criticism and an icon of right-wing politicians because of her refusal to grant same-sex marriage licenses in Kentucky, is under arrest. A Kentucky judge ordered Davis placed under arrest for contempt of court, stating that a fine would not compel Davis to do her duty….

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Boy Scouts of America lifts ban; Openly gay men now allowed to serve as leaders and volunteers

View image | gettyimages.com   In a recent ruling by the Boy Scouts of America, gay adults can now act as leaders and volunteers within the organization. A BSA Executive Committee met on Friday to review (and, ultimately, approve) an amendment to their Adult Leadership Standards policy that would allow gay men to serve. A key portion of…

Supreme Court makes gay marriage legal in all 50 states
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Supreme Court makes gay marriage legal in all 50 states

June 26, 2015 now belongs in American History textbooks as the day the Supreme Court of the United States of America made gay marriage legal in all 50 states. The ruling was 5-4 and it immediately requires that all states issue marriage licenses regardless of sexual orientation “No union is more profound than marriage,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the…

Straight Australian couple pledges to divorce if gays are allowed to marry
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Straight Australian couple pledges to divorce if gays are allowed to marry

    Strange doins down under: A straight Australian couple has promised that they will get divorced if gay people win the right to marry in their country. Nick and Sarah Jensen, of Canberra, have been married for just a tick over ten years. They are, by their own account, happy together. But they are…

UPDATE Matthew Makela, outed gay pastor, nearly shamed gay teenager into suicide
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UPDATE Matthew Makela, outed gay pastor, nearly shamed gay teenager into suicide

  Last week, we reported the story of a closeted Michigan pastor forced to resign from his church when his Grindr profile went viral. Matthew Makela was on record saying some pretty terrible things about homosexuality and gay people and also on record as a power top who loved to cuddle. So those two worlds…

California delights one, upsets everybody else with a “Kill Gays” ballot initiative
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California delights one, upsets everybody else with a “Kill Gays” ballot initiative

  In one of the most bizarre “Is this really 2015” moments of the year so far, a man has managed to wrangle the “Sodomite Suppression Act” onto the ballot in California. And it’s not so much that there are still fervent anti-gay people out there; it’s the language of this specific amendment that has…

PHOTO Miley Cyrus calls the governor of Indiana an a**hole
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PHOTO Miley Cyrus calls the governor of Indiana an a**hole

  The most recent piece of legislation that the state of Indiana has turned into law is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a so-called free speech bill that gay rights advocates say will allow business owners to discriminate openly against homosexuals. Under the tenets of the bill, business owners will be able to deny services…

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Guy Fieri to wed 101 gay couples in South Beach

  Chef Art Smith, host of the inaugural 101 Gay Weddings event taking place during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, decided that he needed to do something even bigger and grander for the first-time shindig. So he decided to ask fellow celebrity chef Guy Fieri to officiate each wedding. Smith generally hosts a…