christian grantham
Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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January 23, 2005

DOMA upheld

Massachusetts right now is the only state that allows gay marriage, but Wilson and Schoenwether want their home state of Florida to recognize their union, too. Their attempt to get that recognition, though, was soundly rejected this past week when a judge dismissed their lawsuit, upholding a federal law that lets states ban same-sex marriages.
[Gay marriage loses court fight - Post Gazette - 01-23-05]

On the question of whether elected officials should set their convictions aside to get results in government, 84 percent agreed in 2000. However, four years later that had dropped to 74 percent. There was a sharper decline on the same question among weekly church-goers from 82 percent in the first survey to 63 percent in the second.
[Survey finds church-going Americans less tolerant - Reuters - 01-23-05]

"For some reason, people in East Texas find it hard to believe, but the gay and lesbian community do actually have members who practice religion," Steve said. "The problem is, it's very hard to find churches here in Nacogdoches that accept homosexuality — where you could attend church with your partner or friends."
[Gay in East Texas: Churches struggle with an ‘extremely hard topic' - Daily Sentinel - 01-23-05]

Now, Dobson said, SpongeBob's creators had enlisted him in a "pro-homosexual video," in which he appeared alongside other children's television characters including Barney and Jimmy Neutron, among many others.

The makers of the video, he said, planned to mail it to thousands of elementary schools later this spring to promote a "tolerance pledge" that includes tolerance for differences of "sexual identity." He urged his allies to help stop it as part of a "spiritual battle" for the country.
[Social conservatives zero in on SpongeBob - Houston Chronicle - 01-23-05]