In cultures under the sway of Abrahamic religions, the law and the church established sodomy as a transgression against divine law, a "crime against nature" practiced by choice, and subject to severe penalties, including capital punishment—often inflicted by means of fire so as to purify the unholy action. Conversely, gay, a word originally embraced by homosexual men and women as a positive, affirmative term (as in gay liberation and gay rights), has come into widespread pejorative use among young people. Generally, and most famously in ancient Greece, erotic attraction and sexual pleasure between males has been an ingrained, accepted part of the cultural norm. Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 book Psychopathia Sexualis elaborated on the concept. The condemnation of penetrative sex between males, however, predates Christian dogma, as it was frequent in Ancient Greece, whence the theme of action "against nature," traceable to Plato, originated."....

Organizations Opposing Gay Rights

Divisive ENDA fight dominated year in national gay news

Southern Voice - ... Abzug (D-N.Y.) and Ed Koch (D-N.Y.) introduce H.R. 14752, dubbed the “gay rights ... August 2004 — HRC changes its position from opposing a trans provision on the ... The group eventually claims to represent more than 300 organizations and calls itself ... Read more...

Win for Kwanzaa

Memphis Commercial Appeal - ... for other business, said the verdict could open doors for other spiritual organizations ... Pull the plug on the gay pride parade next year. That's clearly....well, ya'll ... will loose this fight and stay impoverished (affirmative action and civil rights ... Read more...

Organizations Opposing Gay Rights

LGBT rights opposition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1960s and 1970s that an organized movement arose to oppose gay rights.. lobbying and fundraising organizations to oppose the gay rights movement's goals

List of gay-rights organizations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contents Jerusalem's GLBT community center and gay rights organization .Note that some organizations support certain gay rights while opposing others

Leading gay groups oppose Roberts -- Queer Lesbian Gay Election News -- Gay.com
Gay.com Election offers comprehensive GLBT coverage of the news and politics Four of the leading LGBT rights organizations issued a joint press release

American Civil Liberties Union : List of Organizations Opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment
Gay Rights : General Organizations Opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Organization (LLEGO)

Religious groups oppose gay marriage ban -- Queer Lesbian Gay News -- Gay.com
. religious organizations sent an open letter to Congress Wednesday opposing the should dedicate itself to protecting the rights of all citizens and all faiths

Shari's Position
Well, gay rights organizations argue that they do not. and intrusive even to those opposing gay rights, but we are keeping them around

U.S. cites NAMBLA in U.N. vote against gay groups - Washington Blade
for gay groups to appease conservative organizations that oppose gay rights. the Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization and other Iranian gay groups said the

Fighting for Marriage - Section 2
Latina/o LGBT organization) - press release opposing FMA " National women's rights groups - letter to Congress and list of organizations opposing FMA

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Gay and Lesbian Task Force, National Center for Lesbian Rights, "Our organizations oppose the removal of protections for transgender people from ENDA.

Wal Mart stops donating to gay-rights groups - Jun. 22, 2007
of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) organizations after supported the gay chamber, an organization of more than 24,000 gay- and lesbian