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My Thoughts on Same-Sex Marriage

Here are some random thoughts from inside my head on same-sex marriage:
1.) Marriage is a religious sacrament or ordinance, depending on the church, so it should be up to churches to decide on who they will marry or won’t marry.
2.) Government has no real interest in promoting or negating marriage. Why? Because it’s a religious […]

¶ Posted 17 June 2008 † Pepe § Gay Theory ‡ Comments (0)

Dallas LULAC Council Receives Award

Check out this story about our local LGBT LULAC council:
The Advocate: LGBT Latino Group Wins Texas Award
LULAC is probably the most left-wing organization I belong to. But in the case of this LULAC Council I believe we have a unique mission that is very important regardless of your political persuasions.
For a lot of gay people […]

¶ Posted 11 June 2008 † Pepe § Texas § GLBT Activities & Organizations § Gay Theory ‡ Comments (0)

Wounded Troops and Partners: Supporting Intimate Relationships

Thanks to the folks at the Association of the United States Army for bringing this to my attention. The Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta hosted a one-day conference on the importance of intimate relationships in the healing process (both mental and physical) for our wounded warriors.
Among the topics to be discussed:

How healthy intimate relationships […]

¶ Posted 05 June 2008 † Pepe § Integrity § US Army § Combat Veterans § Military Leadership ‡ Comments (0)

Bob Barr Regrets the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

Former Republican Congressman Bob Barr of Georgia was selected as the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president recently. He has strong conservative credentials and some Libertarians weren’t comfortable with supporting him. Among others, Barr was the principal author of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which prevents the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage and also […]

¶ Posted 28 May 2008 † Pepe § Congress § Libertarians ‡ Comments (0)

Army Study Confirms Family Programs Linked to Readiness

This article is a little old - August 2007 - but I found it this morning. Mother’s Day made me think about the importance of the entire family to the success of a soldier’s career and ultimately to the success of the military. The military family is the major component of a soldier’s emotional support […]