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Subject
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Year
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Title |
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Homosexuality
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2010
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ON HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE UNITED STATES MILITARY |
WHEREAS, President Obama has promised repeatedly to repeal current law (10USC654) and to change policies that prevent normalizing the open presence of homosexuals in the armed forces; and
WHEREAS, The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has
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Homosexuality
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2010
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ON THE EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT |
WHEREAS, Southern Baptists historically have supported religious freedom and its related political ideal of a "free church in a free state," and affirm that the First Amendment statement on religion applies to the workplace in the sense that employer
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Homosexuality
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2008
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ON THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT DECISION TO ALLOW SAME-SEX MARRIAGE |
WHEREAS, On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage thus frustrating the will of the people who, on March 7, 2000, voted in favor (61.4%) of Proposition 22 which affirmed, “Only marriage between a m
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Homosexuality
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2007
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ON HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION |
WHEREAS, The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007, H.R. 1592, and a similar bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate; and
WHEREAS, These bills create special protected classes
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Homosexuality
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2003
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ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE |
WHEREAS, The Vermont legislature established “civil unions” which bestow the rights of marriage on same-sex couples; and
WHEREAS, Since the law became effective in July 2000, eighty-five percent of the more than 5,600 civil unions performed i
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Homosexuality
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1999
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RESOLUTION ON PRESIDENT CLINTON’S GAY AND LESBIAN PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION |
WHEREAS, The President of the United States has proclaimed the month of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-nine as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month; and
WHEREAS, The President’s proclamation not only calls on Americans t
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Homosexuality
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1998
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RESOLUTION ON THE PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON HOMOSEXUAL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES |
Whereas, Homosexuality is immoral, contrary to the Bible (Leviticus 18:22; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10) and contrary to traditional Judeo-Christian moral standards, and the open affirmation of homosexuality represents a sign of God’s surrendering a so
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Homosexuality
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1997
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RESOLUTION ON DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS |
WHEREAS, An increasing number of businesses, including corporate leaders such as IBM, AT&T, Sprint, Hewlett?Packard, Xerox, Time?Warner, Microsoft, Eastman Kodak, and Walt Disney, have established employee policies that recognize and extend employee
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Homosexuality
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1996
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RESOLUTION ON HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE |
WHEREAS, In May 1993, the Hawaiian Supreme Court ruled that the state’s exclusion of same-sex couples from marital status may be contrary to the Hawaiian state constitution because it amounts to invidious discrimination; and
WHEREAS, The Haw
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Homosexuality
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1993
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RESOLUTION ON HOMOSEXUALITY, MILITARY SERVICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS |
WHEREAS, Homosexuality is immoral, contrary to the Bible (Lev. 18:22; 1 Cor. 6:9-10) and contrary to traditional Judeo-Christian moral standards, and the open affirmation of homosexuality represents a sign of God's surrendering a society to its perve
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