Preaching HIV Prevention from the Pulpit
Today, the Obama administration unveils a new plan to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in this country. Currently, more than 1.1 million Americans are infected with the virus, and infection rates are...
View ArticleSchool Demands Counseling Student Shift Her 'Biblical Views' on Homosexuality
24-year-old Jennifer Keeton was pursuing a master’s degree in education at Georgia’s Augusta State University until the school became aware of her religious opposition to homosexuality. At that point,...
View ArticleThe Mix: Voices From The Week of October 11th
Welcome to It's A Free Country's The Mix, where we take some of the notable clips and other voices found on WNYC this week and mix 'em up. Here's what we've got on tap. Voices are in blue, connections...
View ArticlePentagon Paves Way for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal
On Tuesday, the Pentagon's top leaders said the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" law, which prohibits gay and lesbian armed forces members from openly admitting their sexuality, would not pose a...
View ArticleIAFC Bloggers On "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Repeal
The Senate has agreed to do away with the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy banning openly gay troops from serving in the military. We asked the roster of It's A Free Country contributors to...
View ArticleDoes Marriage Depend on Monogamy?
In the upcoming edition of The New York Times Sunday Magazine advice columnist Dan Savage has some words of wisdom for married couples, gay or straight. Savage, the sex-advice columnist best known for...
View ArticleNo More 'No Homo'?: Rap's Evolving Attitudes Toward Homosexuality
Coming up, The Takeaway speaks to author Terrance Dean about the shifting attitude towards gays in Hip Hop.
View ArticleBeing Gay: A Listener's Story
Despite having a higher rate of acceptance in American society and greater media presence than ever before, being gay or transgendered is still difficult, especially for those living in...
View ArticleFrank Ocean Comes Out; D'Angelo Comes Back
Music and culture writer Dream Hampton joins us to talk about two R&B stars making headlines: Odd Future member Frank Ocean, who last week publicly detailed his former relationship with a man, and...
View ArticleOddly Normal
John Schwartz, a national correspondent with the New York Times, discusses his memoir, Oddly Normal. Three years ago, Schwartz’s 13-year-old son, came out to his classmates and despite the support of...
View ArticleAlec Waugh's Martinique, and a Brotherly Deed to the World
In this amusing, time-capsule of a talk, given at a 1956 Books and Authors Luncheon to promote his best-selling novel Island In the Sun, Alec Waugh explains how he came to write about the West...
View ArticleCatholic Conversations: Homosexuality & the Faith
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases regarding same sex marriage. Justices will hear oral arguments on Tuesday regarding Proposition 8, California's same sex marriage ban. A day later,...
View ArticleEx-NBA Teammate: What Jason Collins Can Expect On and Off the Court
In his first interview since coming out as gay and making history, NBA player Jason Collins told ABC News's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday that the country is "ready" for an openly gay athlete.In...
View ArticleIs The Catholic Church Changing Its Stance on Homosexuals?
Could the Catholic Church be softening its stance on homosexuals? On the way back to Rome from a seven-day visit to Brazil, Pope Francis singled that changes could be coming to Catholicism. "If someone...
View ArticleMICROPOLIS: The Pope Francis Effect
Even in New York, where issues of faith usually reside on the margins of public life, the Pope has people talking. And although much of what he says is viewed through the reductive lens of politics —...
View ArticleThe Future of Bloomberg's New York; Homosexuality in India; Philosophies...
Former Bloomberg spokesperson Stu Loeser and a range of experts take calls about Mayor Bloomberg’s impact on health, safety, inequality, and the future of New York. Plus: A look at why India has...
View ArticleIndia High Court Criminalizes Homosexual Sex
Sabelo Narasimhan, a queer trans Desi organizer and photographer, and Gardiner Harris, New York Times South Asia correspondent, discuss the ruling by the high court in India which re-criminalizes...
View ArticleJohn Lipscomb and Catherine Roskam — Homosexuality and the Divided Church
The General Convention of the Episcopal Church has sharpened our culture's intensifying focus on homosexuality. In a year of political and religious milestones for gays and lesbians, Gene Robinson...
View ArticleSteven Waldman — The Future of Moral Values
We deconstruct the phrase "moral values," which has confused and divided Americans since November's election. As the second term of George W. Bush commences, political analyst Steven Waldman helps...
View ArticleRichard Mouw and Virginia Ramey Mollenkott — Gay Marriage: Broken or Blessed?...
Our culture's acrimonious debate on the morality of gay marriage has been framed in religious — largely conservative Christian — terms. We go behind the rhetoric to explore the human confusion, hopes,...
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