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Huge Victory for Same-Sex Couples: New York State Approves Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

New York has legalized same sex marriage, making it the sixth U.S state to do so. Gay rights advocates call the vote a major victory in their quest for equality. The New York State Senate approved the legislation Friday night…

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Posted in Human Rights

Censor Protesters Hope For New Ruling

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

Source: Toronto Sun – By Althia Raj, Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA — Two radio stations, which flouted a censorship watchdog’s ruling and aired the unedited verison of a Dire Straits’ song repeatedly Friday, believe a complaint to the Canadian Broadcast Standards…

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Posted in Corporate Censorship

Activist: Censorship Leaves Rights in Dire Straits

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca – By Michael Lightstone Decision to ban song over slur draws protests // The censoring of an anti-homosexual slur in an old rock song recently judged unsuitable for Canadian radio is the wrong way to deal with hurtful…

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Censorship of Sculptures at Library Irks Artistic and Gay Community

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

Source: The Tillsonburg News By Michael Peeling An artist is outraged over the censorship of his work at the local library. ”What’s going in Tillsonburg is kind of upsetting,” said R. Bruce Flowers, a London-based artist whose sculptures of human intimacy…

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