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Cardinal Timothy Dolan: Anti Gay Bigots "Out-Marketed" By Gay Marriage Activists

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That cape is fabulous!! Yes, because the struggle for civil rights is just like selling ketchup!  In a way, he's right.  Granting gay people who love each other the same rights as straight people is a better pitch than "I don't want them to marry because, eew!!"  Via JSonline: New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan says the Roman Catholic Church has been "outmarketed" on the issue of gay marriage and has been "caricatured as being anti-gay." Dolan, the former Milwaukee archbishop, discussed the church's positions opposing same-sex marriage and abortion in an interview with "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory that will air Sunday on NBC.   Gregory noted that Illinois just became the latest U.S. state to legalize gay marriage and asked, "Regardless of the church teachings, do you think this is evolving in such a way that it's ultimately going to be legal everywhere?"   Or, he asked, will there be ...

Amtrak Starts Advertising To Gay Families

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My Husband and I took a trip to Fort Worth on Amtrak a few months ago and LOVED it.  The seats are roomy, the dining car was very enjoyable and the observation car had a great panoramic view of the beautiful Texas landscape.   Via Metro Weekly J.C. Penney did it and now so has Amtrak. It has launched a promotional campaign that includes gay families. As part of an effort to market its standard discounted family travel program, for the first time, the national passenger rail company included gay families in its materials. In an online ad sent by Instinct magazine to its email subscribers, a photo of same-sex parents with their child is featured. Two version of the ad, one with a picture of a male couple and another with a female couple, were distributed.  Both versions include the headline: Priceless Family Moments Are Now Affordable.  The ad goes on to promote Amtrak's 50% off campaign for children age 2 to 15 who are t...