Free Republic

Rep. Barney Frank (news, bio, voting record) sees an "angry, divisive" fight ahead for Massachusetts if a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage reaches the 2008 state ballot. The congressman blamed backers of the initiative petition for trying to provoke a new fight despite a lack of controversy over same-sex marriage. "Basically, they're the disturbers of the civic peace," the Democrat said in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview Thursday. "We now have social peace in Massachusetts. They're the ones who want to stir it up ... This is a non-issue in Massachusetts." The Massachusetts Family Institute said the 124,000...

Washington Blade Names Pope Benedict XVI Anti-Gay Person of the Year Thursday December 29, 10:49 am ET Gay Newspaper Identifies 'Blessed Bigotry' as God's 'Rottweiler' Attacks Gay Marriage and Priests WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- As 2005 draws to a close, many media outlets will announce their selections for person of the year. In past years, the Washington Blade editors have selected a Story of the Year instead. This year, the Story of the Year was, in the Washington Blade's view, the extraordinary efforts of one individual to not only put a halt to the acceptance of gay people legally...