[OutVoice] Accepting Evangelicals+Where is Reince?+more!

[Greg Gordon]

"THIS WAY OUT: the international LGBT radio magazine"
Program #1,402 - distributed 02/09/15
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
A British Evangelical comes out Accepting;
Political weather rains on a Republican hate-hosted trip to Israel;
A Black comedian marvels at the mad pace of marriage equality;
A Grammy honoree goes on the record against Brunei barbarism, Obama
budgets for Social Security parity, 300 same-gender Michigan couples
are still married, trans activists create change in Denver, and more!

- In "NewsWrap": "Stone the Gays" Brunei is back in the news with the withdrawal by singer/songwriter John Legend from a pre-Grammys party in his honor at the Sultan of Brunei-owned Beverly Hills Hotel… U.S. President Barack Obama's 2016 budget includes a proposal to guarantee Social Security benefits for all legally married same-gender couples, even if they live in a state that doesn't recognize their marriage — like Michigan, which at least now recognizes gay and lesbian couples who married in the state during a brief period late last year when they could… queer-supportive Denver, Colorado Mayor Michael Hancock cancels his appearance at the 27th annual National LGBTQ Task Force Creating Change Conference in his city after activists storm the stage to protest the Denver Police shooting death of transgender Latina teen Jessie Hernandez, but out Houston, Texas Mayor Annise Parker is named the best city leader in America… a high-strung Irishman opposed to marriage equality defines "laughingstock" during a TV3 Ireland "The Peoples Debate" broadcast [with the comments of Cork's MICHAEL O’LEARY]… and more LGBT news from around the world (produced by STEVE PRIDE, written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by CHRISANNE EASTWOOD and MICHAEL LEBEAU) + + Brief music and comments by out U.K. singer/songwriter SAM SMITH about winning his 4 major Grammy Awards on February 8th.

- MSNBC news anchor and super sleuth RACHEL MADDOW continues to follow the trail of the roaming REPUBLICANS (with comments by DAVID LANE and BRYAN FISCHER of the AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION, intro music from "Woyaya" by ART GARFUNKEL, and outro music from "Hello, Goodbye" by THE BEATLES).

- The new occupant of Stephen Colbert's Comedy Central time slot handed it to some "good old boys" this week. LARRY WILMORE of "The Nightly Show" marveled at the mad pace of the marriage equality march (sprinkled with news reports, comments by former Alabama Governor GEORGE WALLACE, and outro music from "We Shall Overcome" hummed by THE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB).

- BRITISH evangelical Christians got a big surprise this week when one of their best-known campaigners came out as a lesbian. In an interview with RUTH GLEDHILL of "Christian Today", former member of the Church of England's Archbishops' Council JAYNE OZANNE shared the story of her journey from the closet to her new job as director of the LGBT lobbying group Accepting Evangelicals (with intro/outro music from "Come Out and Go Forth" by MARSHA STEVENS).
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