In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts have a constitutional right to oppose homosexuality in its ranks.
But in Europe, severe prejudice against homosexuality remained even in those societies where homosexual sex acts were not illegal.
Viewed in this way, homosexuality can seem to be everywhere and yet nowhere in China.
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It's been done in Italy to protest the Catholic church's condemnation of homosexuality, in India to protest a film screening, and in the United Kingdom after an asylum claim was rejected.
We have a thing going on now, people discriminating against homosexuality in this country.
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The story of Lot, he argues, deals with male rape and violence, not homosexuality in general.
Russia decriminalised homosexuality in 1993 and officially removed it from a list of psychiatric disorders in 1999.
Meanwhile, ministers have again vowed to repeal Section 28, which bans the promotion of homosexuality in schools.
While there was progress toward decriminalizing homosexuality in Canada and Europe, progress in the US was much slower.
Even more recently, China lifted its laws on homosexuality in 1997 and removed it from the list of mental illnesses in 2001.
According to Peter Jackson, author of Dear Uncle Go: Male Homosexuality in Thailand, a large percentage of Thai transsexuals kill themselves.
Simply being able to live without fear or prejudice is the aim of activists in countries where homosexuality remains taboo or illegal.
Should public school teachers be allowed to talk in class about homosexuality?
Some states let teachers talk about homosexuality in schools -- a healthy step toward ensuring future generations continue to be more accepting of all people.
The answer according to the "Justin Campaign" -- a group that campaigns for more tolerance for homosexuality in football -- is the fear of reprisals from fans.
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Many Vatican officials perceived homosexuality in the priesthood as the root cause of the crisis, citing the high number of teenage boys targeted by abusive priests over the decades.
Among those surveyed, it is likely that not many may have served, understand the law, its basis, its distinction from the misstated "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, or the implications of open homosexuality in the ranks.
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With Lady Thatcher, a fervent supporter of Section 28, listening intently, she said it would be perfectly legal for a local authority to promote homosexuality in lessons such as English, where parents have no right to withdraw their children.
Members even read the draft legislation before voting on it - including its fifteen findings that are as relevant today as they were then in enumerating why homosexuality is incompatible with the good order and discipline essential to the U.S. military's effectiveness.
While these messages may fall short of refined social or political commentary, the issues they highlight the political and moral conduct of the United States and its citizens, the fate of our Nation, homosexuality in the military, and scandals involving the Catholic clergy are matters of public import.
Science has not homed in on a single cause for homosexuality, but research has found various genetic associations in males.
Of course, gay people live in Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death.
Mr Mutharika, who has in the past dismissed homosexuality as alien, said he had set them free on humanitarian grounds.
An investigation into statements made by a group of Catholic nuns in the US on homosexuality and the male-only priesthood caused controversy.
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Gay activists in Argentina said they were concerned that a popular pope from Latin America might harden attitudes in the region against homosexuality.
Even Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, the late spiritual leader of Lebanon's Hizbullah party-cum-militia, conceded that more research is needed in order to understand homosexuality.
And the campaign for gay rights has forced governments in the developed world to repeal laws criminalizing homosexuality and has had some success in reducing hate crimes against gay people.
The MP Iris Robinson made headlines internationally for drawing freely on the language of the King James Bible in her description of homosexuality and suggesting that gay people can be "cured".
"Because of the unfortunate stigma that still exists in the United States around homosexuality ... youth tend to hold back their feelings, don't disclose, live in denial or shame, " Robbins said.
Much of his time was spent on the fraught process of creating women bishops, and patching up disputes about homosexuality, in the Church of England, and in the 38 autonomous churches that make up the Anglican Communion.
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