Topics :: anti-gay Facebook postings
- 1 thru 9 of 9
Fox News Anchor Apologizes for Calling Rachel Maddow an ’Angry Young Man’
By Jason St. Amand | Monday Nov 19, 2012
In the face of withering criticism, a reporter for a Fox affiliate TV station in Cincinnati finally apologized after first first defending her Facebook statement that called Rachel Maddow an "angry young man."
GOP Mich. Mayor Known for Anti-Gay Remarks Voted Out of Office
By Jason St. Amand | Friday Nov 9, 2012
The conservative mayor of Troy, Mich., was voted out of office on Tuesday after making anti-gay comments where she said the "homosexual lifestyle" was dangerous and likened being gay to smoking cigarettes.
Mich. Mayor AGAIN Makes Hateful, Anti-Gay Remark
By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Jun 14, 2012
The mayor of Troy, Mich., who faces a recall election, is making headlines again for making anti-gay comments.
U.K. Judge OKs Job Demotion for Anti-Gay Facebook Remarks
By Jason St. Amand | Monday Apr 2, 2012
A U.K. judge ruled that a housing worker who made anti-gay comments on Facebook cannot use human rights arguments in his case against his employer who demoted him last year.
Lithuanian Man Asks For ’Another Hitler’ to ’Exterminate Gays’
By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Feb 1, 2012
A furniture-maker from Lithuania took to Facebook and commented on an article about Lady Gaga criticizing the country’s government. The man begged for "another Hitler" to "exterminate gays."
Ill. GOP Politician: I Pray for ’Homosexuals to Repent’
By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Jan 26, 2012
A Republican politician running for the State Senate north of Chicago has come in for criticism for a Facebook posting that he prays "for homosexuals to repent."
Homophobic Facebook Rants Puts N.J. Teacher on Un-Tenure Fast Track
By Jason St. Amand | Friday Jan 13, 2012
A New Jersey school board began its firing process against Viki Knox -- an English teacher who allegedly made anti-gay remarks on Facebook last September.
Troy, Mich., Mayor Fired From Day Job For Homophobic Remarks
By Jason St. Amand | Friday Dec 9, 2011
Janice Daniels, mayor of Troy, Mich., is fired from her Century 21 job after making a homophobic remark on Facebook six months ago.
NJ Teacher on Facebook: Gays Are ’Like Cancer’
By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Oct 13, 2011
A New Jersey high school teacher reportedly posted anti-gay remarks to her Facebook page that included claims that being gay is a "sin" and a comment that compared gays to cancer.
- 1 thru 9 of 9

