Archive for the ‘LGBT Adoption’ Category
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Gay writer James Kirchick, the assistant editor of The New Republic, eloquently outlined the many ways in which the GOP might be pulling back from its open and unregretable gay bashing. In his latest piece for The Wall Street Journal, Kirchick compared this year's Republican National Convention to past events ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, Republican Party, United States | 5 Comments »
Monday, February 4th, 2008
On Jan. 26, I wrote about the anti-gay adoption ballot initiative taking place in Arkansas and how the gay Family Equality Council was gearing up to fight the archaic and destructive move that would limit adoption and foster parenting to only those couples who are married and heterosexual.
It seems as ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, United States | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
The Kentucky State Senate passed today a ban on the recognition and offering of domestic partner benefits. If the bill becomes law it would ban the Kentucky state government and all its sub-divisions including colleges and universities from offering important health and other domestic partner benefits.
According to the Courier-Journal (Louisville, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, United States | 6 Comments »
Friday, January 18th, 2008
I've thought about it for months now: Do I or don't I support him? I've started researching and stopped again. It wasn't until very recently that I was sure. And then it hit me: Now what? I've measured what I should say and how that would ...
Posted in LGBT Adoption, Marriage Equality, Politics, Republican Party | 20 Comments »
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
A new report from Media Matters is proclaiming "Conservative America is a Myth."
According to Media Matters, their report (PDF) based on over 20 years of opinion and public polling data shows that America is no where near conservative and progressive on almost all issues.
Although other issues are certainly important, I'll ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Employment Discrimination, Hate Crimes, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, Marriage Equality, Politics, United States | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Ex-gay and anti-gay activist Stephen Bennett recently put out a press release regarding the joyous occasion of the birth of Samuel David Cheney, the son of Mary Cheney and Heather Poe (h/t Ed Cone).
In the press release, Bennett states (emphasis added):
What is extremely troubling is the official White House caption ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Ex-gay, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, LGBT Families, Politics, Religion, United States | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Well... we've finally found it! The "cause" of homosexuality.
Blogger & columnist Guarino uses bits and pieces of a Danish study to weave together a "cause" for homosexuality, conveniently matching up to the usual right-wing rhetoric of distant fathers and all that junk science:
The study found that certain factors were associated ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Global, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, Marriage Equality, Politics | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Soulforce Right to Serve update from Charlottesville, VA, organizer Wyatt Fore:
So, we arrived today bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, anticipating a full day of Justice work. We took care of logistical stuff from around 0900-1030, then went through our press conference at about 1045. At this point, Alvin, Rachel and ...
Posted in Dont Ask Dont Tell, Hate Crimes, LGBT Adoption, Soulforce/Right to Serve, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Sorry folks... no video (yet... maybe YouTube will pull through).
Here is the transcript from the September 26th airing of CNN's Paula Zahn NOW's segment on the Soulforce Right to Serve Campaign (hosted by Soledad O'Bried this time):
O'BRIEN: Our "Top Story" in the war on terror continues with the incredible strain ...
Posted in Dont Ask Dont Tell, Hate Crimes, LGBT Adoption, Soulforce/Right to Serve, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
Winston-Salem blogger Jim Caserta is asking the following questions on his blog:
Do you feel Lawrence v. Texas was incorrectly decided?
Should gay sex be illegal?
Should gays in stable households be allowed to adopt children?
Should gays be allowed to teach in public schools?
I answered over on his blog. My answers (with more ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Greensboro, High School, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Sexuality, Winston-Salem | No Comments »
