Archive for the ‘Marriage Equality’ Category


Bolthouse boycott ends

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

From The LA Times: The food fight is over. Nearly a month ago, opponents of Proposition 8 -- which would amend the state Constitution to ban gay marriage -- started a "soft boycott" of Bolthouse Farms, among the largest producers of fresh-cut carrots in the world and the maker of juices and ...

Goodbye historical context, hello ignorance and lies

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Famed singer and conservative talking head Pat Boone has written a curious commentary at the rabidly anti-gay "news" website WND.com. In the "exclusive commentary," entitled, "Are you ready for a gay America?", Boone laments the loss of what he sees as his traditional America and the forthcoming "breakdown of society," ...

Minimalist Kirchick

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 ...

In Memoriam: Del Martin

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) mourns the passing of civil rights hero, Del Martin. Phyllis Lyon, Del's wife, was by her side when she died. "Del and Phyllis reflect everything that marriage represents – lifelong commitment and everlasting love," said Molly McKay, MEUSA Media Director. "Our hearts go out to Phyllis ...

The Right attacks: Why blacks should fear Obama

Monday, August 18th, 2008

An interesting piece of mail junk landed in my inbox this morning. The African-American radical right is gearing up for its fight against Barack Obama. In "Obama: Why Black America Should Have Doubts," written by church commentator William Owens, Jr. (with a forward written by the arch-conservative, militantly anti-gay Alveda King), ...

An (un)holy marriage

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Seems as though John McCain isn't as radical as his evangelical followers. We know the Religious Right would like nothing more than to strip away any kind of legal recognition or protection for LGBT people and same-sex couples. That's why we're seeing anti-LGBT, anti-family marriage amendments that have the possibility of ...

More voices from the right

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

After Brian's eloquent post praising the brave equality stands of a couple New York Republicans, I thought it was interesting to read a recent article from The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY). It seems as though the county manager in Otsego County took steps to exclude legally wedded same-sex couples (recognized in ...

Voices From the Right

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

While the GOP has done much to hinder equality for LGBT Americans, it's nice to be reminded that there are also Republicans taking a stand for us. Here are some recent quotables: “[Amendment 2] could set us back...unnecessarily or could set us on the road to progress and equality because, ...

Mass. moves to open marriage, Radical Right flips

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Minutes after the Massachusetts Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that would open same-sex marriage to out-of-state couples, the American Family Association's OneNewsNow posted an Associated Press article detailing the legislation's passage. They changed the headline (and all the words "gay" to "homosexual") to read: "BREAKING NEWS: Out-of-state homosexual 'marriages' ...

Anti-gay bi man gives it up

Monday, July 14th, 2008

David Benkof/David Bianco, who recently made waves with a string of anti-gay op-eds in gay and mainstream news publications, has decided to give up his alliance with anti-gay, radical right activists. “I no longer feel comfortable being allied with the people running the Prop. 8 campaign, and the same-sex marriage movement ...