Archive for the ‘Civil Rights’ Category
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 ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, New York, Politics, Republican Party, United States, Voices from the Right | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 8th, 2008
The Democratic Party released a draft of their 2008 platform yesterday, according to GayWired.com News.
While advocacy groups report total LGBT participation will be increase these year, the platform makes only two mentions of "sexual orientation," regarding the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and then in a general "non-discrimination" plank. "Gender ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Democratic Party, LGBT, Politics, United States | 3 Comments »
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, ...
Posted in LGBT, Marriage Equality, New York, Republican Party, Voices from the Right | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Well... "cult" probably isn't the right word, but it sounded good in the title, huh?
A more accurate title would have been, "Niece of MLK, veritable saint and Civil Rights martyr, promotes pseudo-hate group as uncle turns in grave."
I don't know why it took me so long to find this press ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte/Metro Area, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Today Congress will hold the first hearing on the anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy since its passage in 1993.
The hearing is at 2 p.m. and can be watched live via the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network website.
Until then, let's take a trip down memory lane, to Sept. 21, 2006, Greensboro, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve, United States | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Via gayzetteblog.com (Denver) we learn of an absolutely ludicrous, radical right agenda-laden hit piece on LGBT parents and their kids.
Entitled, "Gay parents = gay kids? Study: Kids raised by gay folks more likely to grow up gay," The Denver Daily News article states:
As many as 21 percent of homosexually parented ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 4 Comments »
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' ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Media, Politics, Religion, United States | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Ex-gay, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, United States | 2 Comments »
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
I'm bitter and outraged. Perhaps even a little radical. The Arizona Senate has broken all that America cherishes as our foundational principles and ideals. The federal government, charged with enforcing these ideals as embodied in the Constitution, is, of course, no where to be found.
Arizona, after soundly defeating a marriage ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, United States | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
In a campaign modeled after the 2006 Soulforce Right to Serve Campaign (I was the Greensboro City Organizer for the Soulforce action), students from Harvard University have set out upon their journey toward creating discussion and bringing attention to the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" gay ban of the U.S. ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, College/University, Dont Ask Dont Tell, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, United States | 7 Comments »
