Archive for the ‘Republican Party’ Category
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 »
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Our fabulous InterstateQ contributor Casey Pick -- who is currently on "hiatus" while she is working for the Log Cabin Republicans -- made her debut on this site with a commentary rebuttal to my Feb. 7, 2008 post, "Why don’t they just come out and say it already?"
In that post, ...
Posted in Politics, Republican Party, United States | 6 Comments »
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
A lot of these are vintage... for real... the sound and video quality ain't all that great, but they're funny nonetheless.
TV Nation fights Helms' homophobia with love songs...
MadTV: Helms on Elizabeth Dole - "A lesbo-feminazi"
1990 NBC report on Helms vs. Gantt
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Helms "Racial ...
Posted in North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party, United States | No Comments »
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Casey will be absent for at least the summer as she is busy working for the Log Cabin Republicans in Washington, DC and I received my first of I'm sure many updates from her. LCR hosted a reception during the Texas Republican Convention to break bread (or pizza) with ...
Posted in Politics, Republican Party | 5 Comments »
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Marriage equality matters to many readers of InterstateQ I imagine. "Democrats are for LGBT rights, Republicans are against them" seems to be the generally accepted view of American politics, but after listening to the views of the presidential front runners, I can't help but notice they sound rather similar ...
Posted in Anti-Gay Politicians Watch, Democratic Party, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, Republican Party | 1 Comment »
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
The new edition of the N.C. State Personnel Manual will include employment protections based on sexual orientation and gender-identity.
N.C. State Rep. Paul Stam (R-Wake) is speaking out against the new changes. According to The Lincoln Tribune, the representative says state agencies are bypassing the legislature.
N.C. Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam (R-Wake) ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party, United States | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
I didn't say it - Rick Santorum did. (Well, actually, the folks at RealClearPolitics chose that headline for his article, but if the shoe fits, I'll take it.) Reporting back from a meeting of, in his words, "the who's who of Hilary Clinton's vast right wing conspiracy," Santorum ...
Posted in LGBT, Politics, Republican Party | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
What I am going to say may seem counter-intuitive, but hear me out. No, John McCain is not as good on many gay issues as the leading Democratic candidates, who at least pay lip service to gay issues like ENDA and relationship recognition, and who did show up to ...
Posted in Dont Ask Dont Tell, Guest Contributors, LGBT, Politics, Republican Party | 5 Comments »
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Matt said recently, "Republicans don't like poor people." As a counterpoint to that broad statement, I asked Casey to share her thoughts on how Republicans interact with the problem of economic disparity in America. We've asked her to pipe up whenever she's got something on her heart. ...
Posted in Guest Contributors, Politics, Republican Party | 3 Comments »
