Archive for the ‘Raleigh’ Category


Gay evangelical Christians in NC

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

[tag]The New York Times[/tag] has a wonderful little piece today, "Gay and Evangelical, Seeking Paths of Acceptance." The article profiles numerous [tag]gay evangelical[/tag] [tag]Christians[/tag], many of which are from [tag]North Carolina[/tag] or living in North Carolina now; the profile of Raleigh native [tag]Justin Lee[/tag], founder of [tag]GayChristian.net[/tag], is the focus of ...

A threat to justice everywhere

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Someone grabbed hold of the issue of the proposed LGBT student center at NC State University and posted a little about it on The Data Lounge, a large, 10 year old, well-trafficked online forum for the LGBT community. Someone else posted portions of my various posts on NC State and the ...

NC State holds student forum on LGBT center

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Last night, the NC State University Student Government held a town-hall style student forum to provide for question-answer discussion on the proposed LGBT student center on the campus (see all past posts, including the "NC State rears its ugly anti-gay face series" here). I was able to drive down to Raleigh ...

NC State Senate forum on LGBT Center

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

The NC State University Student Senate will, as alluded to nearly a month ago, hold a student forum on the issue of the proposed LGBT student center on the campus next week. In mid-October the NC State Student Senate approved a measure in support of creating a resource center for LGBT ...

Pam creates a new ‘Blend’

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Pam Spaulding, a good blogging buddy of mine here in North Carolina, has launched her "Blend 2.0" Pam's blog, Pam's House Blend, has become a very popular and nationally well-respected LGBT and progressive blog. In 2005, she won the Weblog Award for Best LGBT Blog. She has been nominated again this ...

NC State rears its ugly anti-gay face #10

Friday, November 24th, 2006

I'm fair. I'm nice. I'm compassionate. I report things just the way they are, when they are. I really do. I try not to be too biased, unless of course I'm deliberately trying to give my opinion on a specific subject. Here now, is one of those many times where I ...

NC State-er just doesn’t get it

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

Since this post, NC State student Kaye Crowle has issued a public apology for her remarks. While this post will stay up, as is, I hope that you will read her public apology and thank Kaye for her bravery and humility in making such a public apology. After being called out ...

NC State rears its ugly anti-gay face #9

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

Since this post, NC State student Kaye Crowle has issued a public apology for her remarks. While this post will stay up, as is, I hope that you will read her public apology and thank Kaye for her bravery and humility in making such a public apology. Wow... someone isn't ...

Another side of the NC State LGBT debate

Friday, November 17th, 2006

I've had the privilege of exchanging a few Facebook "emails" with NC State student Benton Sawrey over the past few days. We've had a good, short conversation on the issue of the proposed LGBT student center at NC State University. Benton is one of the 14 members of the NC State ...

WUNC ‘State of Things’ Interview

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Viola! Here it is. My time with the wonderful Frank Stasio of WUNC's "The State of Things." Matt Hill Comer Monday, November 13 2006 At age fourteen, Matt Hill Comer was on track to become an Eagle Scout, but a run-in with his local Boy Scouts troop over homosexuality took his life in ...