Archive for March, 2006
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
Pictured (l-r): Melissa Westmoreland (UNCG CR President), Daryn Iwicki (UNCG CR Vice President), Representative Dale Folwell (NC-74), Vernon Robinson (Candidate, US Congressional District 13), Michael Moore (Candidate, NC-65), Jim Rumley (Candidate, NC-59), Representative Laura Wiley (NC-61), Marcus Kindley (Guilford Co. GOP Chair), Bob Crumley (Candidate, NC Attorney General).
So... as I ...
Posted in Anti-Gay Politicians Watch | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
I found this interesting link today.
Just a warning though: If you are Bush-supporting Republican or some other type of Bush-supporting wierdo, you just might not want to click on this link:
http://www.bushflash.com/14.html
Posted in Politics, Republican Party | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Patrick Guerriero, the President of the Log Cabin Republicans, is calling for support in order to help Congressman Joe Schwarz (7th District, Michigan), an LGBT-friendly Republican who stood in opposition to the Federal Marrige Amendment. Congressman Schwarz, publicly opposed the FMA saying: "Same-sex couples deserve basic human rights and equality." ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Republican Party | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Mitali Perkins writes a wonderful little post on crosswalk.com about the Equality Ride and Chistian universities and colleges. The question: Are the schools doing the best they can to proclaim Christ in the world. Perkins congratulates Abeline Christian University for their announcement that the Riders will be allowed on campus, ...
Posted in Soulforce/Equality Ride | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
A United Methodist Church minister in Asheville, NC, is stepping down and resigning from his ordination in the UMC in protest to the church's opposition to recognizing marriages for same-sex couples.
According to an article in the Asheville Citizen-Times, the Reverend Howard Hanger, pastor of the Jubilee! Community, is resigning from ...
Posted in Asheville, LGBT, Marriage Equality, North Carolina, Religion | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
The UNCG College Republicans kicked off their "Morals Week" today with "Red State Day". Among the many Republican candidates for office and elected representatives present at the event, some of the better known included Vernon Robinson (Candidate, 13th US Congressional District), Marcus Kindley (Guilford Co. GOP Chair), and Representative Dale ...
Posted in Community Events, Greensboro, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party, Triad, UNCG | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 27th, 2006
The following is a press release published on the "Christian Newswire" from the "Charlotte Righteous", a group which has been workign to undermine Charlotte Pride for years now. The group's leader is the Reverend Flip Benham.
The "Charlotte Righteous" have claimed that they are responsible for shutting down the 2006 Charlotte ...
Posted in Charlotte, Community Events, LGBT, North Carolina, Religion | 22 Comments »
Monday, March 27th, 2006
A letter to the editor was published in The Winston-Salem Journal today responding to a previous letter bashing gay parents and gay adoption.
The writer, a level-headed and sane individual, lays out the truest and most basic argument: It does not matter who the parents are: As long as a child ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, LGBT Youth, Politics | No Comments »
Monday, March 27th, 2006
The UNCG College Republicans will have their "Red State Day" today, March 27, 2006. This is the first event in their week-long "Morals Week".
According to a post on the UNCG CR blog, the following politicians/candidates will be making appearances:
Guilford County GOP Chairman Marcus Kindley
NC House Representative Candidate Michael Moore (District ...
Posted in Anti-Gay Politicians Watch | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 27th, 2006
Yup... I said it: "majority stupidity". It is a theme I've often used before. It is also a theme that other activists have used. Sometimes the majority just doesn't know what is best. Other times... the majority just makes stupid decisions... like the marriage ban in Ohio.
According to an article ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics | No Comments »
