Archive for September, 2006
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Great stuff from gay Republican Andrew Sullivan:
But when I hear an educated white person use the "n-word" without irony, it's hard to forget it. The last time was a few years ago when someone I barely knew complained about the poor service from a cable guy. "Worthless n***ers," he said. ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, Republican Party, United States | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Sorry folks... no video (yet... maybe YouTube will pull through).
Here is the transcript from the September 26th airing of CNN's Paula Zahn NOW's segment on the Soulforce Right to Serve Campaign (hosted by Soledad O'Bried this time):
O'BRIEN: Our "Top Story" in the war on terror continues with the incredible strain ...
Posted in Dont Ask Dont Tell, Hate Crimes, LGBT Adoption, Soulforce/Right to Serve, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Here goes all sanity... but the First Amendment protects it according to a federal judge in Kentucky:
(Louisville, Kentucky) A federal judge has temporarily suspended Kentucky's law forbidding protests within 300 feet of military funerals and memorial services.
U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell said today that the law goes too far in ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, Politics, Religion, United States | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
From the September 27, 2006 issue of YES! Weekly in Greensboro, NC:
Right to Serve campaign brings sit-ins back to Greensboro
by Amy Kingsley, YES! Weekly
The quiet zzzzzppppp of plastic zip ties. A police officer's low voice as she searches pockets. Camera shutters snapping away.
On Sept. 21 all of these were sounds ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Military Recruiters Lock The Doors on Gay Americans
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SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: September 25, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jacob Reitan, 952-212-8311, jake@soulforce.org
Haven Herrin, 469-867-5725, haven@soulforce.org
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Last Tuesday, when Rebecca Solomon and Jesus Sanchez approached an Army recruitment station in Austin, Texas, they found the doors locked at mid-morning. That same day, Meg Sneed came ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Britain's first gay surrogate fathers, Barrie Drewitt, 39, and Tony Barlow, 42 (pictured right, with children - photo source) are either ignorant, stupid or just plain out of their minds.
The millionaire couple has sparked outrage in the country after they posted pictures of themselves and of their children on a ...
Posted in Global, LGBT, Sexuality | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
According to an article in today's Daily Tar Heel programs in the new UNC-Chapel Hill LGBTQ Student Center will begin to expand.
The Center was formerly an office under the authority of Chapel Hill's Dean of Students. It was recently released from control of the Dean and made an independent center.
The ...
Posted in Chapel Hill, College/University, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
A press release from Elon University:
Elon Programs awarded grants for LGBT programs
Two programs at Elon are recent recipients of grants from the Guilford Green Foundation (GGF); a Greensboro, NC based non-profit dedicated to uniting community by fostering organizations which advance Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons and issues. Each ...
Posted in College/University, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, UNCG | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
The Soulforce campaign has all the hallmarks of a successful civil disobedience action: It offers a compelling message and a clear, achievable demand. It’s focused directly upon that demand. It spotlights ordinary people trying to do something that is unquestionably above reproach, making it easy to empathize with the demonstrators. ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
This is what is happening this week:
Tuesday, September 26
Washington, DC - two enlistees, sit-in if rejected
Spokane, WA - two enlistees, sit-in if rejected
Madison, WI - three young men who were reject return to sit-in with at least 30 supporters
Wednesday, September 27
Charlottesville, VA - two enlistees already rejected, one more enlistee ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Greensboro, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve | No Comments »
