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. I was dumbfounded, told him [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Sep 27
Andrew Sullivan on Allen, the n-word and anti-gay bigotry
Sep 27
Paula Zahn, CNN, Right to Serve transcript
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 on the nation’s military and [...]
Sep 27
Amendment the First & its double-edged sword
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 limiting free speech. The law [...]
Sep 27
YES! Weekly on the Right to Serve
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 of social transformation, said Matt [...]
Sep 27
The latest from Soulforce: US Military locks out the gay willing
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 to a recruiting center in [...]
Sep 26
Stupid gay Britons
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 gay dating/personals website similar to [...]
Sep 26
UNC LGBTQ programs to expand
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 Center’s yearly budget is currently [...]
Sep 26
Elon U. receives grants for LGBT programs
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 year GGF provides grants in [...]
Sep 26
Hallmarks of successful civil disobedience
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. This is the way that [...]
Sep 26
Next Right to Serve events this week, Paula Zahn and local update
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 on Wednesday, sit-in if rejected
Little [...]
