Archive for January, 2007

The South is just full of ‘em: Arkansas Equality Ride media

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Yesterday I posted portions of a news piece on Equality Rider Joey Heath, from Georgia. Today comes another news piece featuring Adam Britt and Jeremy Gabbard, from Arkansas' Henderson State University: Over the years, "sexual minorities" have struggled to gain equality around the globe. Now, Jeremy Gabbard and Adam Britt - both of ...

Southern Baptist gay book hypocrisy

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Big Daddy Weave, a regular here aroung InterstateQ.com, writes on the fact that the website of Lifeway Christian Resources (an entity owned by the Southern Baptist Convention) carries works by gay-friendly authors, including books that are themselves gay-friendly in their stance. Weave points out the hypocrisy: The Southern Baptist Convention is anti-gay. ...

Hitting the Road for Equality: Rider Joey Heath hits the press in good ole’ Georgia

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Equality Rider, Georgia boy Joey Heath, 23, hit the press today in the Savannah Morning News (Joey, picture right in the middle, with me on the left and West Bus Rider Aaron Lauer). It wasn't until his freshman year at Valdosta State University that Heath began taking a serious look at ...

Protect Marriage TODAY!

Monday, January 29th, 2007

At the NC Democratic Party's Progressive Bloggers Conference on Saturday, Anglico (of BlueNC.com) proposed that we should draft and try to get a friendly legislator to introduce an alternative, outrageous bill that really would show the actual intent behind the recently re-submitted Defense of Marriage amendment here in North Carolina ...

A meeting of the minds, Part II - Marriage Equality

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Pam Spaulding, the wonderful, prolific blogger she is, took great notes (yeah, something I didn't do). She says this about our short marriage equality discussion at the NCDP Progressive Bloggers Conference (see my thoughts on it in the previous post): The NC marriage amendment -- alarming news [Stephen Gheen of ThePoliticalJunkies.net] raised ...

A meeting of the minds

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

I spent almost all day yesterday traveling down to Raleigh and the NC Democratic Headquarters for their Progressive Bloggers Conference. I have to say that I learned a lot. I've not always kept up to breast with a lot of the technical things that go into blogging or all the small, ...

News Break: NC Episcopalians may issue apology to gays

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

I'm taking my mind off the interesting convo here at the Progressive Bloggers Conference to bring some important news Church supports apology to gays By Nancy H. McLaughlin, Staff Writer Jan. 27, 2007, Greensboro News & Record GREENSBORO — Episcopalians meeting in Greensboro this week gave strong preliminary support for a resolution apologizing to ...

Today: NC Democratic Progressive Bloggers Conference

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

I'll be in Raleigh for most of the day today... leaving here around 8am to head down for the North Carolina Democratic Party's Progressive Bloggers Conference. I'm anticipating it'll be fun. Pam will be there, so will the folks from BlueNC, Kirk from Exile on Jones Street, Matt Stoler from mydd.com, ...

Updates: “The Matt Hill Comer problem”

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

Quick updates on "The Matt Hill Comer problem" and what has seemed to become an internet, campus and community controversy... Good friend and fellow blogger Pam Spaulding saw fit to post about the column on her site, along with her always wonderful, never lacking commentary. Thanks to the commenters there. My friend ...

Carpe Diem, Now is the time Easley

Friday, January 26th, 2007

From DailyKos: (src) Public Policy Polling (PDF). 1/22. General election voters. MoE 4.3% (No trend lines) Dole (R) 40 Easley (D) 44Approval/Disapproval Easley (D) 50/33 Dole (R) 36/36 Burr (R) 32/34 (NC's junior senator) Iraq surge 40/57 Women chose [North Carolina Gov. Mike] Easley over Dole 45% to 37%, while men chose Dole over Easley 45% to 42%. ...