Archive for July, 2007
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
So we all have really nice looking teal-colored shirts and we are so going to test them out at the county fair in Saratoga County. Our shirts are cute, I think, and on the front they say, "Do you believe in Marriage? I do." We've got our logo on the ...
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Cross-posted at the Soulforce Blogs
Meeting with the Man
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 by Matt Hill Comer
Well, we really didn’t meet with “the man.” We actually met with his staff, but the experience was a good one. On Monday, the young activists of the North Van trekked to the New York ...
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Okay, so I can't really write in-depth on a lot of things, but here is some news coming through my inbox in the last few days...
Equality Florida calls on removal of Rep. from committee position
"I had a cousin who died of AIDS; he was queer as a three-dollar bill. He ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
Had another article published in the Greensboro News & Record today. My friend John told me it was published...
Gay rights activists endure tough road
By Tom Steadman, Staff Writer
July 16, 2007
He was arrested in Grand Rapids, Mich., and barred from a dozen college campuses, and he wondered if he'd ever get ...
Posted in College/University, Greensboro, LGBT Youth, Media, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Equality Ride, United States | 1 Comment »
Monday, July 16th, 2007
Okay... So I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. I've been doing well and we just finished the "official" part of the training for the Right to Marry Campaign (www.righttomarry.org) here in the State of New York. My group actually went to the office of the New York ...
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Saturday, July 14th, 2007
So first day of our quick training before hitting the backroads of New York is going well.
We split up into our four different van groups this morning and plotted our schedule.
Schedule for the Northern Van, July 16th - July 28th, 2007
Monday, 7/16 - Meeting with Senator Joseph Bruno and/or staff, ...
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Friday, July 13th, 2007
I just got settled in to my hotel here in Albany, NY... Since I had devoted two past posts to the exclusion of Senator Mike Gravel (D_AK) from the Human Rights Campaign/LOGO Presidential Forum, I thought I'd pass along the note:
HRC has reversed its decision to exclude the Senator. He's ...
Posted in Democratic Party, LGBT, Media, Politics, United States | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 13th, 2007
In just about an hour and a half, I'll get in to my mom's car and she'll be driving me to the airport. Here I come New York, Southern accent and all!
I'll try to update and keep posts up as much as possible while I'm up there. Of course, if ...
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Friday, July 13th, 2007
PrideSource.com, the website for Michigan's Between the Lines newspaper for the LGBT community, published an article: Creep of the Week, the NC Family Policy Council.
Great. Here we go again. More North Carolina bigotry getting the press.
This time is concerning comprehensive sex-ed:
"...the North Carolina Family Policy Council folks ... are creaming ...
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Friday, July 13th, 2007
The News & Observer down in Raleigh published a great article July 11th on The Chapel of the Cross, the historic church that was the beginning of what we now know as Chapel Hill, NC.
From the N&O:
CHAPEL HILL -- At a time when women were often denied positions of authority, ...
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