The Kentucky State Senate passed today a ban on the recognition and offering of domestic partner benefits. If the bill becomes law it would ban the Kentucky state government and all its sub-divisions including colleges and universities from offering important health and other domestic partner benefits.
According to the Courier-Journal (Louisville, K.Y.), college and university presidents [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Jan 30
Sick loved one? Too bad & tough luck queer.
Jan 30
Another Candidate to Exit The Race
The Associated Press is also reporting that Rudy Giuliani is preparing to formally withdraw from the Republican nomination process. In many political discussions I hear that I should “support a candidate with a chance at winning,” as if Ron Paul has absolutely no chance for securing the nomination. This idea persists not only in private [...]
Jan 30
BREAKING NEWS: Edwards to drop out of race
It is with great sadness that I read this morning the news that John Edwards is bowing out of the 2008 race for the Democratic nomination. The Associated Press reports that Edwards will make the official announcement this afternoon from New Orleans in a matter which–in my mind–highlights a core reason he should be [...]
Jan 30
The New Baptist Covenant
No doubt, there is something exciting about the gathering of Baptists of all colors and creeds this week in Atlanta. Led by President Jimmy Carter, the New Baptist Covenant will bring together all sorts of Baptist congregations and associations.
From The New York Times:
The meeting’s statement of shared purpose, known as its covenant, calls for Baptists [...]
Jan 29
Re: Waiting for the predictable backlash
Matt, Thanks for highlighting the ill-conceived prison-themed board game for us. Timothy Kincaid over at Box Turtle Bulletin has already scolded LA Time’s write Tom O’Neil for calling it “gay themed” and to let the Times know that such a correlation is “offensive and stupid” — I think we’d do well to join him [...]
Jan 29
Editorial: “Holy war: ‘a cause worth dying for’”
My editorial from the Jan. 26 issue of Q-Notes, your premier source of LGBT news and views in the Carolinas.
This editorial comes just a couple weeks before Michael Brown will be holding a series of lectures prior to the HRC Carolinas Gala in Charlotte, N.C. On Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, Brown will debate HRC Religion [...]
Jan 29
Headlines: HRC Carolinas honorees, black history, RDU LGBT center, S.C. home-schooling mom
Headlines from the Jan. 26 issue of Q-Notes, your premier source of LGBT news and views in the Carolinas.
HRC Carolinas announces 2008 honorees
Elke Kennedy, Bennie Colclough and Myers Park Baptist to be honored at February dinner
by Matt Comer . Q-Notes staff
CHARLOTTE — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Carolinas Gala committee has revealed the winners of [...]
Jan 28
Waiting for the predictable backlash
Over reaction. Just wait for it.
The story is just so good.
The son of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is peddling a board game titled “Don’t Drop the Soap,” a prison-themed game he created as part of a class project at the Rhode Island School of Design.
John Sebelius, 23, has the backing of his mother and father, U.S. [...]
Jan 27
The health system sucks
So for the past few months I’ve had this recurring sore throat/swelling of the tonsils. Looking at pictures online of tonsillitis, I’m pretty darn sure that I have it. During the swelling, my throat looks exactly like the photographs of others with bacterial tonsillitis.
I don’t have health insurance. When I moved out of my mother’s [...]
Jan 26
National family group battles gay adoption ban
The Family Equality Council (formerly Family Pride) is pushing against a campaign to ban LGBT people from adopting in the state of Arkansas.
The Family Council Action Committee recently launched a campaign to restrict prospective foster and adoptive parents to married, heterosexual couples, which comprise only 50% of all households in the state. The effort would [...]
