Readers,
This morning I was made aware that anti-gay ads from the California Yes on Prop 8 campaign were appearing on my blog. I’ve now taken the steps to block ads from the anti-gay marriage amendment campaigns in both California and Arizona. It doesn’t seem as though Florida’s campaign is advertising.
If you see any anti-gay ads [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Oct 29
Anti-gay ads
Oct 28
Real feelings, hard issues
Going on a year-and-a-half, perhaps 2 years now, I’ve had an on-going dialogue with a conservative Christian leader based in the Charlotte, N.C. area. Sometimes heated but always thick with very complex theological issues, our conversations — either in person or via the internet — consistently revolve around sexual orientation, faith and Scripture.
My lengthy response [...]
Oct 26
Kay Hagan & the Boy Scouts: What about the kids?
I usually don’t do this, but this is an issue near and dear to my heart. Cross-posted from the day-job blog (InsideSource.Q-Notes.com)
A recent GOP mailer gay-baited State Sen. Kay Hagan and accused her of supporting gay marriage and allowing gay leaders in the Boy Scouts of America.
Obviously, the North Carolina Republican Party hasn’t done its [...]
Oct 26
Kids of gay parents ask too
Citizenlink.org, the website of the anti-gay Focus on the Family’s political action group, posted a press release Friday from California’s Yes on 8 campaign.
Through the entire thing, the Yes on 8 folks and Focus on the Family ignore every reality in our nation, politically, legally, socially. They conveniently paint a common experience among adopted children [...]
Oct 21
A Republican Governor for North Carolina?
The Durham Herald-Sun has endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory, who currently serves as the 13-year mayor of Charlotte.
Some of their reasoning (article here, registration required and full article at McCrory’s campaign site):
McCrory is an anomaly, a Republican in Charlotte who has been getting re-elected for 13 years. To pull that off, and to continue [...]
Oct 17
Gay marriage fight = Armageddon
Radical Right leader Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship Ministries has said the fight over California marriage equality and Proposition 8 is Armageddon:
“If sexual freedom is the ultimate liberty, then you have to rewrite the Bill of Rights,” Chuck Colson, founder of the Prison Fellowship Ministries, says on a Yes on Proposition 8 video produced [...]
Oct 15
Without marriage, low income couples left in the cold
Note: This post is a part of the world-wide Blog Action Day on poverty. In this post, I’ll delve into what a lack of marriage equality means to low-income LGBT, same-sex couples. Please visit www.blogactionday.org for more information and more posts on this exciting day to build awareness and education on this important global issue.
Oct 15
Acceptance v. Tolerance
From a beautiful commentary (h/t DQN):
When people say they are tolerating you, it’s probably an indication they don’t like you very much, but they’re forced to deal with you for one reason or another.
So when during the vice presidential debate earlier this month Republican candidate Sarah Palin said she would be tolerant of gays and [...]
Oct 14
PFOX and a meritless suit
Updated 6:00 p.m. EST, 10/14/2008
The first thing I thought… “They’re kidding right?”
Evidently, twisting the Grace and Love of God in order to inflict pain and shame on gay and lesbian youth isn’t the only think ex-gay advocates like Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) is good at. It seems they’ve also got a [...]
Oct 09
Bolthouse boycott ends
From The LA Times:
The food fight is over.
Nearly a month ago, opponents of Proposition 8 — which would amend the state Constitution to ban gay marriage — started a “soft boycott” of Bolthouse Farms, among the largest producers of fresh-cut carrots in the world and the maker of juices and smoothies sold in foodie haunts [...]
