There’s a lot of talk here recently over a proposed anti-gay death penalty law in Uganda. Activists and news organizations have linked the legislation’s Ugandan proponents to several high-profile American religious leaders and politicians.
The law, the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, would make gay sex a crime punishable by death. The legislation has been endorsed by [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Nov 27
Charlotte: Queen City of LGBT invisibility?
For the past few weeks I’ve been on an activism-through-journalism swing over at my day job. In a two-part, pre- and post-election opinion column, I ranted and raved over the lack of LGBT equality and recognition in Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest city.
In the column prior to Election Day, I wrote:
I’ve lived in North Carolina [...]
Nov 24
Hope in Virginia? Gay adoption upheld
Fears that the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution could be used to further LGBT equality have been the lynchpin of anti-gay advocates’ efforts to pass, first, statutory “Defense of Marriage” laws and, later, state constitutional amendments prohibiting relationship recognition for same-sex couples.
It seems LGBT advocates’ dreams and opponents’ fears have come [...]
Nov 13
Do what love requires
In a post at Bilerico.com, I write a bit on the current controversy bubbling out of the impending marriage equality vote by the Washington, D.C. City Council. The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is threatening to pull its social services if the bill passes.
They say their religious freedoms and the freedoms of individuals and small [...]
Nov 11
Is OutGayLife back to its old copyright infringement tricks?
A special follow-up to our Jan. 6, 2009 exclusive, “OutGayLife website network allegedly stealing news content from gay pubs, blogs, mainstream press”
Update: See important update at bottom of post.
After coming under fire for republishing more than 300 Associated Press articles and dozens more from LGBT-focused blogs, news organizations, publications and other media, the OutGayLife.com network [...]
Nov 09
The anti-gay plan to undo hate crimes law
Both Queerty and Bilerico have commented on a WND story about a challenge next week to the new hate crimes legislation signed by Obama on Oct. 27. They say anti-gay activists are attempting to call for violence against LGBT people. I think the plan is much simpler and less sinister, but all the more susceptible [...]
Nov 04
Want a private conversation? Take it off twitter
Along with following election results on county boards of election sites, news sites and TV, I’d also been following updates via twitter yesterday and through today. It got a little interesting this morn.
It seems I “butted in” to what others thought might have been a private conversation. The problem? They were chatting on twitter. [...]
Nov 02
Want some fried chicken with your book burning?
One church in Canton, N.C., “celebrated” Halloween in a special way this past weekend. You might have seen the reports about it in the AP or in hundreds of blogs.
Amazing Grace Baptist Church planned a book burning on Oct. 31. According to their website, the event was a success. Non-church members, including the media, [...]
