On Monday, Washington, D.C.-based blogger and activist Mike Rogers outed as gay South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer. With a 100 percent rack record outing anti-gay, closeted politicians, Rogers’ reporting can’t be ignored.
Try telling that to NBC affiliate WIS 10 in Columbia, the Palmetto State’s capital.
In a report by Jack Kuenzie, Rogers’ track record is [...]
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One-sided coverage in S.C. Lt. Gov. outing
A new South Carolina secession?
It seems Palmetto State Episcopalians aren’t too happy with their national denomination. Will the Diocese of South Carolina pull out of the Episcopal Church and join ranks with The Anglican Church of North America (ACNA), or will they stay in the church as “loyal opposition”?
A new commentary at VirtueOnline.org asks this very question:
Is the Bishop [...]
Mark Sanford the sex offender
For days on end now, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has found himself in a sticky political and personal mess. Having an affair and cheating on the mother of your four boys is bad enough. Sneaking off, lying about your whereabouts, completely abdicating your duties and risking impeachment for malfeasance, that sounds like a deal [...]
DeMint: Twisting history on economic progress
South Carolina’s Greenville News has a report on U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and his vision for the Republican Party.
Raju Chebium reports:
Since Democrats took control of Congress and the White House in January, the South Carolina Republican has sharpened his message of economic fundamentalism and is trying to get more Republicans to oppose what he [...]
‘SC is so Gay’ crops back up in budget talks
The “South Carolina is so Gay” advertising controversy from last summer sneaked back into public debate as the South Carolina House questioned the state’s tourism director over budgeting and salary concerns.
In an Associated Press article published by The Columbian, Director Chad Prosser’s feet were held to the fire as S.C. House Rep. Brian White questioned [...]
Black in a white neighborhood
A man in rural Hollywood, S.C. – a town near Charleston – claims he and his family are being targeted for being black in a white neighborhood:
Clifford Washington asked his wife to stop taking walks down their country road after the day someone shouted the N-word at her.Soon after that incident two years ago, Washington [...]
Sanford gay friendly? Yeah, okay.
From Bob Roehr’s 11/20 Bay Area Reporter story on Log Cabin Prez Patrick Sammon’s departure:
[Sammon] sees an encouraging sign in that the governor of South Carolina is talking about how the party’s position on gay issues is driving young voters away.
Umm… Did Sammon completely miss that whole “South Carolina is so gay” debacle over the [...]
‘False Equality’
Looks as though this year’s Soulforce Equality Ride is going to face a little opposition. As I wrote back on August 9 and as I reported for Q-Notes on September 9, the 2008 Equality Ride will make a stop at the Columbia, S.C.-based Columbia International University on Oct. 6.
More details in ‘S.C. is so gay’ ad controversy – Brit execs say state officials are lying?
Yeah… it pretty much sounds as though British advertising execs Ian Johnson (Out Now Consulting) and Andrew Roberts (Amro Worldwide), who’ve spoken extensively with Q-Notes, are calling South Carolina government officials liars.
According to Q-Notes, Johnson and Roberts say that South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (SCPRT) officials made “knowingly incorrect statements” regarding the [...]
BREAKING: S.C. Gov. issued directive for “SC so gay” ad cancellation, Brit ad exec speaks to U.S. media
QNotes (Charlotte, NC), the Carolinas’ LGBT multimedia news source (disclosure: I’m employed as editor) is reporting that the directive to cancel the “South Carolina is so gay” London gay pride advertising campaign came straight from the office of S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford:
When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford learned that his state was being advertised as [...]
