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I contributed several times during the last presidential election. But I won’t be contributing to the national Democratic Party or national candidates unless they come up with, at a minimum, passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA): Of course, Democrats have an overwhelming majority in the House. In the Senate, Republicans can only filibuster if [...]

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An inspiring speech by a California Republican.

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I left a message on the HRC website. It took 30 seconds. [C]ontact the Human Rights Campaign on behalf of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” OUR MESSAGE TO HRC IS SIMPLE: Publicly demand that President Obama take the lead in getting DADT repealed this year. 1) That means the President needs to state [...]

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[I]t makes sense for us to take a leadership role in ensuring that people are treated the same. —President Barack Obama, January 28, 2010 (via Towleroad.) So, if a state’s laws say it is legal, and a couple’s church says it’s moral, and a same-sex couple gets married, why isn’t their marriage recognized by the [...]

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If you’d like to let Jim Douglas, governor of Vermont, know what you think of his act, he has a contact page on his website.

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I can’t be at the protest today (I’m having muscle spasms in my back, but even if I were well, I would be celebrating my friends Chris and John’s wedding instead). So this small contribution to visibility will have to do. The election of Barack Obama was such a wonderful thing. But on the same [...]

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A really fine article on Lee Hays, singer and songwriter, a favorite of mine from The Weavers. The People’s Singer At the end of 1955, the Weavers held a reunion. Their manager beat the blacklist by renting Carnegie Hall for a nameless quartet and then selling it out before anyone could complain. Their opening number [...]

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Well, all I can say is, God bless Peggy Parsons: Star-belly Sneeches and modern day cossacks I don’t like fear-based segregation. I do not often find that it is based in reality. I like to challenge it and look for the good in the other side. That’s my default setting.

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I won’t link to their website, because that’s actually good for them, but the Snickers website has 1) a homophobic ad they aired during the Super Bowl; 2) three more even worse ads that they’re inviting people to vote on for airing during the Daytona 500; and 3) bigoted reactions from pro football players. So, [...]

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Haaretz reports on gay marriage ruling in Israel: the High Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that five gay couples wedded outside of Israel can be registered as married couples.

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