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Blog Swarm on DADT

February 16th, 2010 · No Comments

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Publicly demand that President Obama take the lead in getting DADT repealed this year.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 publicly that he wants [...]

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Watch: Obama Dances Around Same-Sex Marriage at Town Hall – Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men

January 28th, 2010 · Comments Off

[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 federal government? [...]

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Vermont governor vetoes gay marriage

April 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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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No H8

November 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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 day, [...]

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Fine article on Lee Hays

October 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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 was [...]

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A draught of living water

October 9th, 2007 · Comments Off

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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Mars promotes homophobia

February 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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, no [...]

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Gay marriage – Haaretz

November 21st, 2006 · Comments Off

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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More evil in Iraq

August 6th, 2006 · Comments Off

The Observer is reporting:
There is growing evidence that Shia militias have been killing men suspected of being gay and children who have been sold to criminal gangs to be sexually abused.

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In praise of cruising

July 30th, 2006 · Comments Off

Mark Turner in The Observer: Welcome to the cruising capital of the world
Whether he was careless, reckless or foolish, as some have claimed, really isn’t very interesting. I also don’t care if he takes drugs (‘Shock! Horror! Pop Star Smokes Dope!’). I don’t care if he’s a well-adjusted homosexual. I don’t care about his pending [...]

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