First of all, let me be clear, Bookworm: there is NO SUCH THING as a good reason to deny lesbians and gays equality, including the right to choose a same-sex spouse in a federally-recognized marriage. The General Accountability Office in a report to Congress on the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 identified 1,138 federal …
Category Archives: Equality for lesbians and gays
Gov. Lingle’s rationale for vetoing civil unions for gays validates the point that there’s no such thing as ‘separate but equal’
Hawaii’s Republican Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed Hawaii’s civil union law on July 6 with a rationale that marks the tipping point toward acknowledging that same-sex couples are entitled to use the word “marriage”: “There has not been a bill I have contemplated more or an issue I have thought more deeply about during my eight …
Obama tosses crumb to lesbian and gay federal employees to dissipate the momentum of gay equality efforts
Well, that’s MY take on Obama’s motives. June is Gay Pride month, which Obama observed last year by tossing an even smaller crumb to gay and lesbian employees. He’s not trying the same gambit this year that he used successfully last year, though — he trumpeted a list of benefits gay and lesbian federal employees …
Hallelujah! Pastor Jeff Owens of Shenandoah Bible Baptist Church comes out as a proud gay …
… basher. Dan Savage has the story and videos of Pastor Owens exhorting his flock to “burn fags.” H/T: Little Green Footballs — yo!, Charles, it’s time to admit Hubert P. Yockey has demonstrated the origin of life is unknowable by any means using information theory and coding theory. Update, 5/24/2010, Mon.: I should have …
The REAL story in Rachel Maddow vs. Rand Paul over the 1964 Civil Rights Act is that SHE does not have equality and the Left doesn't care
Here is actress Kelly McGillis, who came out as a lesbian several months ago, from a recent interview — she is about the only lesbian or gay person besides me who is pointing out that the current issue regarding minority rights is that gays and lesbians comprise the ONLY minority that is not equal: Discrimination …