Consider the paradoxes in the following sequence of events: Presidential candidate and Republican governor of Texas, Rick Perry, releases a TV ad attacking the honor of lesbian and gay service members, saying, ““I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian, but you don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s …
Category Archives: “don’t ask don’t tell — DADT”
Ace, let’s have a chat about DADT
Over at Ace of Spades HQ, from time-to-time recently Ace has been pondering issues of gay equality, such as gay marriage and DADT (“don’t ask, don’t tell”). While he doesn’t see gay and lesbian people as truly human — with unalienable rights and all and the freedom from being forced by government to follow religious …
Ninth Circuit grants Obama’s request to reinstate ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
see more Historic LOL I’m phoning this one in — here’s the press release dated Nov. 1 from the Log Cabin Republicans: (Washington, DC) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the Obama administration’s request to resurrect the failed ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy while they continue defending the law in court. The …
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Althouse’s bravura critique of Obama’s duplicity to gays at his meeting this week with progressive bloggers
Frankly, I was browsing my newsfeed for something easy and funny to post when I came across Instapundit’s post on Obama’s Oct. 27 meeting in the White House with five progressive bloggers in which he links Ann Althouse and JustOneMinute. The five progressive bloggers were Joe Sudbay of Americablog (this post includes a transcript of …
Judge rules ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ military ban on gays unconstitutional
Log Cabin Republicans, a 19,000-member gay and lesbian organization, won an important victory for lesbian and gay equality yesterday when a California judge ruled the military’s ban on gays serving in the military known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” is unconstitutional. The Associated Press reports: RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A federal judge in Southern California has …
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I’m pretty sure we need a federal civil rights law ensuring equality for gays and lesbians before the one for photographers
I was browsing at Ace of Spades HQ and a story there by Maetenloch about law enforcement officers harassing photographers caught my eye because it mentions a case about a Maryland man — who lives near me — who is on trial for videotaping his own arrest for speeding on his motorcycle. This is an …