Category: LGBT
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Marriage Equality in Mildred Loving’s Own Words
Mildred and Richard Loving were sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia for marrying each other. Ultimately Virginia suspended their sentence IF the couple left the state and never returned at the same time together. Absurd! The State claimed that the Loving’s marriage violated Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statute, the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which…
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Marriage Equality, Facebook and How Hatred and Ignorance Go Hand in Hand
Today the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted a call-to-action on their official Facebook page, asking people to sign their name in support of marriage equality. What is, sadly, not surprising is the number of people who took time out of their day to express their ignorance of Constitutional law (the Bible is not the Constitution), grammar and common…
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Hillary Clinton Endorses Marriage Equality; 58% of Americans Agree
In a video posted to HRC’s website, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear how she feels about the question of marriage equality: “I believe America is at its best when we champion the freedom and dignity of every human being… L.G.B.T. Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our…
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UltraMontane (nee Scythian) and the Facebook Feedback
UPDATE (March 20, 2013: 4:08PM): As Fia Fortune pointed out in the comments, the band has deleted their Facebook page. Apparently they are not interested in what their fans, or former fans, have to say about this issue. Thank you for making me aware of this change Fia! Original Post: On Friday, Jeremy Hooper at…
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VIDEO: Man Stands Up to Grown-Up Bully; Bully Gets Pissed
I originally found this today via Gothamist but Michael Hartney has his own blog where he posted this earlier. The video shows his partner, Turtle, confronting a man who called him a faggot. As Hartney says, “Turtle walked out of our apartment to grab a bite. Before he even left our block, a man called…
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Vassar Student Fundraises for The Trevor Project; Soars Past Goal AND Past Westboro Baptist Church’s Hate
In a counter-protest to the Westboro Baptist Church’s plans to picket Vassar College on February 28th, Josh de Leeuw has started a crowd-raising campaign with a goal of donating $4,500 to The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. Already the campaign…
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March 4 Marriage Equality (plus a drawing of NOM’s Brian Brown)
NOM’s Brian Brown, depicted in my drawing below, is, generally speaking, pretty angry about all things equality. If you are like me you think that he is pretty ridiculous. He and NOM (National Organization for Marriage) are promoting a “March for Marriage”, a thinly veiled bigotry experiment protest against marriage equality Support Marriage Equality today…
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NOM’s Brian Brown Needs Your Money… in addition to his $500,000/year salary
Brian Brown sent out the following blog post, urging his supporters to donate more money to fund his (losing) battle against marriage equality. I commented on the blog post, suggesting, “Maybe Brian Brown could give up his $500,000 a year salary. That would certainly help fund his fight against equality and his attack on an…
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Stacey Campfield Does Not Respond Well to Criticism
Telisha Arguelles Cobb wrote to Campfield, expressing her concern for his extremist views and radical bills. Regarding this email thread, she says, “Look at this kind, compassionate, concerned email I received today from Sen Stacey Campfield (the moron trying to pass the “Dont say Gay Bill” and starve children if they don’t get good grades.…
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Stacey Campfield and the Return of “Don’t Say Gay”… Seriously
Mr. Campfield is back, just days after his “can he be serious?” moment threatening the families of troubled students with withdrawal of their Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds, risking both the students’ and the families’ health and welfare. Now he is reviving his failed “Don’t Say Gay” bill, although he’s added a name, calling it…
Tommy Karr 