Category: Politics
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A Letter (and a Reply) to National Fitness of Knoxville, TN
This post appeared on a friend’s Facebook newsfeed and I was immediately upset by it. After reading that post from William Foley regarding the ludicrous treatment his family received at the National Fitness club in Knoxville, Tennessee, I sent the following email to Lee Sloan, President (leesloan@nfc1.com) and Randy Williams, Vice President (rwilliams@courtsouth.com). Sirs, I…
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Broadway Hilariously Responds to Russia’s “Gay Propaganda” Laws
Broadway, known to tackle a social issue or two, takes on Putin’s “gay propaganda” ban in this new video “Russian Broadway Shut Down – Government Deems All Theatre Homosexual Propaganda.” Created by John Walton West and composed by Jason Michael Snow, it features a Who’s Who of Broadway stars including Harvey Fierstein, Andrew Rannells, Stephen…
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An Open Letter to Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court of the United States One First Street N.E. Washington, DC 20543 January 8, 2014 Dear Justice Sotomayor, I am writing to you with anxiety in my chest and my heart sinking as I read the news that Utah will not recognize the nearly 1,000 marriages to same-sex couples, which it…
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For the umpteenth time… no one is threatening your Freedom of Speech!
The National Organization for Marriage is still insisting that their constituents are being silenced. Of course, this isn’t true nor is there any evidence of this happening. Just a few moments ago I posted the following on their Facebook page: “Lest you continue your ignorant mislabeling of this issue as ‘threatening freedom of speech’ please…
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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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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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Campfield Cracks in Comments; Calls LGBT Advocates Bullies
Stacey Campfield is failing at any attempt to remain respectful in the ongoing discourse regarding his proposed bills. As the Huffington Post points out today, Campfield “responded to some of his critics Monday morning, debating them in the comments section of the Knoxville News Sentinel.” I’ll let both the HuffPo and the News Sentinel articles…
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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…
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How to Handle a Rabid Dog; or Piers Morgan Interviews Alex Jones
On Tuesday, the state of New York enacted the nation’s strongest gun control laws since the Sandy Hook tragedy of December 14th. The new law will allow the “owners of an estimated 1 million previously legal semiautomatic rifles, such as the Bushmaster model used to kill 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Conn., a…
Tommy Karr 