News, Notes, Tidbits and To Do List Index
"Reverend" Phelps
Westboro Church
The short version - A father had a son who died in Iraq serving the
United States. (Put aside for a moment whether you believe we should
or should not be in Iraq, we're there, this young man was serving,
he was killed, his father was grieving.)
Snippets
Introducting "Snippets." Little things which speak for themselves.
Election 2008
Keep your eyes open as we start to take a look at the major, and
minor candidates and laws we'll be voting on as we look towards
2008. No, it's not too late to start looking at the candidates
for the US Presidential election in 2008, their views on issues
affecting the civil rights of gay and lesbians across the country.
We'll also be looking at local races where able, along with ballot
measures and other things of which nightmares (or dreams) are made.
A Blow for Equality
On December 14, 2006, the
New Jersey legislature passed two bills which will help to ensure
equal civil rights and liberties for its gay and lesbian residents,
and also afford employment protections for any citizen with
non-traditional gender identification.
Tom Cruise is Still Not
Gay
I don't know about you, but I am amazed at the lengths Tom
Cruise will go to establish he's not gay.
Sheryl Swoopes
WNBA star comes out - what does it mean in general, and for women's basketball?
Katrina Aid
Salvation Army continues to say, "GLBT folks, take care of
yourselves." We do have alternatives
for you, however.
Military Continues to Discharge Service Members
"Outed" Online
SLDN Reports At least 10 online outings since January; group issues advice on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ and the Internet.
Love In Action Co-Founder: "My Ministry Shatters Lives"
Wayne Besen, Co-founder of ministry that runs teen "ex-gay" boot camp, says group shatters lives and can cause suicide.
West Virginia Comes
Through
There is cause to rejoice, the West Virginia Supreme Court awarded
custody of a 5 year old boy to his biological mother's surviving
"partner."
Officially Sanctioned
Hatred- More Pope
The new Pope proves that a leopard never changes its
homophobic spots.
Colorado Comes Through
The Colorado Legislature passes a measure that would ban discrimination against gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees while refusing to push forward
an anti-gay amending to the state constitution.
Health Insurance Crises
Too many go without including a higher percentage of gays, lesbians, bisexual, and transgender adults
Rats!
MCC takes a close look at the newly elected Pope Benedict XVI, the former
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, and is not happy with what it sees.
Toys R For Everybody
Toys "R" Us greatly expands its non-discrimination
policies to include transgender and is on track towards providing
domestic partnership benefits.
Six Feet Under: Out of Burial Site, Out of Mind?
San Diego Bishop refuses Catholic Funeral Service for Gay Club Owner, then later reverses himself but it's too little, too late.
Back to the Chapel
Marriage is back on for gay and lesbian couples in California as a Judge rules that the state definition of marriage as "a relationship between a man and a woman" is unconstitutional.
Don't Ask Don't Tell
Don't .... Oops!
More and more high ranking military voices call for an end to the Don't Ask
Don't Tell policy.
Silver Linings - 2004 Election
Aftermath
No, the 2004 election did not bode well for us. Tom Brokaw estimates that
43% of the American Public identify at "Evangelical Christians," while
some of those include gays, lesbians, and others who would not deny equal civil
rights under the law based on religious principles, that is still a sobering
statistic.
FMA Defeated
The "Federal Marriage Amendment" was defeated before it could even
get started.
ELCA
Office Joins Opposition To Federal Marriage Amendment
The Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA), Washington
D.C., the federal public policy office of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA), joined 25 other religious organizations
June 3 to urge members of the U.S. Congress to reject the proposed
"Federal Marriage Amendment." The religious
organizations said the proposal threatens individual civil rights
and religious freedom.
Freedom Rings Some More
The Massachusetts Supreme Court points the state in the direction of equality in
marriage - but what will happen next is still very much up in the air.
Achaea: Land of Dreams (but not all dreams)
Great RP game. Great world. Not perfect. Help fix it.
Let Freedom Ring
The U.S. Supreme Court finally rights a prior wrong, and kicks the state
out of the bedrooms of consenting adults, in a decision that will be of great
benefit to all aspects of our fight for equal civil rights.
Memo Koufax: See Cruise
My thoughts on Sandy Koufax's reaction to the suggestion that he might
be gay.
The Year in Review: 2002
A review of news and other items of note from the United States,
and around the world.
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