Why the public should never be allowed to vote on civil rights
Monday, July 12th, 2010You would think in this day and age, that people would understand our past. As the saying goes, those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And so the going happens with gay marriage. Most people don’t see the parallel between interracial marriage and gay marriage. They claim they are two [...]
Quick note about ads
Thursday, April 29th, 2010After years, we finally succumbed and put ads up (the upper right hand side of the page). Here’s the thing. They should be contextual – but either way, politically. We had a “Nation for Marriage” ad that was up against New Hampshire Governor Lynch, chiding him for – among other things – signing the gay [...]
Why marriage is important – gay and straight: A story of elder abuse
Monday, April 19th, 2010Reposted from sister blog BuryingTheLead.com I cannot believe just how horrific some stories of abuse can turn out to be, especially for the elderly. All too often, cases of our elders being taken for granted and scammed are in the news, and the actual act of elder abuse is rampant. Try doubling elder abuse with [...]
No footnotes, no asterisks
Saturday, October 17th, 2009You know, when you read the Declaration of Independence put forth by the Founding Fathers, you have to notice one fact. There are no footnotes or asterisks that direct the reader to some subsection saying that “well, we didn’t mean it applies to this group or that”. The most famous line is, of course, this: [...]
NOM brings me back to 1967
Monday, August 24th, 2009Okay, so I wasn’t born until late 1967, and I don’t remember this myself. But the feelings are the same. Watch NOM’s latest commercial (you can find it here) talking about “activist judges” and “forcing gay marriage on Iowa”. Then take a step back and think about 1967 and interracial marriage. You know, back in [...]
First they came for the gays…
Monday, July 20th, 2009This weekend, as I was working in my yard and came upon an idea. And low and behold, it came into being. What was it? You see, I was thinking that those that support the civil rights of GLBT Americans need to get those haters that fight against gay marriage to come out against marriages [...]
A year of civil disobedience for GLBT rights
Thursday, June 18th, 2009People are up in arms over the big DOMA flap, and rightly so. Yes, there are the apologists, but it really appears that we have numbers on our side; the side that says the President and his DOJ is wrong for citing incest and child marriage in trying to fight against gay marriage. Many people [...]
What can we do to shut you up?
Monday, June 15th, 2009That’s basically the question that I read into a post over at AmericaBlog.com. Specifically, John Aravosis wrote: Joe and I got an email the other day from a well-connected gay friend, and he said he was hearing rumors that the Obama administration, in an effort to woo back the gays, was thinking of possibly announcing [...]
Religious Fundies, you’re classy with a K!
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Which of course would be klassy! And what brings this on? Well you all know how the Iowa Supreme Court found that “separate but equal” is unjust, and ruled that gays and lesbians deserve the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts? Well, the religious fundamentalists have found a way to celebrate. How, you may ask? [...]
Add Vermont to the list!
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009As promised, Vermont’s Republican Governor Jim Douglas vetoed civil marriage equality for all Vermont residents. But this morning, the Vermont House and Senate have both voted to override the veto. This means Vermont is the fourth state to guarantee equal protection to gays and lesbians. No longer are gays and lesbians second-class citizens in Vermont. [...]
