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Remember the Anti-Gay Florida Principle? He's now a Local Hero.
Bilerico Aug 21 08
I'm sure readers will remember David Davis, the principal at Ponce de Leon High School in Florida whom the courts said led a "relentless crusade" against gay students at the school and "embarked on what can only be characterized as a witch hunt.
Bobby Jindal: A Decadence We Can Do Without
Bilerico Aug 21 08
Next Thursday, I'll be heading to New Orleans to join my friends who call the city home for its annual Labor Day debauchery, also known as Southern Decadence.
Lesbian couple to marry in Oregon
Bilerico Aug 21 08
Two women, one of whom is Coquille, will be getting married next May with the Coquille Indian Tribe:
As a federally recognized sovereign nation, the tribe is not bound by the Oregon's Constitution.
Why is "taxes" a dirty word...?
Bilerico Aug 21 08
Corporate tax rates in my former home, Ireland, are among the lowest in the European Union (EU). That fact, along with decades of massive EU spending to subsidize infrastructure, and a well-educated, English-speaking, hardworking workforce has been responsible for what has been dubbed "the Celtic Tiger," an Irish economic boom that began in the 1990's and is only just starting to stutter due to the global subprime meltdown.
The British Orgy Daddy and the Island Boy
Bilerico Aug 21 08
Dear Father Tony,
I am writing to you from Manila. That's in the Philippines. I am taking a break from the work I'm supposed to be doing (I write music programming for karaoke machines, barely a week into this new, home-based job) because I thought it would be wise to introduce myself to you.
Evan Bayh: VP speculation hits fever pitch
Bilerico Aug 21 08
The "Evan Bayh will be Vice-President" meme is running rampant here in Indiana with more and more tips and leaks and rumors spreading like wildfire.
Why I'm Not Betting on CDC's HIV Statistics
Bilerico Aug 21 08
Editors' note: Greg Varnum is the Acting Executive Director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition.
Tenured (?) wingnut professor on crack
Bilerico Aug 21 08
I normally wouldn't waste my time on the crap that emits from the keyboard of Professor Mike S. Adams over at Clown Hall, but this classless loose cannon of homobigotry is stationed in my state; he teaches criminology at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington.
Rep Stephanie Tubbs Jones dies
Bilerico Aug 21 08
Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones died Wednesday after a brain hemorrhage. The Congresswoman had championed the east side of Cleveland and the surrounding suburbs for the last ten years.
Ambassadors of Justice
Bilerico Aug 21 08
As we charge full-steam ahead into election season, I'm inspired and awed every day by the commitment and passion I see in our community.
Letting women die is required by the GOP
Bilerico Aug 21 08
"If he were to change the party platform I think that would be political suicide."
--Tony Perkins on why McCain shouldn't challenge the GOP platform as he did in 2000 to include an exception for rape, incest, and life of the mother in their call for a ban on abortion
Draft?
Bilerico Aug 21 08
iPhone users: Click to watch
Did McCain just say he was in favor of the draft?
Tune In, Bear Out
Bilerico Aug 20 08
JMG just peeped that one of my all-time favorite Bears, The Infomercial World's Billy Mays, has just landed his own reality TV Show.
Dachau, death, and this man
Bilerico Aug 20 08
I visited Dachau earlier this week, and posted about it before I went. I was moved by the stories that some of you told in the comments, so thank you for that.
Theatre Review: "China: The Whole Enchilada"
Bilerico Aug 20 08"We're three Caucasians with a fascination of the new sensation called the Chinese nation!"
So starts the irreverently funny and not-so-politically-correct new musical, China: The Whole Enchilada, one of the many productions showing at the New York International Fringe Festival, which features independent, avant-garde, and homegrown theatre, and runs through August 24th.
A Trans Story of Support and Acceptance
Bilerico Aug 20 08
If only all stories of transition turned out this way...
An article in Massachusetts's Worcester Telegram tells the story of Brianna Bonin, a 54 year-old transwoman who is a night custodian at Clara Barton Elementary School.
10 is the loneliest number...of gays supporting McCain
Bilerico Aug 20 08
The hardcore LCR crowd is beginning to look more and more like the 20% Freeper base -- blind devotion to their candidate regardless of how craptastic (or in the case of the LCRs, publicly homophobic) the pol is.
Jesus Christ! Kathleen Parker agrees with me on a socio-political issue
Bilerico Aug 20 08
Yesterday I posted about the presidential forum that was held in Rick Warren's Saddleback Church.
Who knew?
Bilerico Aug 20 08
While I'm really excited about the upcoming trip to Denver, I have to admit I'm a little out of sorts.
Elaine Donnelly's Radical Culture Change
Bilerico Aug 20 08
Right-wing "military" activist Elaine Donnelly, fresh off of her critically disastrous appearance before the House Armed Services Committee, is again maligning the professionalism of our troops, the capabilites of military commanders and the common-sense of the American public.
