So says Betty Bowers, and I agree heartily with her. Now sit down and enjoy this reminder that subjecting human rights to “the will of the people” is not such a hot idea because your rights could easily be next on the chopping block.
Bill Donohue, certified bigot, recently appeared on The 700 Club. Among other things he made the claim that gay priests sexually abuse others at a higher rate than do heterosexual priests.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
This is what every state needs to do, and should have done, when faced with those hateful, bigoted, ballot initiatives seeking to eradicate civil rights for LGBT individuals.
A number of radical anti-gay wingnuts showed up in D.C. on Monday to preach anti-gay twaddle from the Bible under the premise that the recently passed Matthew Shepard Act was going to lead to widespread arrests of clergy who were merely “preaching the Bible”.
Why do we have plenty of money for war but not enough to ensure a basic standard of living for our own citizens? Why do we (repeatedly) bail out mega-corporations while we let individuals die in the streets? How can we pretend we’re a first-world nation when we have so many of [.
The Catholic Church is apparently not content with keeping its own members submissive to its dogma. Now its blackmailing the District of Columbia, threatening to stop providing social services unless D.
When I say young I mean it. Will Phillips is only ten-years old, but he’s intelligent and has taken on a fight beyond that which is typical of his years.
The anti-gay bigots screamed, tantrumed and rended their garments for the longest time before the Matthew Shepard Act passed.
We’ve been told repeatedly that same-sex marriage cannot be allowed because it would be “taught in schools” (whatever that means), thereby causing little Alma and Bryce have the vapors.
1984 is a masterpiece on so many levels. My commemorative 1984 copy of the book is well worn and much loved.
Yes, I’ve been away awhile. As I noted previously, it’s a long story and forgive me if I meander.
Regular readers have probably noticed I haven’t been posting much lately. It’s a long story (isn’t it always?) but the result of it all is I’m weary and currently don’t feel much like doing what I’ve been doing.
A worthy response to the “OMG school children might see books which include families who aren’t heterosexual white Christians and that interferes with our gawd-given right to raise our children in a vacuum!!!” crowd.
Last year in the wake of the Proposition 8 decision the Mormon Church allegedly received packages with “white powder”.
The latest project of Liberty Counsel is something they call Adopt A Liberal. They apparently plan to “adopt” liberals and pray for their hellbound souls.
Often when we’re fighting for marriage equality we’re told “just accept civil unions” or “you can go to a lawyer and have ‘papers’ drawn up”.
This past week while rambling around the Internet I discovered three things I really wanted to share.
The RRRWers insist they should be able to prevent us from marrying (among other things) “for the sake of the children”.
U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker recently ruled that the backers of Proposition 8 must turn over certain internal records, stating it was not proven that doing so would inhibit the activities of same-sex marriage opponents or lead to their harassment.