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Friends don't let 'friends' drive marriage into biased hole
2008-06-09 23:16:00 Wanna see a phrase that sums up all that is wrong with those trying to stem the inevitable tide of marriage equality? Well looks at these seven words, which Concerned Women For America intern Hilary Webster wrote as a headline... More About: Marriage , Friends , California , Drive , Hole
Oh look, Pete's getting snarky. That's cute.
2008-06-09 21:33:00 When we heard Brokeback Mountain is being mounted as an opera, our reaction from both a gay rights and NY theatregoing standpoint was nothing short of positive. One who doesn't share our enthusiasm, however, is Americans For Truth's Peter LaBarbera:... More About: Cute
Universal, Disney, 'ex-gay' conference: Orlando truly is land of imaginatio
2008-06-06 15:19:00 Saturday morning in Orlando , folks from PFLAG, Wayne Besen's Truth Wins Our organization, and members of the clergy will hold a silent protest outside of a Love Won Out "ex-gay" conference: Gay activists to protest Orlando event, notion that homosexuality... More About: Disney , Land , Universal , Conference
More on Kern County's 'I don'ts"
2008-06-06 13:30:00 Remember our post from yesterday speculating about the real reasons why the clerks office of Kern County, CA, has chosen to get itself out of the marriage game? Yea, well, The Bakersfield California n pretty much confirms for us that homo-hostility...
Westboro itching for Takei/DeGeneres invite
2008-06-06 00:38:00 The first thing we have to say to the following press release: George Takei has freely announced that his wedding will be on 9/14 at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. As best we know, Ms DeGeneres does... More About: Ellen Degeneres , Celebs , Westboro , Invite
Audio: Lesbian goes on Stern for reasons other than straight fantasy fulfil
2008-06-05 22:20:00 The other day we heard celesbian Rosie O 'Donnell call in to "The Howard Stern Show" and gave a frank-for-even-Rosie interview with her onetime adversary. We found it interesting and thought you might as well (H/t: Towle): More About: Audio , Fantasy , Lesbian
Marriage foe uses 'despicable' argument
2008-06-05 21:08:00 Speaking of the far-right's attempts to amend the California state constitution in a way that is both anti-gay and un-American, Brad Dacus of the "pro-family" Pacific Justice Institute has issued the following rally cry: "The bottom line is that, if... More About: Marriage
Delonas boldly goes where anti-gay men have gone before
2008-06-05 20:06:00 You know Sean Delonas, the NY Post cartoonist who's routinely caught heat for being anti-gay, yet who has denied his homophobia at every turn. Yea, well, his denials are wearing thin: Look out, T.R. Knight. We hear Sean has a... More About: Anti
WAAH! Gays are going to push for their rights. WAAH!
2008-06-05 17:49:00 As the inevitability of same-sex marriage becomes ever more apparent, our opposition becomes ever more desperate. Which is exactly why in reaction to the news that there will be no "stay" on the California Supreme Court's marriage ruling, the folks... More About: Rights , Gays , Push
Video: Uniting the party Signorile style
2008-06-05 16:40:00 Longtime gay activist Michelangeleo Signorile is lots of things. Mealy-mouthed ain't one of 'em: A Rough Day on the Show [Signorile] (H/t: PHB) More About: Video , Democrats , Party , Barack Obama , Cain
Tivo/FOF: We're recording our unhappiness
2008-06-05 15:42:00 Last October, we expressed concern over a partnership between Focus on the Family and Tivo , in which the extremely anti-gay "pro-family" group had teamed with the digital video recording pioneers in order to help shape the programming options that are... More About: Recording
Kern divorces self from marriage
2008-06-05 14:34:00 Citing a lack of available staff, officials with the clerk's office of Kern County, CA, announced yesterday that they'll no longer marry any couples, gay or straight: County clerk will stop performing all weddings [Bakersfield Californian] An announcement that obviously... More About: Marriage , Divorces
There's hyperbole and then there's Barber
2008-06-05 00:40:00 Liability-in-waiting Matt Barber has again put pen to paper, as he continues his job of destroying the last remaining shreds of credibility enjoyed by the Concerned Women for America. Some choice quotes from Matt's latest anti-marriage equality missive: "If marriage... More About: Ellen Degeneres
He doesn't carrot all about about gay equality
2008-06-04 23:35:00 It's a sad day for this writer. For I have just found out that the dude behind a carrot juice that I regularly drink, William Bolthouse, has donated $100,000 in support of California 's anti-gay constitutional amendment: Local carrot farmer donates... More About: Carrot , Equality
NOM's form letters: Even a zombie sheep should take pause
2008-06-04 22:06:00 Brian Brown and Maggie Gallagher's Nation For Marriage group has prepared a form letter that they're encouraging folks to send to NY Gov. David Paterson in protest of his directive about the recognition of out-of-state same-sex unions. And while we... More About: New York , Letters , Form , Zombie , Sheep
America as it is, and THIS is the George we need to recall?!
2008-06-04 20:37:00 Well there "stay" was unsuccessful and there attempt at a constitutional amendment is still to be determined. But what will be the far-right's next temper tantrum over the California marriage ruling? Well check out this site we just stumbled upon:... More About: America , Recall , George
Lesbos' home nation marries gay pairs
2008-06-04 00:53:00 Even though we tend to limit coverage to the "culture war" here at home, we'd be remiss if we did not mention that Greece today performed its first same-sex wedding: First Same-Sex Weddings in Greece [NY Times] Now, Greece?s top... More About: Home , Nation
Wherein Pete destroys the sanctity of call letters
2008-06-03 23:18:00 Dear Pete r LaBarbera: If you are going to raise a stink about a local anchor in Orlando Florida MCing a gay event at Disney World and are going so far as to email both the reporter and her news director... More About: Letters , Call
Bottom line: Any branch that helps gays is WRONG!
2008-06-03 22:53:00 06/03/08 -- The Alliance Defense Fund's Brian Raum speaking about NY Gov. Paterson's directive that his state must recognize out-of-state same-sex unions: "The future of marriage should be decided by the legislature, not executives who take matters into their own... More About: Branch , Gays , Wrong , Line , Bottom
Video: Lavy confuses bi love with 'Big Love'
2008-06-03 22:02:00 We showed you Mat Staver blatantly lying about the possibility of the CA ruling leading to legalized polygamy. We also showed you Tony Perkins suggesting that the California legislature had been overstepped, even though they have twice approved marriage equality... More About: Video , Love , Big Love
Video: By all means, let the legislature weigh in!
2008-06-03 17:54:00 We already showed you one clip from last week's FRC press conference, in which Mat Staver blatantly lied about the possibility of the CA ruling leading to legalized polygamy. Now check out this clip, wherein FRC head Tony Perkins has... More About: Video , Legislature , Weigh
Video: 't'-less Mat spouts fact-less logic
2008-06-03 17:01:00 Wanna see yet another blatant lie from a "pro-family" lawyer? Yea? Well check out this clip from a press conference held last week by the Family Research Council, in which the Liberty Counsel's Mat Staver, a an attorney who argued... More About: Video , Fact , Logic
CA: Proposed historical blemish gets go-ahead
2008-06-03 15:17:00 Oh, if you haven't already heard: California 's gay marriage opponents were yesterday given word that their anti-gay initiative has qualified for the November ballot: Gay marriage ban qualifies for California ballot [AP via Google] Upon hearing the news, we immediately... More About: Historical , Ahead
Video: 'Old McBiased had a farm, anti-G-A-Y'
2008-06-03 14:40:00 In his write-up of the following video, Americans For Truth's Peter LaBarbera says that "there?s more common sense and wisdom in this three-minute video by country Gospel singers and songwriters Lewis and Lewis than in a thousand court briefings by... More About: Video , Farm , Anti
Gay rights musts: (1) Bang the gavel (2) Ask social conservatives if they a
2008-06-03 00:49:00 Hey "pro-family" peeps: You have taken it upon your selves to push an initiative that would amend the California constitution so that it bans same-sex unions. However, your lil' "democratic process" is not something to which you are owed as... More About: Social , Rights , Gay Rights , Conservatives
Bruno: Needs to spend time in both Chelsea and Chinatown?
2008-06-02 23:32:00 Attn. lawmakers: If you are going to give quotes to national press outlets wherein you attempt to disconnect your antipathy for gay rights from a fundamental misunderstanding of the world and all of its people, then you might want to... More About: Chelsea , New York , Chinatown , Time , Bruno
My bi-familial orientation
2008-06-02 21:59:00 It's completely coincidental that this year's Blogging For LGBT Families event falls on a Monday after which this gay writer spent a weekend ensconced in quality family time. It's not an accident, however, that the young kids with whom I... More About: Orientation
Known cuties get AE treatment
2008-06-02 19:40:00 Wanna pause your political mind and focus on your aesthetic region for a second? Then you're in luck, would-be superficial objectifier, for AfterEllen and AfterElton have released their annual Hot 100 lists of the men and women who their gay,... More About: Treatment
NC: Justice tops bottom-barrel charge
2008-06-02 18:58:00 Good news for those who prefer to let decided legal precedent overrule antiquated and offensive notions of sexual immorality: Prosecutors in Wake County, NC. have dropped charges against two gay men who had been charged with "crimes against nature" for... More About: Justice , Tops , Charge , Bottom , Barrel
Why'd Barr raise his bar on gay-barring measure?
More articles from this author:2008-06-02 17:42:00 Last week, former Republican Congressman and current Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr shocked many gay activists when he, the onetime author of so-called the Defense of Marriage Act, promised that he'd fight to repeal DOMA if elected to the White... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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