May 6, 2008
Results matter
Filed by Bil Browning | May 06, 2008 | 11:59 PM |So here's the Indiana primary election day roundup: Barack Obama stomped Hillary Clinton in North Carolina. They more-or-less tied in Indiana, but Obama conceded gracefully. Andre Carson defeated all primary challengers to his Congressional seat. The Indiana gubernatorial race is...Read More
Is Barbara Walters A Slut?! Is Mariah Carey Faking It?!
Filed by Michael Buckley | May 06, 2008 | 7:00 PM |iPhone users: Click to watch Discuss! I hope Sheri shows this to Babs and they invite me on the View! LOL Questions today for comment section! 1. What do you think of Wawa - do you like her more or...Read More
Marriage Equality Movement Mother Dies
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | May 06, 2008 | 5:30 PM |As the nation celebrates Mother's Day this Sunday, let us as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans not forgot our mother of the marriage equality movement who died this week: Mildred Jeter Loving. There is no greater challenge before...Read More
Going to vote in Indiana
Filed by Bil Browning | May 06, 2008 | 4:30 PM |Politics is a family affair for us. Jerame and I went to vote this morning. Paige took today as a vacation day from school and came along as our camerawoman. Indiana's primary hasn't mattered in the presidential primaries in 60-odd...Read More
Zach Speaks
Filed by Terrance Heath | May 06, 2008 | 4:00 PM |Wow! I remember the Friday night in June 2005 when I first read about Zach's story. It shook me up so much that I had to post about it. (When I got up on Saturday morning it was still with...Read More
John McCain: Pander-tics as usual
Filed by Waymon Hudson | May 06, 2008 | 2:30 PM |Who needs Judges interested in justice? Not John McCain. In a speech a Wake Forest University today, McCain once again proved that he is no maverick or free thinker. He has just continued his pander-tics tour for the religious right....Read More
Eight Belles: emotion vs. common sense
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | May 06, 2008 | 1:15 PM |The whole country is worked up over Eight Belles' tragic death in the Kentucky Derby last Saturday. From songs dedicated to the filly on YouTube, to message boards with thousands of posts demanding that horse racing be banned, everybody is...Read More
Voter turnout
Filed by Bil Browning | May 06, 2008 | 12:40 PM |Voter turnout seems to be quite a bit higher than normal today. When Jerame and I went to vote we were numbers 173 and 174 respectively to cast ballots. I think in the last general election we were something like...Read More
Does the Supreme Court of the United States affirm sexual freedom as a fundamental human right?
Filed by Ricci Levy | May 06, 2008 | 11:00 AM |Does the Supreme Court of the United States agree with us when we affirm that sexual freedom is a fundamental human right? You bet it does!! In Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 588 (2003), the Supreme Court of the United...Read More
The crossover vote
Filed by Bil Browning | May 06, 2008 | 10:47 AM |Isn't this interesting? You know it doesn't bode well for Republicans when poll workers are having to beg them to take a R ballot... From the Indianapolis Star's ongoing election day coverage: Sales represtantive Bob Rose selected a Democrat ballot...Read More
Early Polling News From North Carolina
Filed by Storm Bear | May 06, 2008 | 10:26 AM |click to enlarge My wife read today's strip, and after she stopped rolling on the floor laughing, she wiped away the tears and alerted me, "you are gonna get so much hate mail!" Anyway, at my polling place here...Read More
Today's the day!
Filed by Bil Browning | May 06, 2008 | 10:00 AM |Well, it's finally Primary Day in Indiana. For the first time in 60-odd years, our primary will matter in the Presidential race. Who's it going to be? Barack or Hillary? Will Carson eke out another victory for Indiana's 7th Congressional...Read More
Just saw Chuck and Larry
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 06, 2008 | 9:00 AM |Has it really been almost a year since Chuck and Larry was released? Oh, my. I remember the mini-controversy over whether or not it was homophobic like it was yesterday. I just saw it Saturday, over at a friend's apartment...Read More
Rest in Peace, Mildred Loving
Filed by Ed Team | May 06, 2008 | 7:03 AM |"It wasn't my doing. It was God's work." --Mildred Loving, of Loving v. Virginia, who passed away yesterday...Read More
Touching Video for your family and friends
Filed by Sean Kosofsky | May 06, 2008 | 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch I was sent this short video, set to a beautiful song by Jewel that really puts personal stories front and center in the LGBT civil rights struggle...Read More
