October 18, 2008
This Weekly Round-Up goes out to you, Joe the Plumber!
Filed by Waymon Hudson | October 18, 2008 6:00 PM |Since you might have been caught up in the ongoing saga of Joe the Plumber- the not so real plumber, who doesn't pay taxes, and is now a household name- here are some of the great posts from The Bilerico...Read More
Solving a Mystery: What Did Joan of Arc Look Like?
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | October 18, 2008 4:30 PM |GLBT historians love to claim Joan as lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. I'm one of those who think she was a case of androgen insensitivity syndrome -- burned at the stake in 1431 for her "crime" of flouting Catholic rules on...Read More
Laughing Out Loud With W
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | October 18, 2008 3:00 PM |If the economy's got you down, you need to go see the new Oliver Stone movie, "W." Josh Brolin plays a dead on George Bush and the portrayals of Cheney, Rice, Powell, Rove, and Rumsfeld are just to good to...Read More
Show Your Hometown Pride
Filed by Michael Crawford | October 18, 2008 1:30 PM |With little more than two weeks before election day, now is the time to pull out your little black book and contact everyone in it about Barack Obama. This election is the most important in at least a generation and...Read More
Florida Amendment 2 Backers Release Ads
Filed by Waymon Hudson | October 18, 2008 12:00 PM |Yes2Marriage, the group behind Florida's Amendment 2, the so-called "Marriage Protection" Amendment, has released and started airing a new ad called "Just One Thing"- which is built on the lie that Amendment 2 does "only one thing - defining marriage...Read More
Why I am withholding federal taxes
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 18, 2008 10:30 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Charles Merrill, the cousin of the founder of Merrill Lynch, was previously married to the late Evangeline Johnson, the Johnson & Johnson heiress. He has refused to pay federal taxes, protesting marriage equality. Charles is a...Read More
Bob Graham Says No To Amendment 2
Filed by Anthony Niedwiecki | October 18, 2008 10:00 AM |Florida's popular former Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham has announced his opposition Amendment 2. Graham served as Florida's governor from 1979 to 1987 and as the state's U.S. Senator from 1987 to 2005, notably as chairman of the Senate...Read More
The *Other* Things John McCain Knows
Filed by Scott Kaiser | October 18, 2008 9:00 AM |John McCain must be a very knowledgeable guy. After all, over the course of three Presidential debates he's told us that he knows how to: get Osama Bin Laden;fix the economy; create jobs; save billions of dollars;eliminate programs; heal the...Read More
Harvey Milk's Genius
Filed by Ed Team | October 18, 2008 7:30 AM |"Harvey said, 'This is a quest for everybody's rights.' That was his genius." -- Focus Films CEO James Schamus, on the political strategy of the late gay pioneer Harvey Milk, as quoted in The New York Times....Read More
Florida Amendment 2 Ad- Do the Rights Thing
Filed by Waymon Hudson | October 18, 2008 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch Here's the new Do the Rights Thing video against Florida's dangerous Amendment 2, the so-called "Marriage Protection" Amendment. Your one vote can be stronger than Amendment 2! Get involved in the fight: www.SayNo2.com....Read More
