March 7, 2010
My Civil Rights Are Different Than Yours
Filed by Keri Renault | March 07, 2010 7:00 PM |An ominous undertone pervaded hearings on Civil Marriage and Anti-Discrimination in Maryland last week. Gloomy gray skies and rain prevailed outside the Miller Senate building. Inside the Judicial Proceedings Committee a storm of hateful discrimination raged. Let me assure you...Read More
Virginia Attorney General Moves Against Gay Employees
Filed by Michael Hamar | March 07, 2010 5:30 PM |In the wake of his letter to the public colleges and universities in Virginia directing them to strip gays and lesbians of employment protection policies, the reaction has been loud and one of universal condemnation - except of course for...Read More
Making It Legal
Filed by Terrance Heath | March 07, 2010 4:00 PM |I suppose it’s no secret anymore. We went down to the courthouse Wednesday morning, and got a place in line. At least 16 couples were waiting at 7:15 a.m. inside the city’s Moultrie courthouse, which houses the marriage bureau and...Read More
Top 10 Things You Should Know About Paid Parental Leave
Filed by Guest Blogger | March 07, 2010 2:30 PM |Editors' note: Janet Walsh is the deputy director of the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Imagine that you are four months pregnant, excitedly telling your friends and family and starting to make plans for baby. You tell your...Read More
Get Your Sexism off My Gender Expression. Or Else.
Filed by Antonia D'orsay | March 07, 2010 1:00 PM |Today I suddenly realized I spend a lot of time having sudden realizations. I'm weird like that. I also have not-so-sudden realizations. Some realizations happen every single day, and my reaction is an extremely predictable and unvarying one -- I...Read More
Three Davids: vintage baseball photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | March 07, 2010 11:30 AM |Found another great image of some early 20th century baseball players, this time three highly hirsute men. Dig those crazy locks! A friend informed me that The House of David was (and remains) a celibate religious cult based in Benton...Read More
The Cautionary Tale of the Salty Seaman
Filed by Sean Bugg | March 07, 2010 10:00 AM |I am one foul-mouthed motherfucker. I am not alone in this. In my two decades in Washington I've worked closely with people who spew some pretty goddamned vulgar language every fucking minute of the day. I know bureaucrats, executive directors...Read More
Marie Osmonds poor gay son killed himself
Filed by Ed Team | March 07, 2010 7:30 AM |"marie osmonds poor gay son killed himself because he had been told how wrong and how sick he was every day of his life by his church and the people in it. Calling that "depression" is a lie! Yet the...Read More
If you're ugly, join the clergy
Filed by Bil Browning | March 07, 2010 7:00 AM |Nun humor. It doesn't get any funnier than this on a Sunday morning. We won't be able to find Father Tony, he'll be curled up in the corner holding his sides. Maybe. (Hat tip to Sara)...Read More
