Fundie Watch: March 2007
The Pro-Cancer forces at the statehouse
Filed by Jen Jorczak | March 29, 2007 | 5:35 PM |As if you needed any more proof that certain members of the Indiana General Assembly are truly anti-sex, seven of our favorite Representatives today offered no less than twelve inane amendments to Senate Bill 327. Senate Bill 327, if you...Read More
Profiles in Cowardice - Rep. Milo Smith
Filed by Jerame Davis | March 29, 2007 | 5:08 PM |Today's profile is on Rep. Milo Smith (R - Columbus). It's appropriate to point out here that Smith represents my home town and most of my family lives in his district - House District 59. Recently, Mr. Smith was quoted...Read More
SJR-7: BORKED!
Filed by Don Sherfick | March 29, 2007 | 7:44 AM |Ed Fox, a former fellow contributor to this site, has made a real find, as reported yesterday by Gary Welsh on Advance Indiana: None other than arch-conservative, strict-constructionist Robert Bork, unsuccessful Reagan nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, said, in...Read More
Group project!
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 28, 2007 | 11:08 PM |The inapproptiately named Traditional Values Coalition has a comic up about John Conyers' hate crimes bill. You know, the one that doesn't actually make enhancements for hate crimes but adds sexuality and gender identity to the already existing law. (I...Read More
Homophobic groupie?
Filed by Jen Jorczak | March 28, 2007 | 4:20 PM |So... did anyone else notice that the Star's photographer caught the exact same Eric Miller supporter yesterday that NUVO's photographer caught at Miller's 2005 rally? (click to enlarge) I mean, that's gotta be the same girl, right? How sad that...Read More
Matt Barber gets his panties in a bunch
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 28, 2007 | 2:12 PM |Now, I'm not one to put up a fundamentalist's column and dissect it, but this one is just too funny. Matt Barber has some pretty strange ideas about the gay community, and he wrote this column that's pretty off-the-wall. There's...Read More
Purdue Grounds Used for Religious/Sexist Dogma
Filed by Carrie Wooten | March 28, 2007 | 1:40 AM |The Purdue University Students for Life have set up their annual demonstration "Cemetery of the Innocents" in which hundreds of crosses are hammered into the ground of the Purdue Memorial Mall. The Mall is a central part of campus,...Read More
SJR-7.7: the new trend in amendments
Filed by Don Sherfick | March 26, 2007 | 5:21 PM |As long as they're at it: "(a) A "person" in Indiana shall mean only an individual who is a White Christian Heterosexual Male owning real property. "(b) This Constitution or and other Indiana law shall not be construed to require...Read More
State Legislators Holding the Eyes of Women Open
Filed by Carrie Wooten | March 23, 2007 | 11:41 AM |In a 91-23 vote, South Carolina legislators have succeeded in passing a bill deemed "emotional blackmail" by those who oppose it. In the bill, women seeking abortions would be legally required to view the images of the fetus during a...Read More
Have you spoken with the House Rules members yet?
Filed by Marla R. Stevens | March 16, 2007 | 3:05 PM |SJR-7 is gonna get heard there Wednesday. Call these people: Chairman of the Committee is: Scott Pelath (D-Michigan City) Vice-Chair is: Russell Stilwell (D-Boonville) Members are: Terri Austin (D-Anderson), Earl Harris (D-East Chicago), Bob Kuzman (D-Crown Point), Dennie Oxley (D-Milltown),...Read More
Brownback Backs Pace
Filed by Marla R. Stevens | March 15, 2007 | 4:56 PM |It's a Yahoo headline so it must be true...Sen. Brownback Supports Pace's Remark On Gays. My question is why anyone -- even Yahoo -- would think this was worth the bandwidth to report. Now, if Brownback said he was taking...Read More
Defending Garrison Keillor
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 15, 2007 | 1:43 PM |If you've been away from the GLBT blogosphere today and last night, then you probably missed the call-to-arms against Garrison Keillor for this Salon column. My old friend and blogger Kevin Erickson sent me the link late last night, and,...Read More
Open Thread: It's my first time
Filed by Jerame Davis | March 15, 2007 | 7:00 AM |I'm starting my first open thread...Here's some red meat to get it started... Over at AmericaBlog, John Aravosis takes gay Republicans to the woodshed. He says so much of what I've been saying for years. Then, Towleroad reports on Larry...Read More
SJR-7 Committee Hearing
Filed by Jerame Davis | March 13, 2007 | 11:59 PM |I've heard that the House Rules and Legislative Procedure committee will hold a public hearing on SJR-7 next Wednesday at 9:00 AM. Confirmation should be forthcoming. UPDATE: Looks like the IE blog had it first......Read More
SJR-7 goes to committee
Filed by Jerame Davis | March 12, 2007 | 8:40 PM |It appears that SJR-7 finally has a committee to call home. The website for the Indiana General Assembly was updated today to show SJR-7 was assigned to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures chaired by Rep. Scott Pelath (D...Read More
Postcards from the Edge: More news on pastor Ted
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 06, 2007 | 1:24 PM |We can't say we didn't see this one coming. From the NY Times:In the wake of a scandal involving its founding pastor, the Rev. Ted Haggard, the New Life Church in Colorado Springs has been forced to lay off 44...Read More
Republican Geeks on the Attack!
Filed by Jerame Davis | March 05, 2007 | 11:51 PM |I love it when such disparate topics as politics and geekdom come together in a perfect storm of total weirdness. This just cracks me up...Shortly before midnight (CST) on Monday, February 26, a group of republican Second Life users, some...Read More
Florida city police rough-up LGBT advocate
Filed by Jerame Davis | March 02, 2007 | 3:47 PM |Florida. First they decide to fire a civil servant of over 14 years for being transgender. Then, to add insult to injury, they arrest and manhandle a well-known LGBT rights advocate for telling people it was wrong. On Tuesday, Nadine...Read More
The Biblical family
Filed by Bil Browning | March 02, 2007 | 6:37 AM |Copyright 2007 David Honig...Read More
