Politics: August 2007
Larry Craig might resign today, and why are Republicans calling for his resignation?
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 31, 2007 3:42 PM |From CNN: Several well-placed GOP sources in Washington and Idaho have told CNN that embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig is likely to resign soon, possibly as early as Friday. Sen. Larry Craig, shown here in a 2005 photograph, is facing...Read More
Iowa same-sex marriages stopped
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 31, 2007 3:34 PM |At around 11 this morning, the judge who lifted the state ban on same-sex marriage stayed his ruling until the appeals process is over. Eight gay couples, who got their licenses approved in time, are, I'm assuming from what I've...Read More
Maine court OK's gay adoption
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 31, 2007 2:16 PM |Same-sex couples in Maine can now co-adopt children, according to a ruling from the highest court in that state. From 365gay: "A joint adoption assures that in the event of either adoptive parent's death, the children's continued relationship with the...Read More
I no longer fear the Kucinich Revolution: Part 4
Filed by Storm Bear | August 31, 2007 9:47 AM |click to enlarge In Parts One and Two, I discussed the support Kucinich has and the irrational fear also associated with electing Kucinich. In Part Three, I discussed Kucinich's time as Mayor of Cleveland and how the GOP slander...Read More
Audio of Larry Craig's police interview
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 30, 2007 6:43 PM |You can hear the tape of Larry Craig's police interview here. He says over and over that he disagrees with the officer's recounting of the events that took place but that he wouldn't fight them in court. Obviously, he was...Read More
Iowa court rules in favor of marriage equality
Filed by Bil Browning | August 30, 2007 6:13 PM |A trial court in Iowa released a 63 page decision today that said same-sex couples must be allowed to marry based on the Iowa Constitution's guarantee of equal treatment under the law. This ruling overturns Iowa's Defense of Marriage law...Read More
Nuking Tehran - How do you say Ground Zero in Persian?
Filed by Storm Bear | August 30, 2007 10:14 AM |click to enlarge When I was in high school, I was well educated in Soviet geography. Vladivostok, Novosibirsk and of course Moscow were all familiar places on the world map. Sadly, Americans seem to get the bulk of the...Read More
Is the GOP Anti-Gay?
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 30, 2007 8:41 AM |In a post yesterday called Republicans, Gays And Larry Craig: Is The GOP Anti-Gay? Marc Ambinder makes the following statement: It's absurd to label every politician or person who opposes gay marriage and gays in the military as anti-gay. Many...Read More
Two Years Later: A Front-Page Plea for Help in New Orleans
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 29, 2007 2:38 PM |In September 2005, just after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, I penned an op-ed in Gay City News about a close friend, Nicole Barbe, who is a New Orleans police officer. Nicole, who had been booted from the military...Read More
Tucker Carlson's Gay Panic
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 29, 2007 2:20 PM |Note to self: If I ever run into Tucker Carlson in a D.C. area men's room, do not say "hello," nod in recognition, or even so much as smile at the S.O.B. OK. First the mere thought of Hillary...Read More
Larry Craig Innocent?
Filed by Sean Kosofsky | August 29, 2007 1:06 PM |There has been a great deal of controversy recently around what the real issues are going on in the Larry Craig scandal. Hypocrisy. Is he really gay. Committing a crime while in office. Infidelity. And on and on. I just...Read More
Where's my Civil Defense Guide to Fallout?
Filed by Storm Bear | August 29, 2007 9:33 AM |click to enlarge From Satan's Temple of Deceit: And Iran's active pursuit of technology that could lead to nuclear weapons threatens to put a region already known for instability and violence under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust. One...Read More
Where does Larry Craig go from here?
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 29, 2007 8:28 AM |Well, that's the $64,000 question. In his press conference yesterday he implies that he's going to try to fight it: "In June, I overreacted and made a poor decision. While I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct at the...Read More
Larry Craig's public statement
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 28, 2007 7:43 PM |First it's "I'm a powerful man, so I can't be arrested." Then it's "In contradiction to everything I built my career on, I'll accuse the police of forcing me to confess. Don't ever expect me to stand up for people...Read More
Senatorial Procedures at the Minneapolis Airport
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 28, 2007 7:23 PM |To all of those reacting with unbridled vindication over the hypocrisy related to Idaho Senator Larry Craig's Minneapolis Airport stopover: Ethics Committee, don't waste your time. The embattled Senator was simply exercising his right to an old Senatorial prerogative: THE...Read More
Senator Craig: Guilty of Act? Guilty of Denial? Or Just Plain Guilty?
Filed by Sara Whitman | August 28, 2007 6:08 PM |Someone better hire this guy a new political consultant because after he pled guilty to charges stemming from a game of footsies with an undercover officer, he pretty much sealed his own deal. I mean, what do you expect Senator?...Read More
'Don't Tell' Larry Craig, But He'd Have a Hard Time Serving Now
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 28, 2007 1:06 PM |Shortly after pleading guilty to lewd conduct in an airport restroom, Senator Larry Craig sat down to pen a letter to a constituent about his ardent support for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the federal law that prevents LGBT Americans from...Read More
Indiana Republicans Duped on SJR7? Maybe We Owe Them An Apology
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 28, 2007 12:01 PM |The Indiana Equality corner of September's WORD (for Indiana), out today, carries a piece I authored concerning the possibility that Eric Miller and other proponents of SJR7, the proposed "marriage amendment" to the Indiana constitution, may have put one over...Read More
Indiana Republicans Duped on SJR7? Maybe We Owe Them An Apology
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 28, 2007 12:01 PM |The Indiana Equality corner of September's WORD (for Indiana), out today, carries a piece I authored concerning the possibility that Eric Miller and other proponents of SJR7, the proposed "marriage amendment" to the Indiana constitution, may have put one over...Read More
What else is there to say?
Filed by Bil Browning | August 28, 2007 10:47 AM |I didn't cover the news of Alberto Gonzales's resignation yesterday since it wasn't specifically LGBT related (although, as Alex would remind us, just about anything is a queer issue!). We cover national politics quite a bit though, so today I...Read More
Gonzales and the Democratic Fear of Flying Monkeys
Filed by Storm Bear | August 28, 2007 10:03 AM |click to enlarge When I was three years old, my parents let me watch the Wizard of Oz. A wholesome movie, right? Holy crap did it terrify me. I made my parents inspect the closet every night before bed...Read More
What we won't hear about Larry Craig
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 28, 2007 7:26 AM |We're going to be hearing a lot about this situation for the next few days. It's interesting to think about this as a racial issue, since Larry has a race, he's white, and how it's probably going to be covered...Read More
Larry Craig's statement
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 27, 2007 10:43 PM |Larry Craig's full response to being charged with lewd conduct and violating privacy: Idaho Senator Larry Craig made the following statement in response to the Roll Call story this afternoon: "At the time of this incident, I complained to the...Read More
What is it with Republican politicians and bathrooms?
Filed by Bil Browning | August 27, 2007 6:20 PM |Kudos to contributor Mike Rogers who first outed Senator Larry Craig on BlogACTIVE last year. At the time the republican from Idaho denied everything. Today, Roll Call is reporting that the not-so-good Senator was busted in June trying to score...Read More
The CA AG's 2 arguments against same-sex marriage
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 27, 2007 4:39 PM |From the Bay Area Review: In briefs filed with the state Supreme Court this summer two new legal arguments have emerged in the ongoing battle over same-sex marriage. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, in briefs filed August 17, is...Read More
Fear of gay blood
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 27, 2007 1:28 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] This guest post comes to us from anonymous blogger, Scott-O-Rama. Scott describes himself as "a late 30's-something GAY man in Phoenix, Arizona who has too many opinions and too much time on his hands, so I decided to...Read More
The Evolution of the Federal Marriage Amendment: The POTUS and A Primer Part III
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 27, 2007 11:00 AM |In the first two posts on of marriage versus civil unions here, and here, I've talked a little about the fact that marriage is almost exclusively a state matter, and how the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was enacted out...Read More
The Evolution of the Federal Marriage Amendment: The POTUS and A Primer Part III
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 27, 2007 11:00 AM |In the first two posts on of marriage versus civil unions here, and here, I've talked a little about the fact that marriage is almost exclusively a state matter, and how the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was enacted out...Read More
Going on the air
Filed by Bil Browning | August 27, 2007 10:00 AM |I'm getting ready to go on air with Republican Indianapolis City-County Councilor Ike Randolph on WIBC News Talk Radio in Indianapolis. Ike screwed our community over during the fight for a human rights ordinance and I have proof. You won't...Read More
Gonzales gone, watch where you step.
Filed by Storm Bear | August 27, 2007 9:09 AM |click to enlarge From CNN: Embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned, senior administration officials told CNN Monday. President Bush will likely nominate Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to the position, senior administration officials said. Clay Johnson, deputy...Read More
Ron Paul radio interview on homosexuality, sin and 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Filed by Pam Spaulding | August 25, 2007 2:55 PM |GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul sat down with "Recovering Republican" and former Constitution Party presidential candidate John Lofton to talk about abortion, gays in the military, and other hot button issues on Lofton's radio show, The American View. You can...Read More
Free to Preach Hate. For a Price.
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 25, 2007 1:14 PM |I have Prometheus to thank for bringing to my attention this LA Times op-ed addressing the silliness of black ministers who claim that the hate crimes bill will stifle their freedom to preach anti-gay hatred from the pulpit. A...Read More
Another invitation accepted
Filed by Bil Browning | August 24, 2007 4:14 PM |Just a quick note that I have agreed to appear on WIBC Newsradio 1070 in Indianapolis next Monday at 10am. This would normally be the Greg Garrison show, but Indianapolis republican City-County Councilor Ike Randolph will be guest hosting. Our...Read More
I no longer fear the Kucinich Revolution: Part 3
Filed by Storm Bear | August 24, 2007 9:00 AM |click to enlarge In Parts One and Two, I discussed the support Kucinich has and the irrational fear also associated with electing Kucinich. Today, I want to focus on the secondary soundbite I have heard over the last few...Read More
The House isn't cooperating with the investigation of Mark Foley...
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 23, 2007 4:23 PM |And they're saying they don't have to. From the AP: Florida's top police agency said Wednesday its investigation into former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley's lurid Internet communications with teenage boys has been hindered because neither Foley nor the House will...Read More
Apocalypse Maliki
Filed by Storm Bear | August 23, 2007 9:33 AM |click to enlarge There has been a lot of pushback on the blogs and on mainstream news about Bush's VFW speech yesterday - the quagmire, the cut and runners, etc. But there are a couple of uncomfortable other things...Read More
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): The POTUS and A Primer Part II
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 23, 2007 9:15 AM |Last Tuesday I initiated a short series of articles intended to be a primer/refresher on the overall subject of marriage versus civil unions. I note that since then Bilerico fellow contributor Marla Stevens has weighed in with some comments about...Read More
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): The POTUS and A Primer Part II
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 23, 2007 9:15 AM |Last Tuesday I initiated a short series of articles intended to be a primer/refresher on the overall subject of marriage versus civil unions. I note that since then Bilerico fellow contributor Marla Stevens has weighed in with some comments about...Read More
Bush turning on Lugar?
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 23, 2007 6:47 AM |I saw this on the TV yesterday afternoon: And then I saw this AP article later in the evening: Former White House aides are joining Republican fundraisers in bankrolling a $15 million, five-week advertising campaign putting pressure on lawmakers whose...Read More
More Naugle: Crazy entitlement to public space
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 22, 2007 4:48 PM |Fort Lauderdale mayor James Naugle may have just picked up some friends, and boy does he need them now. The embattled mayor has been in the doghouse for trying to get $250,000 automatically opening public bathrooms installed to prevent a...Read More
The LGBT Hate Crimes Project
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 22, 2007 4:35 PM |After some consideration, and discussions, I've come to the decision that I will add no further articles on LGBT hate crime victims to Wikipedia. When I started the Hate Crimes on Wikipedia project, it was because I'd noticed that...Read More
New York City remembers a firefighter
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | August 22, 2007 3:46 PM |A gay firefighter friend emailed me that one of the two firefighters who died the other day, fighting the blaze in the abandoned Deutsch Bank building near the WTC site, was Bobby Beddia, long-time supporter of FireFLAG/EMS. This extraordinary organization...Read More
New York City remembers a firefighter
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | August 22, 2007 3:46 PM |A gay firefighter friend emailed me that one of the two firefighters who died the other day, fighting the blaze in the abandoned Deutsch Bank building near the WTC site, was Bobby Beddia, long-time supporter of FireFLAG/EMS. This extraordinary organization...Read More
Know Thy Neighbor moves to Oregon
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 22, 2007 2:19 PM |Remember how those people in Massachusetts started publishing the names and addresses of people who signed anti-gay ballot initiative petitions? Well, the idea has moved on over to Oregon. Two bills pending in that state - one to create domestic...Read More
Gov't Disappointed You're Not Kissing More
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 22, 2007 1:11 PM |I love kissing. In fact, I was just telling my boyfriend the other night that it's one of my favorite pastimes to enjoy with him (who needs baseball?). And the government used to love that I loved kissing. In fact,...Read More
The evils fo sub-prime lending!
Filed by Storm Bear | August 22, 2007 11:55 AM |click to enlarge One thing we really should take a look at while our government is spending itself silly is our part of the US National Debt. Roughly, with 200 million taxpayers, our debt is $50,000 per person. Most...Read More
Pro gay marriage rally in small town Indiana
Filed by Bil Browning | August 22, 2007 10:10 AM |Here in the Hoosier state we're known for being, shall we say, a little conservative. I've lived in a few different cities around the state, but one of my least favorite places that I've lived was Columbus. It's a small,...Read More
Civil Marriage & Political Giving: Tough Love
Filed by Marla R. Stevens | August 21, 2007 7:12 PM |My money will go instead to funding Congressional and Statehouse candidates who already embrace me and my marriage as equal to them and theirs and who will not mince words about it ... I hope you are standing with me on this one. Frankly, simply being acknowledged as human should not be too much to demand and less than that should be too much to reward. Read More
Iranian lesbian faces deportation and death
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | August 21, 2007 1:15 PM |I just sent the following email to UK human-rights activist Peter Tatchell in support of last-ditch efforts to save this 40-year-old lesbian from being deported to Iran. If she is sent back, Pegan Emambakhsh faces certain death for her "offenses"...Read More
Marriage vs. Civil Unions: The POTUS and A Primer Part I
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 21, 2007 1:00 PM |The appearance earlier this month of six Democratic hopefuls for their party's presidential ("POTUS") nomination on a the HRC/Logo forum got me to thinking about how much candidates really DON'T say when they address the subject of gay marriage versus...Read More
Marriage vs. Civil Unions: The POTUS and A Primer Part I
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 21, 2007 1:00 PM |The appearance earlier this month of six Democratic hopefuls for their party's presidential ("POTUS") nomination on a the HRC/Logo forum got me to thinking about how much candidates really DON'T say when they address the subject of gay marriage versus...Read More
Not-So-Haute in the Heartland
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 21, 2007 12:40 PM |Former Senator Fred Thompson, in what is being billed as the political faux pas of the straw poll season, was reportedly seen wearing (gasp!) a pair of Gucci loafers during his recent visit to Iowa. Citing his shoes as perhaps...Read More
Indianapolis Star discovers the Aaron Hall murder
Filed by Bil Browning | August 21, 2007 12:26 PM |After extensive coverage in the blogosphere, the Indianapolis Star has finally done a story on the horrific murder of Aaron Hall in Crothersville, Indiana. While some have attempted to label the gruesome killing a hate crime, I've resisted the urge...Read More
Another Day In Asheville
Filed by Storm Bear | August 21, 2007 9:28 AM |click to enlarge Asheville is the closest North Carolina comes to San Francisco - the mountains, the culture, but that is where the similarities end. There is a very belligerent and ultra sanctimonious right wing in Asheville. Years ago,...Read More
Capitalism Smashed?
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 21, 2007 1:07 AM |I've always taken a little offense to the stereotype that the LGBT community is somehow wealthier than the rest of America. Despite plenty of research to the contrary, there still exists a popular (mis)conception that we, as a community, have...Read More
Immigrants' Rights Activist Elvira Arellano Arrested in Los Angeles, Quickly Deported
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 20, 2007 4:56 PM |Elvira Arellano, a single mother and undocumented immigrant from Mexico who sought sanctuary in a Chicago church last year to stay with her U.S.-born son, was arrested in Los Angeles yesterday. She had left the Chicago church to begin a...Read More
Misplaced Priorities
Filed by Sheila S. Kennedy | August 20, 2007 11:53 AM |It is hardly an exaggeration to describe the America we live in as deteriorating. From the failures of bridges and levees to the decline in America’s image abroad, from the fraying of our ability to engage in civil dialogue to...Read More
Tony Snow to resign
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 20, 2007 10:12 AM |Fox News personality and former Rush Limbaugh Show guest host Tony Snow was hired by the Bush Administration in early 2006 as Press Secretary. After a great year and a half, Snow's stepping down, citing "financial pressures" ($168K/year just isn't...Read More
Fred Thompson Backtracking on Gay Marriage?
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 20, 2007 10:00 AM |I wrote a couple of days ago about the CNN interview with possible Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson in which he expressed support for amendments to the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage and abortion rights, which you can read...Read More
The Looting Of America
Filed by Storm Bear | August 20, 2007 8:41 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
Have We Given Up on Ending AIDS?
Filed by H. Alexander Robinson | August 20, 2007 6:40 AM |For all the history making and unprecedented coverage of the recent Human Rights Campaign Foundation/Logo Presidential Forum the event provided no new information about the Democratic candidates. I was disappointed by the relatively superficial focus on HIV/AIDS and it should...Read More
Fred Thompson's Not Down With the Gays
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 18, 2007 12:25 PM |Fred Thompson, the Law and Order actor who is considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination, is not a fan of the gays. In fact, not only is he not a fan of the gays, he wants a amendment...Read More
Truth In Numbers, Hate Crimes Statistics
Filed by Marti Abernathey | August 18, 2007 9:11 AM |From a recent report out of UCLA entitled: Comparison of Hate Crimes Rates Across Protected and Unprotected Groups ( by Rebecca Stotzer, Public Policy Research Fellow at the Williams Institute) Current proposed legislation would change certain existing federal hate crime...Read More
Rove: GOP mastermind or overstimulated lab rat?
Filed by Bil Browning | August 17, 2007 5:34 PM |With Karl Rove's announced departure from the White House, stories have been written everywhere about how influential the little turd blossom has been in the Republican party. But when you look at a Gallup Poll released today, that image as...Read More
My Question for Mitt Romney
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 17, 2007 3:26 PM |Now that the CNN/YouTube Republican presidential debate is on again, I have a question for Mitt Romney: Mr. Romney, if it's okay for your five sons to decide not to serve their country through military service, why is it not...Read More
Indianapolis: 12th largest city won't even crack the lavender ceiling
Filed by Bil Browning | August 17, 2007 1:07 PM |Indianapolis is the 12th largest city in the United States, but you wouldn't know it from the way the LGBT community is treated. We had to scrape and fight to secure a human rights ordinance in 2005 that includes sexual...Read More
Hate Crimes on Wikipedia: Michael Sandy
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 17, 2007 11:30 AM |You never know who you might meet. Or what they might do to you. That's what I thought when I wrote up Jason Gage's story. That's true of, well, everybody. But in many of the cases I've researched so...Read More
Isn't It Ironic, Don't You Think?
Filed by Marti Abernathey | August 17, 2007 10:01 AM |During the HRC/LOGO Presidential Forum John Edwards was asked: MR. SOLOMONESE: Susan Stanton is in our audience tonight. She was, for 17 years, the city manager in Largo , Florida . She did her job well; she was respected and...Read More
The gay-bashing fundie caravan heads to Florida
Filed by Pam Spaulding | August 17, 2007 8:42 AM |Oh boy, you folks down there in the Sunshine State better be prepared for the fundie invasion ahead. The best and brightest of the professional right-wing fundamentalist fearmongerer set are coming to "inform and empower involved Christian citizenship," according to...Read More
I no longer fear the Kucinich Revolution: Part 2
Filed by Storm Bear | August 17, 2007 8:13 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
No Legal Opinion
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 16, 2007 8:48 PM |Remember President Bush's botched nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court? (Bill Maher still refers to it as that time when Bush "tried to put the White House cleaning lady on the nation's highest court.") Well, now it...Read More
Rove's Reason. Repressed?
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 16, 2007 7:03 PM |Jane says that Marcy says that any one of three different investigations could be behind Rove's sudden decision to step down. Admittedly, Rove' sudden resignation fits the pattern of Bush administration officials resigning two steps ahead of arrest, indictment,...Read More
Surviving Bush is not for Sissies
Filed by Sean Kosofsky | August 16, 2007 6:40 PM |The end is near. Even though we still have another year and a half of George Bush (His Illigititude) the doors are closing on this administration. With this impending regime change, it is important to look back and reflect on...Read More
Surprise: Haters Hate Hate Crimes Bill
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 16, 2007 2:12 PM |Cross posted at Bloggernista. The homo-haters at the American Family Association will stop at nothing to stop passage of a federal hate crimes bill that includes LGBT people. Now comes the claims that passage of the hate crimes bill will...Read More
Bill O'Reilly lied
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 16, 2007 1:19 PM |Well, that kinda goes without saying. Those people who toil away at Media Matters have recorded another lie by Mr. Propagandist. He said that there's a poll that showed that most Americans would be less likely to vote for a...Read More
Flushing Away the Naugle
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 16, 2007 11:26 AM |What is it with Florida politicians and their obsessions with public bathrooms? There was State Rep. Bob Allen offering cash and sexual favors to a (stocky and Black) undercover cop. Now we have Mayor Jim Naugle of Ft. Lauderdale wanting...Read More
Bill Richardson: not a man of science.
Filed by Storm Bear | August 16, 2007 8:55 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
Too gay to be pregnant or erect
Filed by Jen Jorczak | August 15, 2007 8:55 PM |Laura Parker at USA Today (which I don't read often, which is why these articles took so long to find me) posted 2 stories 2 weeks ago about the intersection of LGBT rights and reproductive rights, which of course, we've...Read More
Too gay to be pregnant or erect
Filed by Jen Jorczak | August 15, 2007 8:55 PM |Laura Parker at USA Today (which I don't read often, which is why these articles took so long to find me) posted 2 stories 2 weeks ago about the intersection of LGBT rights and reproductive rights, which of course, we've...Read More
Too gay to be pregnant or erect
Filed by Jen Jorczak | August 15, 2007 8:55 PM |Laura Parker at USA Today (which I don't read often, which is why these articles took so long to find me) posted 2 stories 2 weeks ago about the intersection of LGBT rights and reproductive rights, which of course, we've...Read More
Bill Richardson doesn't want to talk about the gays
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 15, 2007 3:50 PM |Hell, I feel the same way sometimes, Bill. In an interview with the NY Daily News, he said: Richardson, who supports civil unions, was asked if he would veto a gay marriage bill because he believed in his heart that...Read More
Giuliani Flips So Far He Kisses Himself On His Ass
Filed by Ellen Andersen | August 15, 2007 3:15 PM |There's been a lot of buzz here on The Bilerico Project and across the web about recent Logo/HRC presidential debate and the candidates' generally appalling efforts to distance themselves from the prospect of same-sex marriage, while generally embracing some form...Read More
New Jersey marriage Zogby poll
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 15, 2007 1:48 PM |From Garden State Equality: By 63% to 31%, New Jersey voters say they’d be fine with the state legislature upgrading civil unions to marriage equality. By 72% to 21%, New Jersey voters say state legislators would be in no electoral...Read More
The question Bush can't answer.
Filed by Storm Bear | August 15, 2007 9:10 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
In Support of ENDA
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 15, 2007 8:27 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following is a guest post by Barry Welsh. Barry is running against Republican Congressman Mike Pence in the 2008 elections. Rep Pence is an absolute embarrassment to his party and my state and consistently takes anti-gay positions....Read More
In Support of ENDA
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 15, 2007 8:27 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following is a guest post by Barry Welsh. Barry is running against Republican Congressman Mike Pence in the 2008 elections. Rep Pence is an absolute embarrassment to his party and my state and consistently takes anti-gay positions....Read More
In Support of ENDA
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 15, 2007 8:27 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following is a guest post by Barry Welsh. Barry is running against Republican Congressman Mike Pence in the 2008 elections. Rep Pence is an absolute embarrassment to his party and my state and consistently takes anti-gay positions....Read More
What Real Marines Do
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 15, 2007 8:24 AM |Marine Corps Captain Joshua Gibbs started his career in the Corps in 1998 as a Reserve tank driver and has done two tours in Iraq. He’s a well-respected, highly decorated officer who has served our country well. And, he’s an...Read More
Hastert to Retire; Leaves legacy of enabling a sex predator
Filed by Lane Hudson | August 14, 2007 5:43 PM |The networks have been announcing all day long that Hastert will not seek re-election in 2008. I say it's about damn time he left the House of Representatives. I haven't forgotten that the House Ethics Committee Report on the Foley...Read More
I never thought I'd say this, but: thank goodness for Al Sharpton.
Filed by Jen Jorczak | August 14, 2007 5:26 PM |Thanks, Alex, for the heads-up from Drudge and WaPost: Don Imus will collect $20 million from CBS to settle his "termination dispute," and is already being courted by other networks. To which I can only say: Are you fucking kidding...Read More
Popping the question to the candidates
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | August 14, 2007 4:36 PM |If same-sex marriage was such a wedge issue in the 2004 presidential campaign, why is it seemingly the litmus test for the LGBTQ community’s support in the 2008 race? The marriage question was the repeated query during last week’s historic...Read More
Largest ever survey of gay and lesbian consumers in America
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 14, 2007 3:00 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following is a guest post by Tom Roth, President and Founder of Community Marketing. Tom and his team have developed a spectrum of products and services to skillfully lead the company’s clients to their goals. Tom is...Read More
Lawrence & The Madam
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 14, 2007 12:56 PM |Summer in DC just isn't complete without a sizzling political sex scandal. This year, it came in the form of Louisiana Senator David Vitter, a Republican lawmaker who apparently had quite the affinity for high-priced call girls. Vitter, it turns...Read More
On Obama and marriage equality: a question continues
Filed by Don Sherfick | August 14, 2007 12:14 PM |In the wake of the discussions pro and con over last week’s Logo/HRC event (I can’t call it a “debate” by any stretch) with six of the eight Democratic presidential hopefuls on LGBT issues, I’m in the process of putting...Read More
Romney's, like, insanely super rich
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 14, 2007 11:38 AM |In case you didn't know already, Romney is so rich he could literally buy entire endangered species to eat with his breakfast and still have plenty of cash on hand to build a tower to heaven... and get there. From...Read More
You go to war with the body armor you have.
Filed by Storm Bear | August 14, 2007 8:17 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
Barney Frank defends Bill Richardson
Filed by Bil Browning | August 13, 2007 5:34 PM |Congressman Barney Franks has now weighed in on Bill Richardson's gaffe at the HRC/Logo Presidential Forum. The Representative released the following statement to The Bilerico Project today: "Governor Bill Richardson's apology for the mistake he made in saying that sexual...Read More
Chris Dodd answers HRC's questions
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 13, 2007 1:42 PM |Chris Dodd said he would show up at the HRC/Logo Presidential Forum, was the first one to confirm, but then backed out at the last minute citing a "scheduling conflict". Mm-hmm. Well, he's trying to make up for it by...Read More
David Mixner calls out Hillary's DOMA answer
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 13, 2007 11:42 AM |Remember how Hillary Clinton said that she'd only support repealing Section 3 of the DOMA at the HRC/Logo Presidential Forum last week and we got into a big discussion of whether Section 2 was necessary or not to satisfy those...Read More
Ding, dong the witch is dead
Filed by Candace Gingrich | August 13, 2007 11:23 AM |Ding, dong the witch is dead. I heard my co-worker say it this morning and I agree. Karl Rove will be gone by month’s end – nowhere near soon enough, though. Because the damage has already been done to America...Read More
With Rove gone, how far will Cheney go?
Filed by Storm Bear | August 13, 2007 8:23 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
Karl Rove is resigning!
Filed by Bil Browning | August 13, 2007 7:35 AM |I'm running out the door to go to work, but I had to share the best news I've heard in a long time... Karl Rove is resigning! The Cryptkeeper won't be turning in his keys until the end of August,...Read More
"There Goes A Window"
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 12, 2007 3:32 PM |Whatever happened to the right-wing's commitment to "love thy neighbor?" Just moments after he reiterated his support for same-sex marriage during the recent LOGO presidential forum, a window at the headquarters of Congressman Dennis Kucinich was smashed. According to the...Read More
The Visible Vote? Do they really support us?
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 11, 2007 2:17 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following is a guest post by Matt Hill Comer. Matt, 21, is a student & LGBT activist and youth advocate from North Carolina and has been active in local, state and national grassroots organizing. You can catch...Read More
Marriage: Not Just for the Wealthy and White
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 11, 2007 7:38 AM |I really want to post this video because of the attitudes expressed by some in the progressive LGBT community that marriage is either of concern only to white gay men with money or is part of some grand scheme to...Read More
Gay Geeks: How technology trumped LGBT issues and presidential politics
Filed by Jerame Davis | August 10, 2007 5:00 PM |I've said before that my two passions in life are politics (particularly LGBT flavored) and technology. Last night, there was a melding of those two passions that was unlike anything any of us have ever experienced. What was this magical...Read More
Final random thought on the presidential forum
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 10, 2007 3:21 PM |OK, I did several in-depth posts this morning, and now I have a few things on my notepad that I can't fill a whole post with. After this, I'm done with this debate for today. (Queer music and maybe a...Read More
Debate link
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 10, 2007 2:01 PM |I don't think we've given out the link yet, but if you want to watch the presidential forum in full, without having to wait for the buffering to catch up like last night or moving to a city that carries...Read More
I no longer fear the Kucinich Revolution.
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Hillary Clinton and Section 3 of DOMA
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 10, 2007 6:51 AM |In last night's HRC/Logo Presidential Forum, Hillary Clinton was the only candidate not to support the full repeal of the DOMA, but instead just Section 3. She said: And what we were able to do -- and I really give...Read More
Richardson's choice fumble... and his staffer's attempt at a save
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 10, 2007 6:11 AM |Remember that comment Richardson made that implied that he thought homosexuality is a choice? How did it go.... It's a choice. Oh, yeah, that sounds about right. Well, anyway, his campaign is freaking out now. So much so that I...Read More
My new condo in Vegas...
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | August 10, 2007 3:41 AM |That's right -- Vegas always does it better. No, really -- take a look at this -- so much sophistication, charm, personality, glamour and environmental responsibility... I'll see you there!...Read More
Presidential Forum on Marriage Equality
Filed by Marti Abernathey | August 10, 2007 1:06 AM |It was billed as the "HRC Foundation and Logo Presidential Forum", but you could have just as easily called it the "HRC and Logo Presidential Forum on Marriage Equality". But it wasn't supposed to be that way. According to Donna...Read More
Clinton: Live from the HRC Candidates' Forum
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 09, 2007 10:38 PM |[Editor's note] Full transcript of Sen. Clinton's section, after the jump. (Hillary walks on, and there's a comment about her clothes...Can this become an old story? When? Start talking to Gov. Richardson about his suits or something.) Her stances on...Read More
Richardson: Live from the HRC Candidates' Forum
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 09, 2007 10:25 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] Transcript of Gov. Richardson's section after the jump. (Note from the press room:) All the journalists are laughing and smirking too ... no one appreciates evasion. Personally, I'm drifting -- the combination of this one-after-another format, cold medicine,...Read More
Gravel: Live from the HRC Candidates' Forum
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 09, 2007 10:04 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] Transcript of Senator Gravel's section after the jump. -- Okay, Gravel, take on the prison-industrial complex and the war on drugs. Onward, onward ... now link that to the trouble with hate-crimes legislation ... maybe? -- Gravel didn't...Read More
Kucinich: Live from the HRC Candidates' Forum
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 09, 2007 9:58 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] Transcript of Rep. Kucinich's section after the jump. Okay, sweet wingnut (and, really, I mean that in the best way), I may not have much hope for electoral politics, but I guess I'm a little glad that you...Read More
Edwards: Live from the HRC Candidates' Forum
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 09, 2007 9:25 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] Transcript of Senator Edwards's section after the jump. [6:31] Sorry. I am an inexperienced live-blogger, and the adoption thing just flew by in my background while I was typing about class (but didn't she do the soundtrack to...Read More
Obama: Live from the HRC Candidates' Forum
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 09, 2007 9:03 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] Transcript of Senator Obama's section after the jump. [6:20] I'm thinking I respect that he's talking about all this within the boundaries that we might care about his thoughts on it -- he might be in a position...Read More
The Forum Begins ... Any Minute
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 09, 2007 9:00 PM |Questions, while we wait: The CEO of MTV said in her pre-show comments that this moment "feels transforming"--and I just wonder in what sense assimilation/inclusion-into-dominant-structures can be considered transforming. I mean, it's something -- but transforming? Others have asked this...Read More
Okay, Now It's Really Starting
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 09, 2007 8:59 PM |Presidential candidates' answers to "the questions important to your lives, your families, and your future" -- that's what we'll be hearing tonight, according to Margaret Carlson. First candidate on his way ......Read More
Rudy has done the most to help gays?
Filed by Bil Browning | August 09, 2007 6:41 PM |I found an intriguing article today that quotes TBP contributor Matt Foreman and I have to admit, I hope Matt will expand on his remarks here at Bilerico. Who would you consider the most gay friendly based on what they...Read More
Young Republican leader pleads guilty to rape
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 09, 2007 2:45 PM |From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: The former head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans admitted today that he sexually abused a colleague during a national convention here last summer. Michael Flory, a 32-year-old attorney from Jackson, Mich., pleaded guilty...Read More
An open letter to straight America
Filed by Mike Rogers | August 09, 2007 12:37 PM |"There on the hill outside of Juarez [Mexico], the taste of dust in my mouth, I found myself face to face with the latest manifestation of a virulent capitalism in which masses of humanity become pawns for massive profits...Read More
Ban the B-word?
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 09, 2007 12:28 PM |The city of New York is thinking about a symbolic ban on the b-word [Note: Bitch, not bisexual], just like the one that they did for the n-word last year. From the NY Times: The term is hateful and deeply...Read More
Obama announces LGBT leadership council
Filed by Bil Browning | August 09, 2007 10:42 AM |Barack Obama's campaign announced the formation of his "National LGBT Leadership Council" today in a press release sent to The Bilerico Project. The group will be organizing house parties to watch the HRC/Logo debates tonight on television. Also new is...Read More
Slapped Around Over Cynthia McKinney
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 09, 2007 10:36 AM |Freedom of speech is dead. After I recently posted about former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney’s potential Green Party presidential run, Alex decided to cross-post the entry at a number of other sites, including Daily Kos. And while I braced myself for...Read More
Al Gore: Poll Teaser
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Bush Doesn't Care About America
Filed by Marti Abernathey | August 08, 2007 8:19 PM |When Kayne West said "George Bush doesn't care about black people!" , he was partly right. George Bush doesn't care about the majority of Americans or what they care about. From HRC's "Back Story" blog: It's really sad, but apparently...Read More
Gay and lesbian voter turnout is pretty high
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 08, 2007 3:36 PM |From the LA Times: The study this spring by San Francisco-based Community Marketing Inc. found that an eye-popping 92.5% of gay men reported that they voted in the 2004 presidential race, and almost 84% said they cast ballots in the...Read More
Young Republican sex scandal
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 08, 2007 12:51 PM |Amid allegations that he sexually assaulted another man, the chair of the Young Republicans National Federation and the Clark County, Indiana, GOP chair, Glenn Murphy, has stepped down from his position. He says it's all because he got this sweet...Read More
Will the HRC-Logo debate be a white queer public soliloquy?
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | August 08, 2007 11:58 AM |There has been a lot of talk with enthusiasm and optimism concerning the upcoming historic televised HRC-Logo Forum on issues important to America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer voters. With a star-studded cast of 2008 Democratic presidential hopefuls like...Read More
Tough Enough for Will & Grace
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 08, 2007 8:24 AM |"That sound you hear in Washington is the federal government shooting itself in the foot." So begins Congressman Gary Ackerman's op-ed in this morning's Newsday about the need to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Ackerman, who recently took on Secretary...Read More
John Edwards was robbed!
Filed by Storm Bear | August 08, 2007 7:34 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
Hillary's DOMA Dilemma
Filed by Lane Hudson | August 07, 2007 9:26 PM |Here is a response that Hillary Clinton gave in response to a question posed by Paul Hogarth of BeyondChron: Secondly, DOMA, I believe that DOMA served a very important purpose. I was one of the architects in the strategy against...Read More
Strengthening Families
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 07, 2007 12:54 PM |Some families. Some of the time. If you wonder why I questioned Nancy Pelosi on whether the Democrats' agenda item to "strengthen families" meant our families too, I invite you to read the story of Brett Conrad and Patrick...Read More
Giuliani's daughter backs Obama
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 07, 2007 11:29 AM |Oh man: There's one vote that Rudy Giuliani definitely can't count on in his 2008 presidential bid: his own daughter's. According to the 17-year-old Caroline Giuliani's Facebook profile, she's supporting Barack Obama. On her profile, she designates her political views...Read More
Should you support the troops?
Filed by Storm Bear | August 07, 2007 8:28 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
Even more voting fun
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 06, 2007 9:41 AM |Last week Jeremy Bishop asked you all to vote for his question on same-sex marriage to be asked at the AFL-CIO presidential debate. Today the voting is closing, so make sure you head on over here if you want to...Read More
Jake Brown: The Man Who Fell To Earth
Filed by Storm Bear | August 06, 2007 9:22 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
Chris Dodd pulls out of the HRC/Logo debate
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 06, 2007 9:16 AM |Logo's reporting that Chris Dodd dropped out of the debate last Friday citing "scheduling conflicts". Of course, he was the first to accept the invitation, and Miss Manners had some pretty harsh words this past week for people who decline...Read More
Indy Star finally covers the real story
Filed by Jen Jorczak | August 06, 2007 8:40 AM |Well, this morning the Indianapolis Star finally fills its readers in on the Conrad-Atkins court case, about the incapacitated gay man whose parents were keeping his partner of 25 years from seeing him. We and others in the blogosphere have...Read More
Busted Florida Republican state rep's "black gay panic" defense on soliciting charge
Filed by Pam Spaulding | August 06, 2007 6:30 AM |Another Republican sexual hypocrite out of control. Florida State Representative Bob Allen (R-of course) is clearly shooting for worst defense of the year after being caught trolling for a same sex encounter. Earlier this month he was arrested at Veteran's...Read More
President McKinney?
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 05, 2007 3:15 PM |Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), unfortunately now most frequently remembered for her scuffle with a Capitol police officer, is hinting that she may run for the presidency on the Green Party ticket in 2008. McKinney, who introduced articles of impeachment...Read More
Hate Crimes on Wikipedia: Eight Bullets
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 05, 2007 2:46 PM |Uncontrollable rage. Like I said before, it seems to be a recurring theme in many of the stories. What interesting is that in some that rage doesn't seem to be triggered by much more than the mere existence of...Read More
Caught on Tape: Who's Blocking Gay Progress?
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 05, 2007 12:19 PM |There has been much frustration in the LGBT community over the difficulty in passing LGBT civil rights legislation in Congress even with Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. That frustration is justified, but I think too often misdirected at...Read More
Hate Crimes on Wikipedia: The Panic Rooms, Pt. 3
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 04, 2007 9:29 PM |Uncontrollable rage. It's probably a more appropriate term than "panic," since it seems to be at the core of the other stories in this series. Uncontrollable, murderous rage seems to have been a significant factor in the murders of...Read More
Experience, for a Change
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 04, 2007 1:47 PM |The big debate of the day in the Democratic race for the White House seems to be over ‘experience’ vs. ‘change.’ After almost eight years of Bush Administration misadventures, there’s no question that voters are looking for new leadership. In...Read More
The Gay Angle at the YearlyKos Convention
Filed by Lane Hudson | August 04, 2007 11:10 AM |I was asked by the organizers of the YearlyKos Convention to lead the LGBT Caucus at this week's meeting of progressive bloggers and activists. Although unsure of what this would entail, I was happy to accept the responsibility. The first...Read More
Hate Crimes Delay: Who to Hold Responsible?
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 03, 2007 10:30 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following is a guest post by Peter Rosenstein. Peter has worked for Congresswoman Bella Abzug, the Carter administration, and the White House Conference for the Handicapped Implementation Unit. In addition, Peter has been a member of the...Read More
Does Hillary know why Edwards is smiling?
Filed by Storm Bear | August 03, 2007 9:03 AM |click to enlarge...Read More
Philly gay couple wins one of the rights of marriage
Filed by Bil Browning | August 03, 2007 8:14 AM |One of the areas of married life that you don't see most folks talking about only comes into play when you're dealing with criminal law. Now, I'm no lawyer - and I don't play one on the internet - so...Read More
Kafka in the Old Guard
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 03, 2007 8:08 AM |Reporter Julie Weisberg has a story up at PageOneQ about Chris Mastromarino, a member of the military's prestigious Old Guard, the unit which performs ceremonial duties for the president, guards the tomb of the unknowns and oversees military funerals for...Read More
Disney will save the world -- thank you, Disney!
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | August 03, 2007 6:19 AM |Saltyfemme brought my attention to a piece of stunning journalism at Huffington Post -- isn't that supposed to be a "progressive" blog (or the progressive blog, according to some)? Anyway, "Corporate America: the New Gay Activists," this post by Kirk...Read More
More GOP code
Filed by Jen Jorczak | August 02, 2007 5:36 PM |Over at Huffington Post, Christina Page has delved further into the coded messages used by the GOP Presidential candidates, this time decoding their thoughts on birth control: To layman's ears, it all sounded pretty standard: He wants to overturn Roe...Read More
Marriage is a labor issue
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 02, 2007 9:39 AM |(This guest post comes to us from Jeremy Bishop, executive director of Pride at Work, the LGBTQueer AFL-CIO constituency group. Please take a moment to vote for his question so that it's asked at the AFL-CIO Presidential Debate. ~a.b.) This...Read More
America, it’s the new French!
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OK, so Tyler Whitney wasn't hired by a gay pol
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 01, 2007 11:24 PM |I posted Monday about how Dale Weighill, an independent running for mayor of Flint, had sent out a press release touting the hiring of Tyler Whitney, the gay former webmaster of the Tancredo campaign who was involved with a hate...Read More
We’ve come a long way to get to where we are today
Filed by Joe Solmonese | August 01, 2007 5:54 PM |On May 3, the House of Representatives voted 237 to 180 in favor of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (H.R. 1592). This historic vote was the first time that a major piece of pro-gay legislation had an...Read More
Hate Crimes on Wikipedia: Michelle Ellis & Roxanne Abdill
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 01, 2007 3:30 PM |The dual murder of Roxanne Ellis and Michelle Abdill is one of the stories I had in mind when I started this project. I think it's because it happened not long after I moved to Washington, D.C. I was...Read More
Hate Crimes on Wikipedia: The Panic Rooms, Pt 1.
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 01, 2007 11:11 AM |I guess it was inevitable when I started this project that I would come across cases that would make me think about how easily, as a gay man, I could have found myself in the victims' shoes. I think...Read More
A Welcome Change of Pace
Filed by Steve Ralls | August 01, 2007 10:58 AM |Admiral Michael Mullen, President Bush's nominee to replace General Peter Pace, the outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) yesterday that Congress not only can revisit the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on...Read More
Gonzales, The Firewall
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