Politics: December 2007
What (Gay) Conventional Wisdom?
Filed by Karen Ocamb | December 31, 2007 | 6:18 PM |I love Sunday brunch. My friends and I gather at some West Hollywood or L.A. eatery and let the politics fly. It’s all off the record so spin takes a back seat to “truth” – whatever that might mean in...Read More
Indiana amendment: Where are we now?
Filed by Bil Browning | December 31, 2007 | 4:27 PM |The Indianapolis Star has a story today about the fate of Indiana's constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions. There's not really any new information, but it's nice to see the Star helping to raise awareness. Sen. Brandt...Read More
An Open Letter To Barney Frank
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 30, 2007 | 7:04 PM |Dear Congressman Frank, Since you've posted here a few times, and I'm quite sure your staff keeps track of what's being said about you and those you ally yourself with here and in other community media, since not being an...Read More
An Open Letter To Barney Frank
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 30, 2007 | 7:04 PM |Dear Congressman Frank, Since you've posted here a few times, and I'm quite sure your staff keeps track of what's being said about you and those you ally yourself with here and in other community media, since not being an...Read More
Mike Huckabee Anti-Gay Hit Parade
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 30, 2007 | 8:53 AM |With only a few days before the Iowa caucuses, I thought it a good idea to recap some of the hateful things that Republican frontrunner Mike Huckabee has said about LGBT people. Homosexuality I believe to try to legitimize that...Read More
John McCain vs Mitt Romney
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 29, 2007 | 10:56 AM |After months of the Republican presidential candidates trying to prove who's more anti-gay, its nice to see them turning their fire on each other. In this new campaign ad John McCain unloads on Mitt Romney....Read More
The Season & Its Reasons
Filed by Terrance Heath | December 28, 2007 | 1:19 PM |The holiday wouldn't be complete without the obligatory "Jesus is the reason for the season" commentary, and this year Roland S. Martin provides it. This whole push to remove Christ from the Christmas season has gotten so ridiculous that it's...Read More
Charlie Crist doesn't support Florida's anti-marriage amendment
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 28, 2007 | 7:52 AM |Florida's anti-marriage amendment, which just got enough signatures a couple weeks ago to get on the ballot this November, can't even get the support of the state's Republican governor. Thanks to Pam for finding this Palm Beach Post article that's...Read More
Barack Obama: Stand for Change
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 27, 2007 | 7:42 PM |Barack Obama urges voters to stand for change in our country in this excerpt from a speech given seven days before the iowa caucuses. After seven long years of George Bush, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzales, Tom Delay and...Read More
Don't insult the Congresswoman
Filed by Jerame Davis | December 27, 2007 | 5:32 PM |The passing of Congresswoman Julia Carson has left a gaping hole in Indiana political life. Julia Carson was a great leader and a strong progressive voice. As we consider her replacement, we should not forget the legacy Julia left and...Read More
Don't insult the Congresswoman
Filed by Jerame Davis | December 27, 2007 | 5:32 PM |The passing of Congresswoman Julia Carson has left a gaping hole in Indiana political life. Julia Carson was a great leader and a strong progressive voice. As we consider her replacement, we should not forget the legacy Julia left and...Read More
Tonight On The Rebecca Juro Show: Mara Keisling
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 27, 2007 | 5:30 PM |Join us tonight at 7pm eastern, 4pm Pacific, as we get into the issues with National Center for Transgender Equality Executive Director Mara Keisling. Questions and comments while we're on the air: Call in with Skype: Usernames (no quotes) "beckystudio"...Read More
Tonight On The Rebecca Juro Show: Mara Keisling
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 27, 2007 | 5:30 PM |Join us tonight at 7pm eastern, 4pm Pacific, as we get into the issues with National Center for Transgender Equality Executive Director Mara Keisling. Questions and comments while we're on the air: Call in with Skype: Usernames (no quotes) "beckystudio"...Read More
Benazir and Hillary
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | December 27, 2007 | 4:59 PM |Benazir Bhutto's assassination should be making American voters ask themselves a nightmarish but necessary question. How ready is the United States -- really -- for a woman President? We'd better not be pointing fingers at the neoconservative Islamic element in...Read More
My responsibility
Filed by Jim Neal | December 27, 2007 | 10:11 AM |Pam, thanks for your warm welcome to The Bilerico Project community. I look forward to sharing my views on issues important to the LGBT community on my newest URL in the blogophere! Our campaign’s all about reaching out to grassroots...Read More
My responsibility
Filed by Jim Neal | December 27, 2007 | 10:11 AM |Pam, thanks for your warm welcome to The Bilerico Project community. I look forward to sharing my views on issues important to the LGBT community on my newest URL in the blogophere! Our campaign’s all about reaching out to grassroots...Read More
The Neo-Con Virgin Birth and how John Edwards will save us all.
Filed by Storm Bear | December 26, 2007 | 12:43 PM |click to enlarge Some things are just too horrible to contemplate. This is one of those things. As with all Christmas family gatherings, sometime, somewhere, the conversation always turns to politics. It can't be helped. This year, the conversation...Read More
Happy tears for the holiday
Filed by Mike Rogers | December 25, 2007 | 8:30 PM |Jay Lassiter of Blue Jersey headed to Rome... If you're opposed to the death penalty, you'll love it. If you support the death penalty, you are barbaric. And if your're gay and support the death penalty then you just don't...Read More
American Scrooge
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | December 25, 2007 | 4:51 PM |Yesterday, as I was watching "A Christmas Carol" for the umpteen hundredth time in my life, I suddenly understood the real reason why Charles Dickens' story has been such a holiday heart-wrencher for 165 years. The book was first published...Read More
Food Pantry Shortages: What's the Real Story?
Filed by Yasmin Nair | December 24, 2007 | 9:26 PM |One of the big stories this season is unrelated to shopping or entertainment: food pantries across the country are facing drastic shortages in items donated from the agricultural industry. This means that more people who depend on food pantries will...Read More
Food Pantry Shortages: What's the Real Story?
Filed by Yasmin Nair | December 24, 2007 | 9:26 PM |One of the big stories this season is unrelated to shopping or entertainment: food pantries across the country are facing drastic shortages in items donated from the agricultural industry. This means that more people who depend on food pantries will...Read More
Food Pantry Shortages: What's the Real Story?
Filed by Yasmin Nair | December 24, 2007 | 9:26 PM |One of the big stories this season is unrelated to shopping or entertainment: food pantries across the country are facing drastic shortages in items donated from the agricultural industry. This means that more people who depend on food pantries will...Read More
Food Pantry Shortages: What's the Real Story?
Filed by Yasmin Nair | December 24, 2007 | 9:26 PM |One of the big stories this season is unrelated to shopping or entertainment: food pantries across the country are facing drastic shortages in items donated from the agricultural industry. This means that more people who depend on food pantries will...Read More
Queers and Gentrification, Part 1: Wind Chimes
Filed by Yasmin Nair | December 23, 2007 | 3:22 PM |I’m woken up by the sounds of a winter night in Chicago. The wind is rushing around our building, the windows sound like they’re being shaken by a child trying to get back in, and the porch door has creaked...Read More
Queers and Gentrification, Part 1: Wind Chimes
Filed by Yasmin Nair | December 23, 2007 | 3:22 PM |I’m woken up by the sounds of a winter night in Chicago. The wind is rushing around our building, the windows sound like they’re being shaken by a child trying to get back in, and the porch door has creaked...Read More
New Zogby Poll: Only Obama Beats All 5 Top GOP Candidates
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 22, 2007 | 3:36 PM |According to the latest Zogby poll, Barack Obama is the only Democratic Presidential candidate who would beat all five of the top Republican candidates in the general election. Zogby’s poll of 1,000 likely voters nationwide shows Hillary Clinton losing to...Read More
New Zogby Poll: Only Obama Beats All 5 Top GOP Candidates
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 22, 2007 | 3:36 PM |According to the latest Zogby poll, Barack Obama is the only Democratic Presidential candidate who would beat all five of the top Republican candidates in the general election. Zogby’s poll of 1,000 likely voters nationwide shows Hillary Clinton losing to...Read More
How the War On Christmas started.
Filed by Storm Bear | December 22, 2007 | 2:25 PM |click to enlarge The Christmas tree is often explained as a Christianization of the ancient Pagan idea that the evergreen tree represents a celebration of the renewal of life. In actuality, when the Roman Empire was converted en masse...Read More
Christmas with the candidates
Filed by Bil Browning | December 22, 2007 | 1:42 PM |While the right wing nutjobs are freaking out over "The War on Christmas" and a majority bemoan the crass commercialization of the holiday season, I'd like to throw out another complaint. What's with all the political Christmas cards? This year...Read More
Barney Frank: No Trans-Inclusive ENDA In '09
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 21, 2007 | 12:40 PM |As reported on last night's "Rebecca Juro Show", during a guest appearance on "The Agenda with Joe Solmonese" this week (natch), Barney Frank tells Solmonese: "At this point three important pieces of legislation to vindicate our rights, or – there...Read More
Barney Frank: No Trans-Inclusive ENDA In '09
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 21, 2007 | 12:40 PM |As reported on last night's "Rebecca Juro Show", during a guest appearance on "The Agenda with Joe Solmonese" this week (natch), Barney Frank tells Solmonese: "At this point three important pieces of legislation to vindicate our rights, or – there...Read More
NBJC Mourns The Loss of Congresswoman Julia Carson
Filed by H. Alexander Robinson | December 21, 2007 | 11:22 AM |On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, and members of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) we extend our deepest sympathy to the family, friends, staff, and constituents of Congresswoman Julia Carson. During her tenure US Rep. Carson exhibited...Read More
Congress Cuts HIV Prevention Funding
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 21, 2007 | 9:45 AM |The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been sitting on data that shows that nearly 50% more Americans are infected with HIV than originally estimated which makes this the perfect time for Congress to cut funding for HIV prevention....Read More
I'll be forever grateful
Filed by Guest Blogger | December 21, 2007 | 8:28 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] Congresswoman Julia Carson will lay in state today in the Indiana Statehouse rotunda. A memorial service will be held this evening and Governor Daniels will give the eulogy. I wanted to elevate this comment left on Ellen's post...Read More
I'll be forever grateful
Filed by Guest Blogger | December 21, 2007 | 8:28 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] Congresswoman Julia Carson will lay in state today in the Indiana Statehouse rotunda. A memorial service will be held this evening and Governor Daniels will give the eulogy. I wanted to elevate this comment left on Ellen's post...Read More
Sergeant Manzella Comes Home
Filed by Steve Ralls | December 20, 2007 | 7:46 PM |The holidays will be a whole lot brighter for the Manzella family, who are looking forward to welcoming a very special guest home. Many of you have called and emailed about what's next for Sergeant Darren Manzella, the Servicemembers Legal...Read More
Tonight On The Rebecca Juro Show: Ethan St Pierre
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 20, 2007 | 4:44 PM |You know him, you love him...activist, Bilerico Project contributor, radio talk show host, Chair of the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, the man who compiles the hate crimes statistics for the Remembering Our Dead website, and the guy who runs the...Read More
Tonight On The Rebecca Juro Show: Ethan St Pierre
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 20, 2007 | 4:44 PM |You know him, you love him...activist, Bilerico Project contributor, radio talk show host, Chair of the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, the man who compiles the hate crimes statistics for the Remembering Our Dead website, and the guy who runs the...Read More
Here's why I like Dodd for Majority Leader
Filed by Mike Rogers | December 20, 2007 | 1:05 PM |While the Democratic candidates for president claim to be for equal rights for LGBT Americans, Chris Dodd is the only one who took a bold step in bringing his own family in to the discussion. When I heard Dodd speak...Read More
NC: Jim Neal's polling strong against Dole -- and Hagan
Filed by Pam Spaulding | December 20, 2007 | 9:47 AM |Jim Neal, who's running out and proud for the Democratic nom for the U.S. Senate from North Carolina, is ready to unseat Liddy "Do Nothing" Dole and he's polling well. I'm tired of hearing all the Dem (and gay) naysayers...Read More
Cynthia McKinney, Calling Us Back Home
Filed by Steve Ralls | December 20, 2007 | 8:34 AM |"The 2008 race for the White House is about to get a lot more interesting. Former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has announced she's running for the Oval Office on the Green Party ticket. After speculating for months that she may...Read More
Huckabee's Procreative Imperative
Filed by Terrance Heath | December 19, 2007 | 6:01 PM |As I was catching up on my blog reading this week, I came across Timothy's response, over at Box Turtle Bulletin, to something Mike Huckabee said about homosexuality. "Let's understand what sin means -- sin means missing the mark," he...Read More
Mike Huckabee, We Hardly Know Ye
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 19, 2007 | 3:20 PM |It seems we can't get enough out of this new endless source of amusement here in the liberal blogosphere. I've been holding off on posting everything we find out about Huck's nutty past here even though at any other time...Read More
Iowa - Smells Like Edwards Country
Filed by Storm Bear | December 19, 2007 | 12:14 PM |click to enlarge I have always considered Iowa as being volatile when it comes to elections. When Dean charged through the state in 2004, Iowans turned to a war hero and picked John Kerry. I doubt they knew he...Read More
Ryan White's attorneys: Huckabee is an idiot who doesn't read
Filed by Bil Browning | December 19, 2007 | 9:44 AM |This is too darn great not to share. Ryan White's former attorneys published a letter to the editor in the Lafayette Journal and Courier responding to Mike Huckabee's outrageous statements about quarantining AIDS patients. I don't really need to add...Read More
STFU and deal with it, fundamentalist Christianity is America's religion
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 19, 2007 | 7:06 AM |I didn't mention this last week when it passed, but anyone interested in maintaining a secular state would probably be frightened/annoyed by this resolution. The same House that can't be counted on to do much of anything for actually repressed...Read More
Mitt Romney, Planned Parenthood fundraiser
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 18, 2007 | 10:03 PM |Jen Jorczak posted way back in May about how someone dug up a $150 check from Mitt Romney to Planned Parenthood from back when he was OK with women having control over their own bodies. He immediately blamed his wife,...Read More
Mitt Romney, Planned Parenthood fundraiser
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 18, 2007 | 10:03 PM |Jen Jorczak posted way back in May about how someone dug up a $150 check from Mitt Romney to Planned Parenthood from back when he was OK with women having control over their own bodies. He immediately blamed his wife,...Read More
More states opting out of abstinence-only education
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 18, 2007 | 2:47 PM |The Sunday Washington Post had an article detailing the states dropping out of federal abstinence-only education funds: At least 14 states have either notified the federal government that they will no longer be requesting the funds or are not expected...Read More
More states opting out of abstinence-only education
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 18, 2007 | 2:47 PM |The Sunday Washington Post had an article detailing the states dropping out of federal abstinence-only education funds: At least 14 states have either notified the federal government that they will no longer be requesting the funds or are not expected...Read More
Huckabee on AIDS, DADT and the Role of Religion in Politics
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 18, 2007 | 11:07 AM |Mike Huckabee appeared on the Larry King Show and talked his AIDS quarantine remarks, his opposition to allowing gays to serve openly in the military and whether or not he would have gays in a Huckabee White House. Huckabee claims...Read More
The Gay Girls' Guide to Amsterdam
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | December 18, 2007 | 6:51 AM |Looking for a quick getaway and hoping to stay on a budget? Traveling to Amsterdam could be just what a girl needs to rejuvenate her spirit after a hectic holiday shopping season. Holland is one of the most laidback countries...Read More
The Art Of The Possible
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 17, 2007 | 7:40 PM |I have to admit that I really didn't think it was possible, and while I'm still not sure was wrong in the first place, I do have to acknowledge that there's a much better chance now than I'd previously believed:...Read More
The Art Of The Possible
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 17, 2007 | 7:40 PM |I have to admit that I really didn't think it was possible, and while I'm still not sure was wrong in the first place, I do have to acknowledge that there's a much better chance now than I'd previously believed:...Read More
The Art Of The Possible
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 17, 2007 | 7:40 PM |I have to admit that I really didn't think it was possible, and while I'm still not sure was wrong in the first place, I do have to acknowledge that there's a much better chance now than I'd previously believed:...Read More
In Praise of Julia Carson
Filed by Ellen Andersen | December 17, 2007 | 5:10 PM |U.S. Representative Julia Carson (1938-2007) is widely beloved by the LGBT community in Indiana, but readers from beyond our fair state may not understand why we here at Bilerico are so devastated by her death. I’m writing this post to...Read More
In Praise of Julia Carson
Filed by Ellen Andersen | December 17, 2007 | 5:10 PM |U.S. Representative Julia Carson (1938-2007) is widely beloved by the LGBT community in Indiana, but readers from beyond our fair state may not understand why we here at Bilerico are so devastated by her death. I’m writing this post to...Read More
In Praise of Julia Carson
Filed by Ellen Andersen | December 17, 2007 | 5:10 PM |U.S. Representative Julia Carson (1938-2007) is widely beloved by the LGBT community in Indiana, but readers from beyond our fair state may not understand why we here at Bilerico are so devastated by her death. I’m writing this post to...Read More
For Christ's Sake!
Filed by Eric Leven | December 17, 2007 | 4:22 PM |I think I just projectile vomited all the eggnog I had this weekend after seeing this ad by candidate Mike "what separation between church and state?" Huckabee. I wonder how Jesus would feel if he knew good ol' Huckabee was...Read More
Pam Spaulding on CNN
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 17, 2007 | 3:07 PM |Bilerico contributor Pam Spaulding was on CNN yesterday talking about endorsements: Isn't Tony Harris annoying? And isn't it somehow more annoying that Amanda Carpenter played along with his annoying-ness? But Pam did awesome. Totally worth the watch just for her....Read More
Tammy Baldwin says "Don't be a pain-y, impeach Dick Cheney"
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 17, 2007 | 2:01 PM |The House's only lesbian member, Tammy Baldwin, along with Robert Wexler and Luis Gutierrez, has called for hearings to impeach Cheney: Holding hearings would put the evidence on the table, and the evidence – not politics – should determine the...Read More
Duncan Hunter Thinks You're a Sissy
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 17, 2007 | 11:45 AM |Republican presidential Duncan Hunter said on 60 Minutes on Sunday that you are not man (or woman) enough to serve in the U.S. military. He made the following comments in a 60 Minutes segment focused on gay soldiers who are...Read More
11 Holiday Gifts that Build a Better World
Filed by David Mariner | December 17, 2007 | 9:28 AM |If you haven't finished your holiday shopping yet, you're running out of time. If you're looking for some last-minute gift ideas, here are 11 great presents. Of course, the best part of these gifts is that the proceeds benefit worthy...Read More
Ron Paul, more of an anti-war leader than Pelosi!
Filed by Storm Bear | December 17, 2007 | 9:08 AM |click to enlarge Ron Paul is the new Six Million Dollar Man: Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, raised an astounding $6 million and change Sunday, his campaign said, almost certainly guaranteeing he'll outraise his rivals for the Republican nomination in...Read More
Huck's anti-lesbian
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 16, 2007 | 1:01 PM |A Kossack diary reports that Mike Huckabee endorsed the idea that women should "submit" to husbands: In August of 1998, Huckabee was one of 131 signatories to a full page USA Today Ad which declared: "I affirm the statement on...Read More
Marriage in the Nation's Capital?
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 16, 2007 | 8:20 AM |Here is a great article on a new campaign to win marriage rights in Washington, D.C. The residents of D.C. are in a unique position in that the city's mayor and an overwhelming majority of council members support marriage equality,...Read More
RIP Julia Carson
Filed by Ellen Andersen | December 15, 2007 | 10:36 AM |U.S. Representative Julia Carson has passed away. She'll be profoundly missed. More later, when we've had a chance to absorb the news. [EDITOR'S NOTE:] This entry was updated with the posts "In Praise of Julia Carson" and "I'll Be...Read More
RIP Julia Carson
Filed by Ellen Andersen | December 15, 2007 | 10:36 AM |U.S. Representative Julia Carson has passed away. She'll be profoundly missed. More later, when we've had a chance to absorb the news. [EDITOR'S NOTE:] This entry was updated with the posts "In Praise of Julia Carson" and "I'll Be...Read More
Mike Huckabee, The Soup Man?
Filed by Marti Abernathey | December 15, 2007 | 9:38 AM |Am I the only one that thinks Mike Huckabee is the Campbell's Soup Chef?...Read More
Gay Ambassador Spills Shame on Condi Rice
Filed by Dustin Kight | December 14, 2007 | 4:11 PM |This "just in" from The Washington Post: Openly gay, former U.S. ambassador to Romania, Michael E. Guest, resigned his post at the State Department in late November. Guest cited Condoleeza Rice's personal refusal to offer equal benefits to domestic partners,...Read More
Gay Ambassador Spills Shame on Condi Rice
Filed by Dustin Kight | December 14, 2007 | 4:11 PM |This "just in" from The Washington Post: Openly gay, former U.S. ambassador to Romania, Michael E. Guest, resigned his post at the State Department in late November. Guest cited Condoleeza Rice's personal refusal to offer equal benefits to domestic partners,...Read More
Al Gore is the Kwisatz Haderach
Filed by Storm Bear | December 14, 2007 | 10:08 AM |click to enlarge Frequent readers of TCD will know I have made a few references to Frank Herbert's Dune series - maybe some of the best science fiction ever written. What I can't escape is the close allegories between...Read More
Your religion is stupid
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 14, 2007 | 7:57 AM |The latest dig at Romney's religion came from Mike Huckabee (of course), as reported by the NY Times: Romney, a Mormon, had promised that he would be addressing the subject of his religion a few days later. I asked Huckabee,...Read More
I bet Jamie Kirchick is embarrassed now!
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 13, 2007 | 9:35 PM |In The Advocate's quest to make Rudy seem pro-gay, they published this op-ed by James Kirchick about a week ago. I just noticed it again when I was on their site (I know, I know, it'll warp my fragile mind)....Read More
The Fight Is On and You Are In It
Filed by Nadine Smith | December 13, 2007 | 6:06 PM |The far right now has the signatures... Another spiteful amendment is heading to the ballot. This time Florida will face a deceptively named and dangerous "Marriage Protection Amendment." They picked a fight in Florida in 2008 for one reason -...Read More
Just in Time for the Holidays: An Anti-Gay Amendment
Filed by Waymon Hudson | December 13, 2007 | 4:21 PM |The ridiculously named group Florida4Marriage (a Karl Rovian name if I’ve ever heard one…) has announced that they have gathered the required 611,009 signatures needed to get the so-called “Marriage Protection Amendment” to the Florida Constitution on the November ‘08...Read More
The start of something special?
Filed by Bil Browning | December 13, 2007 | 1:20 PM |Just a quick note for those of you following along at home. The radio appearance went well this morning. For the first time since I've been appearing on these types of shows, all of the callers were against the marriage...Read More
60 Minutes with Darren Manzella
Filed by Steve Ralls | December 13, 2007 | 10:54 AM |This Sunday, Army Sergeant Darren Manzella (pictured) will make history. Manzella, who is on duty today in Kuwait, will become the first active-duty, openly gay service member to speak, on camera, about life in the warzone under "Don't Ask, Don't...Read More
Singles cause global warming, Part 2: a bad marriage is good for the environment
Filed by Yasmin Nair | December 13, 2007 | 9:21 AM |My last post promised to look closely at a recent study by Jianguo Liu of Michigan State University (MSU), claiming to prove that divorce and singles-people households are bad for the environment. You can read it here. Let's put aside...Read More
Obama: To mandate or not to mandate... there really isn't a question
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 12, 2007 | 3:02 PM |Barack Obama released an opp doc on NY Times columnist Paul Krugman last Friday, hopefully the climax of a battle between progressive columnists and the Obama campaign on one of the stickiest points of health care reform: mandates. I've previously...Read More
I'm up to my old tricks
Filed by Bil Browning | December 12, 2007 | 2:15 PM |"Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless." -- Steve Allen Tomorrow morning I'll be doing a popular local radio call-in show to talk about Indiana's proposed marriage amendment. I'll be appearing on Abdul...Read More
Mike Huckabee Says Homosexuality a "Public Health Risk"
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 12, 2007 | 11:57 AM |More information is coming out about what Andrew Sullivan calls the "rancid homophobia" of Republican Mike Huckabee. In a 1992 senate race Huckabee when asked about allowing openly gay Americans to serve in the military said: I believe to try...Read More
Hey Mitt, thanks for the warning!!!
Filed by Storm Bear | December 12, 2007 | 11:08 AM |click to enlarge Freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone......Read More
What is going on?
Filed by Sara Whitman | December 12, 2007 | 7:29 AM |Churches with armed guards and waterboard torture approved at the top levels of the U.S. government. Does anyone else think there is something deeply, deeply wrong with our country? Why does a church need an armed guard? Although, in hindsight,...Read More
Obama-Rama Swings Into Universal City
Filed by Karen Ocamb | December 11, 2007 | 8:14 PM |Remember when the press called Barack Obama a rock star? Well, after playing second-fiddle to Oprah Winfrey in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, Obama took center stage at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City last night – and held...Read More
Singles Cause Global Warming: Where’s the Revolution?
Filed by Yasmin Nair | December 11, 2007 | 6:34 PM |So Al Gore picked up his Nobel Peace Prize. He insisted on taking public transportation from the airport, instead of the traditional motorcade. Hmmm. It’s not every day that the words “public transportation” appear alongside “motorcade.” And it’s not every...Read More
What the Huck? Mike responds to Ryan White's mother
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 11, 2007 | 2:53 PM |Mike Huckabee responded to an HRC letter about his statements that poz people should be quarantined...Read More
Gay house member will not seek reelection
Filed by Mike Rogers | December 11, 2007 | 11:10 AM |Gay Louisiana GOP Lawmaker Jim McCrery to Retire: Louisiana Rep. Jim McCrery, senior Republican on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, told associates Friday he intends to retire rather than seek re-election in 2008. McCrery, 58, joins 17 other...Read More
What’s the worst thing Dick Cheney could say?
Filed by Storm Bear | December 11, 2007 | 9:17 AM |click to enlarge Welcome to the first appearance of Dick Cheney in Town Called Dobson! It has taken me FOREVER to draw Cheney's character. I had him as Darth Vader - that was too easy, not creative at all....Read More
Anti-LGBTQ Carolers Spread Xmas Jeers in CA
Filed by Dustin Kight | December 11, 2007 | 8:05 AM |Just when you thought anti-LGBTQ protesting couldn’t get any more upsetting (and ridiculous): Anti-LGBTQ carolers in a Sacramento suburb gathered at their local Target to show (aka sing) their opposition to recent updates to California’s safe schools laws. The spectacle...Read More
Anti-LGBTQ Carolers Spread Xmas Jeers in CA
Filed by Dustin Kight | December 11, 2007 | 8:05 AM |Just when you thought anti-LGBTQ protesting couldn’t get any more upsetting (and ridiculous): Anti-LGBTQ carolers in a Sacramento suburb gathered at their local Target to show (aka sing) their opposition to recent updates to California’s safe schools laws. The spectacle...Read More
Ron Paul: Ban marriage
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 11, 2007 | 7:53 AM |In case you've never witnessed a libertarian mutual j/o session, for your edification here's Ron Paul being interviewed by John Stossel: On the issue of gay marriage, it really doesn't matter what any of the presidential candidates think. They're not...Read More
A Plague of Biblical Proportions
Filed by David Mariner | December 10, 2007 | 10:58 PM |Presidential Candidates, Democrat and Republican alike laid out their plans to fight HIV/AIDS at the Global AIDS Summit, sponsored by the evangelical Saddle Back Church. Hillary Clinton was the only candidate to appear in-person. Barack Obama, who gave his most...Read More
Mike Huckabee: Let's round up some homos!
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 10, 2007 | 11:15 AM |Every time I hear someone disparaging the idea of "political correctness", I just roll my eyes because they just don't get it. Which is what I did when I read what Mike Huckabee said yesterday in response to publication of...Read More
The True Statements of George W. Bush
Filed by Storm Bear | December 10, 2007 | 10:48 AM |click to enlarge Any credibility left for Bush? The intelligence community released the NIE on Iran to avoid the cherry picking that went on for the Iraq war. In other words, they didn't want anyone lying about it. A...Read More
From his fingers to politicians' ears
Filed by Bil Browning | December 10, 2007 | 9:30 AM |Popular local radio host Abdul Hakim-Shabazz is an Indiana political pundit who tends to lean Republican. While I'm a regular guest on his show (I'll be appearing again later this week to talk about Indiana's marriage amendment), prominent Republican politicians...Read More
Rudy on homosexuality: It's the acts that are sinful
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 09, 2007 | 9:09 PM |Here's my quick transcript of Rudy on Meet the Press this morning: Russert: But You don't think homosexuality is aberrant, unnatural, or sinful. Giuliani: No, no, no. No, I don't believe it's sinful. My moral views on this come from...Read More
HRC Credibility Crisis: Nobody Trusts A Liar And A Cheater
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 09, 2007 | 7:44 PM |It’s a sign of things to come. This week, Gay City News is reporting on a forum was held by the Human Rights Campaign at New York’s LGBT Community Center. A stop on what the organization is calling a “listening...Read More
HRC Credibility Crisis: Nobody Trusts A Liar And A Cheater
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 09, 2007 | 7:44 PM |It’s a sign of things to come. This week, Gay City News is reporting on a forum was held by the Human Rights Campaign at New York’s LGBT Community Center. A stop on what the organization is calling a “listening...Read More
Re: Huckabee, Thoughts on HIV and Quarantines
Filed by Dustin Kight | December 08, 2007 | 6:32 PM |As Mike Huckabee gains in the Iowa polls, he no longer gets to play the favored part for an underdog in a presidential race: the underdog, itself. The press love to shoot skeet with rising stars, and Huckabee's getting his...Read More
Does God Want Mike Huckabee to Be President?
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 08, 2007 | 10:15 AM |Huckabee seems to think so. But, then he also thinks gay marriage will destroy civilization....Read More
Thoughts on recent hate crimes legislation developments
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 07, 2007 | 3:36 PM |The Matthew Shepard Act, the current incarnation of LGBT federal hate crimes legislation, hit a snag in its road to becoming a real law yesterday when it got dropped from the defense spending bill. What's interesting is how this is...Read More
Homo-hate thuggery is alive and well - and targeting out officials
Filed by Pam Spaulding | December 07, 2007 | 1:11 PM |Openly gay Chapel Hill (NC) Town Councilman Mark Kleinschmidt (who I recently met up with at the G&L Leadership Conference last weekend) is the target of a bunch of online neo-Nazi thugs who have compiled a list of out gay...Read More
Michelle Bruce wins lawsuit, loses reelection
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 07, 2007 | 12:44 PM |Michelle Bruce, the transgender city council woman in Riverdale Georgia, lost reelection (via Daimeon at PHB): In Riverdale, Bruce — surrounded by supporters from Georgia Equality and the Human Rights Campaign — dabbed her eyes as the results were read....Read More
Romney wants you (not) to look at his religion
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 06, 2007 | 5:12 PM |Mitt Romney delivered a major speech on religion today. Quotations from that speech can be broken down into two categories: "Religion is the effin' most important thing ever" and "Please, please don't judge me based on my religion!" Quotations and...Read More
Trans candidates fight for political power
Filed by Chuck Wolfe | December 06, 2007 | 2:18 PM |During the recent debate over ENDA most agreed on one major point—the transgender community could use more political power. Judging by the numbers who hold political office in the United States, that’s an understatement. Out of more than a half...Read More
Tonight On The Rebecca Juro Show: Marti Abernathey
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 06, 2007 | 1:40 PM |Tonight we'll be joined by Transadvocate.com webmistress and Bilerico Project contributor Marti Abernathey. We'll be discussing the leaked internal HRC memo referred to as "Project Win Back ", that was published at Transadvocate.com this week and describes ideas being considered...Read More
Tonight On The Rebecca Juro Show: Marti Abernathey
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 06, 2007 | 1:40 PM |Tonight we'll be joined by Transadvocate.com webmistress and Bilerico Project contributor Marti Abernathey. We'll be discussing the leaked internal HRC memo referred to as "Project Win Back ", that was published at Transadvocate.com this week and describes ideas being considered...Read More
Hate Crimes Bill Dead for This Year
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 06, 2007 | 12:39 PM |Have the Democrats Killed the Hate Crimes Bill?: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)Thursday morning acquiesced to demands by House Democratic leaders to drop a gay and transgender inclusive hate crimes bill from the National...Read More
House Dems selling out gays? Again.
Filed by Lane Hudson | December 06, 2007 | 12:09 PM |There is a report that House Conferees on the Defense Authorization Act will scrap the Matthew Sheppard Act that was attached to the bill in the Senate. House Democrats are reportedly resigned to removing the Matthew Shepard Hate Crime bill...Read More
Mike Huckabee Thinks You're a Threat to Civilization
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 06, 2007 | 11:45 AM |Surging Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said that he believes gay marriage is a threat to civilization. Yep, he believes that two men or two women who want to live together, build a life together in sickness and in health,...Read More
Romney’s Secret Weapon Against Huckabee
Filed by Storm Bear | December 06, 2007 | 8:50 AM |click to enlarge If somehow Mitt Romney can overcome Rudy's mistress/police scandal and Huckabee's religious fueled surge in the polls, he may have one thing that can help him in the general election - a lack of serious religious...Read More
I'll say something nice about Mike Gravel
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 05, 2007 | 1:13 PM |This video's been hopping around the internet: While I don't think Mike Gravel is playing the game the way that, unfortunately, it has to be played in order to have a decent shot at the White House, I still like...Read More
John McCain, Name That Tune!
Filed by Storm Bear | December 05, 2007 | 9:57 AM |click to enlarge The only other "opps" that has been bigger than the recent NIE for Iran was going to war with Iraq for no damn reason. That was the Mack Daddy of "oppses." On some fronts, (the fronts...Read More
You never know when a wedge issue will come in handy
Filed by Bil Browning | December 04, 2007 | 7:41 PM |The Indiana proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions will be back again this session. Keep in mind this state senator, Mr. Family Values himself, allegedly forced his wife to have an abortion before filing for divorce...Read More
The HRC Propaganda Machine In Action
Filed by Marti Abernathey | December 04, 2007 | 2:34 PM |Recently the Human Rights Campaign had a conference call with certain leaders within the transgender community. The following information is from an email concerning the results of that conference call. I am going to dissect this email, but you can...Read More
Its Hard Out There For a Gay
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 04, 2007 | 10:19 AM |If you think that the Gays in the U.S. have it so good, check out this story from the New York Times about the daily battles facing LGBT people living in Newark, NJ: To live in Newark often means grappling...Read More
Does Larry Craig have a problem with skin chafing?
Filed by Storm Bear | December 04, 2007 | 9:27 AM |click to enlarge Seriously, with all the tail Larry Craig is getting, ya gotta wonder how he controls the chafing? Tis the season for Gay revelations it seems. With the months being named by Wonkette, Cocktober eased into Blowvember...Read More
Make it stop. Please make it stop.
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 04, 2007 | 9:00 AM |Last week the CNN/YouTube Republican debate dominated the political news cycle. Another debate, more questions were asked, and everyone should have been a little bit better for it having happened. In a culture that values text, procedure, and image over...Read More
It is Happy Surge Day!
Filed by Storm Bear | December 03, 2007 | 9:46 AM |click to enlarge Every so often, as appropriate, we list the recent fallen American soldiers that have died in Bush's war. From the list, we can see the surge didn't work. Sgt. 1st Class John J. Tobiason, 42, of...Read More
God works in mysterious ways
Filed by Guest Blogger | December 03, 2007 | 9:00 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] This guest editorial comes to us from Vivian Benge, President of the Indiana Transgender Advocacy Alliance. Vivian is a long-time transgender activist and a personal friend of several of our contributors. Last week, the National Center for Transgender...Read More
Political trans-panic in Riverdale, Georgia
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 03, 2007 | 7:05 AM |Michelle Bruce, a transgender city councilwoman, is being sued for voter fraud in Riverdale, Georgia because she ran as a woman: Four years after she won a City Council seat, making her what is believed to be Georgia’s first transgender...Read More
What Do the Log Cabin Republicans Have Against Mitt Romney?
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 02, 2007 | 3:23 PM |Probably not the same things I do, but they have a new radio ad taking Romney to task for "Mitt Flops."...Read More
More Men Claim Encounters with Larry Craig
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 02, 2007 | 11:45 AM |If the men quoted in a story in today's Idaho Stateman are to be believed, Senator Larry "I'm Not Gay" Craig really got around. There are now four gay men who say that they have had sexual encounters with Craig...Read More
The General Is Back
Filed by Steve Ralls | December 01, 2007 | 2:53 PM |When CNN announced earlier this week that it had removed Brigadier General Keith Kerr's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" question from re-broadcasts of the CNN/YouTube Republican debate, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network partnered with our friends at GLAAD to reach out to...Read More
