Good As You: Wisconsin Roundup
09/06/2011
Openly Tammy Rep. seeks openly open Senate seat
It's official: Out Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is making a go at both a Senate seat and history: America's only (openly) lesbian Congresswoman, Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), announced this morning that she will run for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat...
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04/01/2011
Video: Winter's most filmed state capitol, as detailed by one of our chief adversaries
The Wisconsin Family Council's Julaine Appling is one of that state's most prominent anti-gay voices. And now, through the joys of YouTube, we can see and hear what one of her (seemingly Walker administration-sanctioned) state capitol tours looks like. Beyond...
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11/05/2010
'Healing gays': The one 'cure' that still makes house calls
From a reader: The Rev Ralph Ovadal (sp?) from Monroe Wisconsin has targeted a very liberal neighborhood of Madison by distributing door to door pamphlets with the title “What the Bible Says About Homosexuality”. Very disturbing to come home to...
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11/02/2010
Another Bishop (who's in no way forced to marry gays), another day (where NOM will ignore this reality)
The National Organization For Marriage is a largely Catholic organization, so it's no surprise that they're pushing the words of yet another Bishop (this time from Wisconsin) to justify their own organizational war against *CIVIL* marriage equality: Another theme concerns...
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10/18/2010
Trust ÷ as far as we can throw them = 'pro-family' marriage warriors
We've of course noted the glaring hypocrisy pertaining to the way social conservatives use domestic partnerships and/or civil unions at their convenience, acting as if they support such recognition when it serves their needs (i.e. during anti-marriage equality ballot initiative...
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08/20/2010
Alliance Defense Fund: Loves A.G. refusals in Central time, not so much in Pacific
We've already posted a lengthy take on why it's disingenuous for the Alliance Defense Fund and supporters to treat domestic partnerships one way in California and another way in Wisconsin. Now let's look at another issue related to that matter:...
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08/09/2010
When people stop being polite and start getting real (anti-equality)
Many viewers of mid-'90s TV will remember the charming Sean Duffy from "The Real World: Boston," among other "RW" spinoffs. And you might also remember his now-wife Rachel Campos Duffy, who seemed to have had more than a few epiphanies...
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07/29/2010
Video: 'Gee, I just don't know why taking time out of my work day to tell gay taxpayers that they're less-than-equal makes said taxpayers angry'
Wisconsin state senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend): You know what else you've never heard in all of your years, senator? SOMEONE TRYING TO DENY YOU OF YOUR BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS!!!!! That's not a minor difference. Stop acting like this marriage...
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07/28/2010
NOM's hurtful voices: 'Civil equality could lead to bestiality' edition
In 2006, Pastor Ron Dobie painted loving, same-sex relationships as being just a hop, skip, and a bark away from bestiality: 'The homosexual lifestyle is not a healthy lifestyle,' he says. 'Homosexuality has never been accepted by any society that...
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07/27/2010
Folly Madison: NOM's stinky cheese doesn't cut it in Wisconsin
We're almost starting to feel sorry for them. Almost: Poor Brian. Just as he and his supporters decided to re-join the tour, NOM was met with its largest equality counter-demonstration to date. 466 equality activists marched down the streets of...
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07/01/2010
Oil spills, war, earthquakes, poverty? Nope - it's referendum procedure that matters to God!
As we mentioned yesterday, the 7-0 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that upheld that state's marriage amendment was entirely about whether or not the process that the anti-equality side used to amend the constitution was technically kosher. It was 100% about...
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06/30/2010
The 'how' approved in WI; the 'what' will inevitably fail everywhere
Wisconsin court, 7-0: The court rejected a lawsuit that claimed the amendment violated a rule that limits referendum questions to a single subject. The lawsuit, filed by a voter opposed to the amendment, argued that gay marriage and civil unions...
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09/10/2009
Video: What 'f term' has WI gym in hot water? (hint: 'Free Memberships' isn't the answer)
The sign's bad enough. But the real issue here is the owner's failure to pinpoint the problem even after it's clearly pointed out to him: Good that it's coming down. But come on! The false machismo, the homophobia, the sheer...
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08/25/2009
Pro-fams: AGs should defend the law...until they shouldn't
Because of his refusal to defend Proposition 8 in federal court, some on the far-right have gone so far as to call for California Attorney General Jerry Brown's impeachment. But when it comes to Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's...
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07/23/2009
We-Have-Every-Right-to-Be-Mad Libs
The tired, reliably hostile story, for those who care: Urgent lawsuit filed with Wis. Supreme Court to stop violation of marriage amendment [ADF press release]
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07/22/2008
Privatized social insecurity: It's not for gays!
A resident of Eau Claire, Wisonsin, by the name of Nancy Shafer has written a letter to the editor of her local paper, the Leader-Telegram, asking why gays can't just shut up and live their lives with the doors, blinds,...
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05/01/2008
Queen for a gay: Racine student fights gender restriction
A male student in Racine, Wisconsin, was nominated by his fellow students to a short list of seniors who could possibly end up on this year's prom court. However, school administrators are fighting the teen democratic process, going so far...
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03/21/2008
And here we thought he was ovah, dolls
We haven't heard much lately about Ralph Ovadahl, the Wisconsin preacher who traverses the Badger State speaking out against the evil gays. However, his failure to register on our radar apparently doesn't mean that we've fallen off of his anti-gaydar....
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11/30/2007
WI Ruling: Potential historical black mark eraser can advance
A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin's year-old gay marriage ban is moving forward. A judge ruled Wednesday that the plaintiff, a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh political science teacher, has grounds to file the legal challenge: Gay marriage ban challenge OK...
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01/17/2007
'I solemnly swear to overturn backwards measures'
By a margin of 14-4, the Madison, WI, city council voted last night to approve a measure that allows city officials to voluntarily register their opposition to the state's gay marriage ban when they take their oaths of office (which...
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12/28/2006
WI AG: DPs not 86ed by B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
In one of her last acts before leaving office, Wisconsin's outgoing attorney general, Peg Lautenschlager, this week issued an opinion saying that the state's recently passed ban on gay marriage does not invalidate domestic partner benefits. So when you couple...
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11/16/2006
Profs to proffer resignations over 'pro-family' handiwork?
Fed up with the state's recently passed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, several gay and lesbian staff members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are reportedly considering leaving the school for jobs in other blue states. Except, of course, for the...
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11/13/2006
WI Senator makes first attempt at correcting voter-initated wrong
Wisconsin state Sen. Jon Erpenbach (pic.) has announced that he'll introduce legislation that, if passed, would alter the state's recently-passed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage so that it would no longer ban civil unions. And in addition, Erpenbach's proposed amendment...
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10/30/2006
'I believe the children are our future...political weapons?!'
The following ad started airing in Wisconsin tonight: ::sniff, sniff:: Alright, who fearted? ::sniff, sniff:: Seriously, someone must have ripped a rancid feart, as all of a sudden the putrid stench of extreme bullsh*t is making us nauseous! ::sniff, sniff::...
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10/13/2006
They consider our orientations an 'insult,' yet are shocked --SHOCKED -- when some of us take unkindly to them
In a piece on the supposed "intimidation tactics" gay activists use against those who themselves dedicate much of their life to demonizing, demoralizing, marginalizing, and condemning the gay community, Focus on the Family's CitizenLink today contains this insightful passage: In...
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10/02/2006
Poll: Come November, cheese may not be only Wisconsin commodity that stinks
A new Wisconsin Poll from WisPolitics.com shows that 53.2% of likely voters plan to vote in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriage, while nearly 38.9% say they'll vote against it (7.9% don't know/refused). In a related...
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08/24/2006
Don't let the door hit your partner on the way out, as the treatment would be costly
Rob Carpick (pic.), an associate professor of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has announced that he's leaving the school for a job at the University of Pennsylvania, because the latter offers health insurance benefits for his domestic partner and...
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08/18/2006
Poll: Those damn undecideds need to pick a pot and poop on it
A new Wisconsin telephone poll shows 48% of the state's residents supporting the state's proposed amendment banning gay marriage, with 40% opposing iand 12% saying they are undecided. And to those undecideds, we'd just like to say: "We can offer...
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08/15/2006
'It's just plain WRONG' not enough of reason, locals mull economic impact of WI marriage ban
Tourism officials in Wisconsin are reportedly concerned that if the state's voters approve of a constitutional amendment at the polls this fall, then the state will ultimately lose gay and gay-friendly visitors. It's unclear if the state is equally worried...
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08/08/2006
Debate in Wisconsin over marriage amendment summary; we mediate, suggesting 'steaming pile of discriminatory poo' as alternative descriptor
Despite objections from those who wish to ban two dudes from legal hitching, Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager (pic.) has indicated that she won't change the summary she provided for the state's proposed amendment banning same-sex marriage. She'd been requested...
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07/31/2006
Wisconsin marriage ideas, both half-baked and Goldin-Brown
In a piece discussing how Wisconsin could become the first state where a gay marriage ban vote actually goes in favor of the gays, the St Paul Pioneer Press features two couples, one a lesbian duo in their 50s and...
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07/11/2006
Poll: Wisconsin voters fairly split between right and wrong ways to vote
A recent telephone survey conducted by bipartisan site Wispolitics.com shows that 48.5% of Wisconsin voters support a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, while 47.8% indicate they oppose the nonsense and 3.7% say that they don't know/ refuse to answer....
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05/17/2006
Reading, writing, and reducing homophobia via tongue-in-cheek surveys
Parents in Port Washington, Wisconsin, have reportedly complained to the local high school's principal because two of the school's teachers allowed the distribution of a "heterosexual questionnaire," a 10-question survey featuring such cheeky inquiries as: "Could it be that your...
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05/09/2006
Report: Wisconsin may be first marriage-voting state to not tarnish its constitution with bullsh*t
In a piece on the "battle" over gay marriage in Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel quotes two local 'mo marriage foes: #1: "So far, the same-sex marriage proponents are O-for-everything. If they can win one, that's actually big news for...
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04/14/2006
Poll: Fewer Wisconsin residents now wish to tarnish their state's constitution
A new Wisconsin poll suggests that 61% of the state's residents are in favor of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, down from the 66% who announced their support in a similar poll two years ago. And while it would...
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04/05/2006
Feingold: Fine with fine gold being swapped by two dudes/chicks
Russ Feingold (pic.), U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, yesterday releasesd a statement publicly announcing his support for marriage equality. On the proposed marriage ban in his home state: “The proposed ban on civil unions and marriage is a mean-spirited attempt to...
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11/23/2005
More Wisconsin lawmakers hop on marriage-bannin' caboose
According to The Capital Times newspaper, a resolution seeking to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage in Wisconsin has gained nine new co-sponsors since first being introduced in 2003, a development which doesn't bode well for the state's marriage-seeking 'mos. According to...
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07/18/2005
Wisconsin church wastes assload of paper on behalf of discrimination
Responding to the Human Rights Campaign's $50,000 contribution to Action Wisonsin to help fight the state's proposed 'mo marriage ban, Monroe's Pilgrims Covenant Church is going door-to-door dropping anti-gay brochures and materials at area homes, in an effort to support...
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06/15/2005
Wisconsin dean leaving post; partner benefits cited as partial reason
Openly straight University of Wisonsin-Madison dean of students Luoluo Hong is leaving her post, due in part to Wisconsin state law preventing the university from offering domestic partner benefits. Hong says this concept, which was recently supported by Wisconsin lawmakers,...
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06/07/2005
Lautenschlager files brief, which to put it briefly, sucks
Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager is urging a judge to toss a lawsuit that seeks domestic partner benefits for state employees. In a brief filed last week, Lautenschlager argues that denying health benefits to domestic partners does not violate the...
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05/19/2005
Extreme Homophobic Action: Wisconsin Lawmaker Edition
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers are enlisting the Alliance Defense Fund to represent them in fighting a lawsuit that seeks benefits for the partners of gay state workers. The Joint Committee on Legislative Organization voted 6-3 along party lines yesterday to authorize...
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02/23/2005
Wisconsin Marriage Debate Continues
In Milwaukee on Tuesday, Christians on both sides of the gay marriage debate staged protests in regards to Wisconsin's proposed constitutional amendment. Both groups were said to have quoted different sections of the Bible to back up their arguments. We...
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