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05/09/2011
Video: Openly Republican NYer comes out for right things
From the Empire State Pride Agenda's Equality & Justice Day in Albany, journalist Michael Lavers shares this clip of Republican (yes, Republican) state Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward speaking in favor of both marriage equality and a gender-inclusive nondiscrimination bill: [Michael Lavers:...
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Video: 'Accept me as your healthy equal -- your brother!'
The Normal Heart on Broadway: ** *EARLIER: Go see 'The Normal Heart'! [G-A-Y]
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Dear comment-deleters at the New Yorker's Family Research Foundation:
We all know you scrub fair-minded comments for no reason other than their failure to subscribe to your preconceived monologues. You proved that to us on Friday. But here's the thing: If you're going to make a lifestyle choice to...
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Start spreading the views: Cuomo wants you to be a part of it, New York equality
New York's Governor has made no secret of his support for marriage equality. But now he's putting his digitized dialing finger where his mouth his, sending out advocacy robo-calls on the subject. The Advocate has the story and the transcript:...
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Video: 'Rights have nothing to do with marriage,' say NYers who are working to keep gays from marital rights
More from this weekend's "Mayday for Marriage' tour stop in Elmira, NY. Listen in as we learn why, exactly, "rights have nothing to do with marriage" in our organized opposition's view: And of course our marriages and limitations thereupon are...
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Flyer: NOM, Diaz for marriage as it's been 'since the creation of the world'
The National Organization For Marriage join forces with NY's most vocally anti-gay senator, Ruben Diaz (D), to keep marriage as it's been "since the creation of the world." here's their flyer: Oh, NOM. If you want an Adam & Eve...
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Audio: Lesbian house on the 'Prairie'
From this weekend's "Prairie Home Companion": A tale of "the only lesbian Republican in Livingston, Montana." Worth a listen, should you be in the mood for some folksy charm on this Monday morn': [PrairieHome.PublicRadio.org] As goes Lake Wobegon, so goes...
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Video: 'The Lord is the author of every breath'...except the ones that say 'I'm gay and okay'
MN state representative Steve Simon got all kinds of attention for suggesting that the man upstairs actually enjoys the LGBT tenants who rent rooms on his lower floors. So the Christian Broadcast Network, in its never-ending quest to repudiate benign...
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Back in the New York groove: ESPA rallies 'round Cuomo's Capitol
The opposition might have a stock photo-covered RV, but we on the side of basic fairness have the momentum. And today in Albany, the Empire State Pride Agenda will keep that movement alive with its annual Equality & Justice Day...
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05/08/2011
May 8, 1996: A bundle of anti-joy is born
As with now, FRC then: And this little snot nose has been feasting on a steady diet of offensive talking points ever since, growing into one truly surly little S.O.B. (son of bias). Ugh. Have we considered sending it to...
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Video: NY's equality foes kick off road trip; 'Really, you shouldn't have,' say state's fair-minded moms
Fives and fives op people turned out yesterday in Elmira, NY, to hear how civilization will crumble under a more equal New York. Literally: "Mayday For Marriage" Rolls Into Town [WETM] *** *BONUS: Some b-roll of the RV in action:...
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05/06/2011
Getting to stay together while legally married: Nice development in conversation that should never be
Fantastic news in a high profile case, even if the very fact that we have to have this conversation is offensive beyond belief: Henry Velandia and Josh Vandiver, a binational same-sex married couple from New Jersey whose case has been...
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Audio: NY's anti-equality leader praying Tom Duane, Danny O'Donnell 'come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ'
SOURCE: 2011.03.27 Rev. Jason McGuire, CEO [Big Flats Wesleyan Church of Elmira, NY] *** *EARLIER: Audio: And now, listen as NY's anti-equality leader likens same-sex marriage to child abuse [G-A-Y]
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Audio: And now, listen as NY's anti-equality leader likens same-sex marriage to child abuse
Here is Rev. Jason McGuire, president of New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation (NYFRF), the leading anti-equality lobby in the Empire State. Abuse comments come right at the beginning, followed by 100% religiously-motivated rationale for opposing *civil* marriage: SOURCE: 2011.03.27 Rev....
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New York's organized opposition: Defending sanctity of preconceived monologues
The official Facebook page of New York's organized marriage equality opposition, as it looked at 11:14 AM Eastern time: http://www.facebook.com/albanyupdate The official Facebook page of New York's organized marriage equality opposition, as it looks now (11:19 AM Eastern time): http://www.facebook.com/albanyupdate...
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Fine, NY's Rev. Gillison -- so tell your congregants to stop getting civil marriage licenses
This sums up just about all you need to know about the mindset underlying New York's anti-equality efforts. From the New York Times: The Rev. William Gillison, vice chairman of the Empire Missionary Baptist Convention, which represents several hundred Baptist...
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Video: Ron Paul's pie-in-sky plan turns blind eyes to down-to-earth denials
If the matter of getting the government out of marriage came up in a serious way that even a bare majority of Americans wanted to entertain, then we would be willing to have that conversation, so long as it focused...
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NOM vs GOP moderation: NY edition
As we've already told you, the New Jersey- and D.C.-based National Org. for Marriage is gearing up to be a major player in New York state. In yesterday's New York Times, NOM prez Brian Brown teased the effort, which is...
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05/05/2011
Photo: Chelsea phonebanking for NY equality, likely in neighborhood that bears her name
Chelsea Clinton is no stranger to making a political hone call. Tonight, she did so on behalf of marriage equality: SOURCE: @FreedomToMarry Chelsea Clinton: Making gay New Yorkers feel guilty for spending Cinco De Mayo gorging on margaritas and salsa-coated...
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Video: Gender not our Achilles heel (or wingtip)
We always find it particularly ridiculous when religious people cite the differences between males and females as the reason why gays are wrong: Because don't LGBT people see these distinctions just as clearly as heterosexual/cisgender people? Isn't the very reason...
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Divorce is costly, says group that's never done one thing to stop it
Of all of the lock-solidly gay-banning states, Utah undeniably ranks at the top. In fact, in a 2010 New York Times graph tracking marriage equality support by state, Utah ranked at the lowest of all fifty, finding only 22% of...
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Video: Why won't NOM's Chris Plante call us 'tragic' parents who want 'an accessory to put in [our] purse' when MSM cameras are rolling?
FACT: National Organization For Marriage of Rhode Island executive director Christopher Plante has accused gays of wanting children so they'll have "an accessory to put in my purse": FACT: National Organization For Marriage of Rhode Island executive director Christopher Plante...
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2 out of 3 Clintons come out for NY marriage equality
Yesterday, Chelsea. Today, the Clinton patriarch: "Our nation's permanent mission is to form a ‘more perfect union’ - deepening the meaning of freedom, broadening the reach of opportunity, strengthening the bonds of community. That mission has inspired and empowered us...
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Photo: FRC has their cake -- but we'll eat it, too!
The Family Research Council intends this to be an anti-gay slight: SOURCE: FRC Though we actually find the image adorable. And patriotic. And aspirational. And nostalgic, reminding us of what our pacifist younger selves would've been more wont to do...
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Who proposed, when and where? Geidner on how we began our very long engagement
Chris Geidner is a rock star reporter. We have nothing more to add to that accolade than to say: Go read this, Chris' first part of a series marking the 15th anniversary of the Defense of Marriage Act's passage, in...
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Photo: Meet the purchased families that'll drive down the L.I.E
New York's anti-marriage-equality forces have posted the first pics of their "Mayday For Marriage" RV. And surprise, surprise: It's a virtual carbon (emissions) copy of the stock photo-covered vehicle the National Organization For Marriage used for last summer's failure of...
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We like @blakeshelton on 'The Voice'. Too bad he seems to want gays to fear 'The Fist' (*UPDATED with apology)
Remember that gay, Mormon contestant from NBC's "The Voice"? Yea, well -- here's just hoping said gay singer doesn't accidentally brush up against the tush of the coach/mentor who ultimately chose him, country singer Blake Shelton: @BlakeShelton Do you get...
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05/04/2011
Iowa Family Leader willfully fans flames, more fully connects self to 'gay=smoking' program
In a truly odd flick of the lighter, the folks at Bob Vander Plaats' Family Leader group have now relit this once-dead link... http://web.me.com/thefamilyleader/The_Second-Hand_Effects_of_Same-Sex_Marriage/ ...so that their butts are even more fully, undeniably connected to the heinous program that directly...
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NY's equality foes gassing up the RV
Our opposition simply loves a pro-discrimination bus tour: New Yorker's Family Research Foundation is embarking on a statewide tour to remind the average New Yorker that marriage between one man and one woman matters." The Mayday for Marriage tour departs...
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United New Yorkers stand
Jo-Ann Shain: Mary Jo and I have a very committed and loving relationship. Mary Jo Kennedy: We’ve been together 29 years. Jo-Ann Shain: And we’ve shared everything. Our home, our lives. Mary Jo Kennedy: We get sick we take care...
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NYT on Prop 8 proponents' miscalculated withhunt: 'Preposterous'
The New York Times editorial board lashes out against those who are witch-hunting Judge Vaughn Walker: Our justice system relies on trusting members of the nation’s diverse bench to put aside their personal characteristics and abide by their duty of...
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Video: Proud as a Latter Day NBC peacock
The whole gimmick of NBC's "The Voice" revolves around everyday people pouring their hearts out in hopes that certain people will turn around and see them for who they are. Sometimes moreso than others: Gay Mormon Comes Out on The...
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Video: First, daughter: Younger Ms. Clinton comes out for marriage equality
New York: To get a Bill over a Hill, it certainly helps to have a Chels: Friendfactor, Web-Based LGBT Advocacy Group Launches; An Interview with Founder Brian Elliot, Remarks by Chelsea Clinton [Towle] ** *Of course we knew Chelsea was...
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Maggie in '06: When admitting she's out to 'save Catholic marriage' was less politically risky
From time to time, we criticize National Organization For Marriage Chair Maggie Gallagher for refusing to acknowledge that her (and her organization's) fundamental reason for opposing CIVIL equality lies not in constitutional reads but rather in canonical law. Because it's...
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NY marriages can be as areligious as the couple wishes, says 1902
And another, from the New York Times circa 1921: ... Marriage by Contract [NYT, Aug. 28, 1921] All the way back to the late Roman Republican and early Augustan Empire? Why that sounds pretty darn traditional to us!
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05/03/2011
A 'jihad,' Maggie? Really?!
Maggie Gallagher is the bylined author of this post (and presumably headline, too): [SOURCE] Gee, odd -- can't imagine what in the news might've led her to rethink such wording.
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Audio: Tony Perkins held captive by lazy speechwriting
Tony Perkins speaks on our demonic possession: A memoir in three parts: #1: 2/28/10, Nashville, Tennessee's Grace Chapel Church: "they're actually being held captive by the enemy" *SOURCE: The Quest For Change -- Tony Perkins [Grace Chapel] #2: 7/4/10, First...
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Let us go on record: We *totally* knew Matt Barber's anti-gay work was a joke/an act/hysterical
On Monday, Matt Barber "joked" that Osama Bin Laden was surely surprised "to find that his 72 virgins were leathermen from San Fran's Castro Dist." Now this man, a dean at the largest evangelical college in the world, is shocked...
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Video: Gov. Cuomo, 'whether' forecaster
Cautious optimism from NY's executive head: Cuomo: Gay Marriage Issue ‘Binary’ [Capitol Tonight] Perhaps a better crystal ball will be when girlfriend Sandra Lee announces her June Food Network schedule. If she plans a wedding cake made out of Jiffy...
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Separation, not divorce: NY faith leaders hold (positive) opinions on state matter
727 clergy and lay leaders from across New York state have signed on to support marriage equality: Faith Leaders from Across New York State Announce Support for Marriage Equality [Empire State Pride Agenda] And besides all that: One civil constitution...
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CWA of CA out to save lost ground; weird, we thought they'd wait until Prop 8's inevitable overturning
Concerned Women For America: Always the victimized bridesmaids, never the responsible owners of the actions they perpetuate against certain kinds of brides: [SOURCE] No -- more!
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Wheaton, merrier: Christian college alums seek future freshmen freedoms
Some collegiate understatements, in no particular order: Beer is one way young undergraduate partygoers choose to quench their thirst Organic chemistry is less fun in the classroom than it is in the bedroom In terms of historic dress up, fraternities...
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Video: New Yorkers Richard and John are ready to retire (this tired conversation)
Richard Dorr and John Mace have been together 61 years. 0 of those years have come with an anywhere-close-to-equal honoring of their long commitment: Haven't They Waited Long Enough? [Freedom To Marry]
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Born out of a 'cave': CWA's brand of creationism now prizes Neaderthalic life
In protest of the King & Spalding law firm's decision to step away from a case that would've forever attached the firm's name to civil discrimination under federal law, the fans of civil discrimination under federal law at the Concerned...
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05/02/2011
'Little popular support in RI,' says Maggie; 'Stop stealing my gig,' says Pinocchio
All credible polling shows a majority of Rhode Islanders supporting marriage equality over marital bias, with some polls putting the pro-fairness margin at as high as 59%. But when has National Organization For Marriage chair Maggie Gallagher ever let a...
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Gorgeous northern state advances ghastly downmarket statement
The Minnesota House Civil Law Committee has joined the Senate Judiciary Committee in moving a discriminatory marriage amendment. And once again, the vote was entirely along party lines: House committee passes anti-gay marriage amendment [Minn. Independent] Hopefully the bill will...
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NY: GOP Sen. makes silent decision; fine, so long as he makes audible 'aye'
Last time, as you might be unfortunate enough to remember, the entire Republican caucus in the New York Senate voted as a block against marriage equality. But now -- but now -- some are at least giving us hope, even...
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'Putter' (verb) can mean to waste time/move idly; Oddly, Trump uses noun form instead
And now Donald Trump will tell you the oh-so-solid reason why he can't support gay people's civil right to marry: “It’s like in golf,” he said. “A lot of people — I don’t want this to sound trivial — but...
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Linda Harvey vs. the obese termite lifestyle
Some snips from Linda Harvey's latest: "We are awash in the architects of new human destinies, from the “inborn” appetites of the morbidly obese, to the elevated sexual desires of the porn-addicted, to the struggles of healthy, intelligent, attractive people...
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Video: Minn. Republican: 'I don't believe equal rights for same-sex couples, or anyone, is a partisan issue'
At last Friday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing regarding the possibility of marriage inequality staining the state of Minnesota, some of the most powerful testimony came from a Republican by the name of Madeline Koch. Watch now: "Passage of this bill...
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