Good As You: Arizona Roundup
06/22/2010
Video: Yea but could a young, charismatic, Dem. lawyer who promises hope and change really ever beat John McCain?
Randy Parraz really thinks he can be the Arizonan to unseat 23-year incumbent senator John McCain. But first he needs to win the Democratic primary. And to help him do that, he's saying the right things to our peeps: Yes...
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04/12/2010
McCain 2010: Because it's only your rights he wants to send to the glue factory
Back when he voted against the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) invoked "Armageddon" and "death knells" when referring to the the kind of pro-equality progress that would lead him to support a version of an FMA: And...
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03/15/2010
Video: JD Hayworth: Sayer of negligent things, Refuser of responsible apologies
Because saying "I outright made it up" is much more difficult than smiling mindlessly: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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01/25/2010
AZ: Anti-gay shocked -- SHOCKED! -- that cruel discrimination causes negative reactions
Point: "It's one thing to disagree on the issue of same-sex marriage. It's quite a different matter to label those of us -- really the millions not only in California and Arizona, but throughout this country -- who stand for...
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11/04/2009
Video: Person of faith apologize for using gay slur? F*getabouit!
It's totally okay for Chandler, Arizona's The Door Christian Center to use the word "f*ggot" in their version of a haunted house. you know, because "people say stuff all the time":
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11/14/2008
Report: AZ worker fired for being on right side of history
Want an example of TRUE persecution on the basis of belief? Oh, and one that comes at the hand of the LDS belief system? Well if so, go read what Jim Burroway has learned: Employee Fired By LDS-Owned Firm for...
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11/04/2008
We (and the unforgiving history books) shall see
Also: Arkansas has passed its bigoted adoption ban. ::sigh:: It would be nice to be able to enjoy this sweet night without this inescapably personal bitterness! **UPDATE, 1AM ET: In California, the "yes" side is beating us 54%-46% with 22%...
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10/20/2008
Video: Wait, don't the folks tend to oppose cloning?
This ad recently started running in Florida: This ad has been running for some time in Arizona: So ridiculously unoriginal. Although to be fair, "Scenes that mask a horridly unjust historical misstep behind a veil of 'family values'" is not...
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10/07/2008
Audio: AZ anti-gays' unbelievably anti-intellectual ad
Gay people get engaged. Gay people have cute little romantic moments. Gay people dine with their families. Gay people sing songs to the one they love. Gay people get stains on their shirt. We really thought all these points went...
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10/06/2008
A donation as cold as the stone?
Gays, we have some potentially good news and some potentially bad news. The good news: We might have found a way for you to cut excess calories out of your diet. The bad news: The method might involve a principled...
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10/03/2008
It's sometimes too EZ to forget AZ
We've sensed a growing frustration with some pro-gay Arizonans regarding the way their proposed marriage ban is getting lost in the mix. And their frustrations are not misplaced, since it's true that California, with its currently legal status, and Florida,...
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09/30/2008
The AZ ban: It's not so EZ
On the topic of the state's proposed marriage ban, The Arizona Republic has run a piece simply rife with annoying comments. Here are some excerpts along with our thoughts: "We are not against anything," said Barbara Willis, president of Crisis...
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09/29/2008
Daily NY paper vs. Gayly biased measures
In a not surprising yet still extremely welcome development, The New York Times editorial board has come out against the discriminatory anti-gay amendments that are up for a vote this November in California, Florida, and Arizona: EXCERPT: Whether this important...
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09/23/2008
Video(s): Three states, one set of false statements
You may think all of the various attempts to amend state constitutions so that they ban marriage equality are cut from the same discriminatory cloth. And you, dear reader, would be absolutely right. The "cruelness hidden behind a compassionate mask"...
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08/11/2008
Don't be a chicken
Where to flock: FLORIDA Say No 2 Vote No on 2 ARIZONA Vote No on Prop 102 CALIFORNIA No on Prop 8/ Equality For All
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07/03/2008
Aren't principled legacies worth the risk?
Democratic marriage position, circa 2008: (a) Be sure to publicly assert that you personally believe marriage to be "between a man and a woman" (whether you actually believe this or not) (b) Yet still oppose any and all anti-gay constitutional...
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06/27/2008
Friday Night Blights: AZ edition
Well, it seems we gloated too soon. That's because the cruel and mean-spirited anti-gay constitutional ban that the Arizona Senate turned away on Wednesday? The one whose failure we oh-so-happily celebrated? Yea, well, that same bunch of legislators reconsidered and...
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06/26/2008
AZ: No EZ defeat for BS ban?
Yesterday we celebrated the fact that the Arizona senate had killed a proposed anti-gay amendment. However, our pal Jim Burroway has had to rain on our parade, letting us know that amendment supporters are vowing to bring back the measure...
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06/25/2008
AZ: Marriage ban stumbles; we can't help but laugh
Good news for gays who live in states where massive holes are considered tourist attractions: By a 14-11 vote, the Arizona Senate today put the kibosh on a proposal to ban same sex marriage: Ban on same-sex marriage fails in...
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05/13/2008
AZ House wants GAYZ' Houses divided
And now in "we've been putting this off all day because we've heard bulls prefer to crap in the late afternoon" news: By a vote of 33-25, the Arizona House yesterday chose to approve a propose constitutional amendment banning gay...
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03/27/2008
They rage because we're out, yet we're the 'outrageous' ones?
In a short piece covering the gay marriage-banning historical misstep on which Arizona voters might have a chance to weigh in come November, the folks at Focus on the Family's CitzenLink present the following quip: Cathi Herrod, president of The...
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02/12/2008
The canyon is grand, the suggested historical misstep is not
In 2006, Arizona became the first state in which voters turned away a proposed constitutional gay marriage ban when it was presented to them at them polls. But never ones to take a hint, the state's "pro-family" marriage equality opponents...
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01/04/2008
Personal definition of 'strong families': Not a suitable legal argument!!
Read this short item from Focus on the Family's CitizenLink and then we'll get back to you: The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and The Center for Arizona Policy have sent letters to the Arizona Department of Administration recommending the state...
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11/20/2007
City that sounds like male-male couple moves to protect same
Scottsdale, AZ, has taken another step towards protecting the LGBT community from discrimination. In a unanimous vote, the city's Personnel Board has chosen to recommend that the city take a step towards the non-discriminatory: Board recommends extending protection to gay,...
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01/18/2007
AZ lawmaker to gays: Oops, my bad
Telling local press that he mistakenly filed the bill, Arizona Rep. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa) now says he will ask that a same sex marriage-banning measure he was to sponsor not move forward through the legislature. Making him the target market...
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01/17/2007
AZ gays might again have to pause lives to thwart nonsense
Less than three months after the state's voters rejected a ban on gay marriage at the polls, a similar measure has been filed in the Arizona state House. And in a related story, we hear those same lawmakers who are...
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11/20/2006
Pro-equality being a 'duh' situation, we wonder when McCain forgot how to say the sound
Arizona Senator and possible presidential candidate John McCain is quoted as saying that he considers the military's ban on openly gay soldiers to be "very effective." Begging the question: "When, exactly, did Sen. McCain lose the ability to say the...
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11/17/2006
UGA let's U-P in peace, whether you're M, F, or somewhere in between
Following yesterday's news that the University of Arizona will introduce gender-neutral bathrooms, we now hear that the folks at the University of Georgia have already begun making their transgender students' lives easier by installing their own m/f facilities. Your move,...
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11/16/2006
UA to let you choose where U-P
The University of Arizona has put in place a new "Statement on Restroom Access," which encourages folks to use the pisser that corresponds with their gender identity. As a result of the statement's adoption, the school will begin placing gender-neutral...
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10/11/2006
AZ's bravest and finest oppose cowardly and abysmal ballot question
The groups representing both the firefighters and police officers of Tempe, AZ, have become the latest bodies to officially announce opposition to the state's proposed gay marriage ban. Though so far, the groups representing the local cowboys and construction workers......
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08/18/2006
Unwed AZ heteros head str8 to court
According to the Tucson Citizen, five unmarried opposite-sex couples have filed briefs with the Arizona Supreme Court, wherein they argue that the state's proposed gay marriage ban would affect their domestic-partner rights as well. And to the rest of Arizona's...
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04/18/2006
Bill thought to be anti-gay killed by vote thought to be close
An Arizona bill that would have given married, heterosexual couples preference in adoption practices was narrowly killed yesterday in the state Senate. A win for all who measure parental fitness by analyzing each individual guardian's merit, not by checking to...
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04/14/2006
Wherein we're annoyed by McCain's repeated inability to pick a pot and poop on it
Saying "I intend to vote against it. I believe in federalism, and I believe each state should decide," Republican Senator and potential '08 presidential candidate John McCain once again voiced his opposition to a so-called Federal Marriage Amendment last night....
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03/30/2006
War is hell: AZ 'Marriage protection' mission seemingly headed towards defeat
Those in Arizona who are trying to place a gay marriage-banning amendment on the November ballot are indicating that their signature drive is not going as well as planned. This is of course because they are working under the deceitfully...
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01/17/2006
AZ wooing the gAyZ?
According to today's Arizona Republic, many of the state's major cities, such as Tempe and Phoenix, are designing tourism initiatives to lure GLBT travelers to the land of the canyon that's grand. Meaning, of course, that we can FINALLY shop...
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01/04/2006
AZ: Sapphic sister to serve on state Senate
Paula Aboud (pic.), an out of the closet lesbian, Democrat, and woman, was unanimously named to the Arizona state Senate yesterday. Paula Abdul was not. Aboud will take the seat of fellow Dem Gabrielle Giffords, who's resigning to make a...
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09/28/2005
Poll: Majority of AZ voters would oppose gay marriage ban; Pole: Item that many of those working to ban gay marriage need removed from their arses
A new KAET-TV/ Arizona State University poll indicates that 60% of the state's registered voters would oppose a statewide gay marriage ban, while 33% would vote in favor of the proposal. The other 7% are undecided, which of course means...
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08/26/2005
Emboldened by response to 'Wedding Crashers' cameo, McCain takes ceremony-wrecking sentiment to state's homos
U.S. Senator John McCain, who has voiced opposition to a federal gay marriage-banning amendment, has announced that he is backing a measure that would constitutionally bar the unions in his home state of Arizona. Arizonans in the know are saying...
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08/17/2005
Giuliano GLAADly relocating log cabin
The good folks at GLAAD have announced Neil G. Giuliano as successor to former President Joan Garry (who stepped down as head of the organization in June). Openly gay, openly Republican Giuliano comes to the position with ten years of...
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08/08/2005
Grand Canyon State 'mo marriage update
The Arizona Together Coalition, a group banding together to fight the state's proposed gay marriage-banning amendment, claims they are on their way to earning around $2 millions dollars for their radio and TV ad campaigns. According to the AP, this...
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07/19/2005
1000-count Egyptian cotton toga wearers go national
Arizona State's Sigma Phi Beta became the nation's first gay-centric fraternity (with a chapter recognized by a university) last week, when it officially adopted itself as a national organization. For the fraternity it means a possibility to take their organization...
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06/20/2005
AZ Gov. keeps marriage-banning thoughts to self
Speaking at an Arizona Human Rights Fund banquet dinner Saturday night, Governor Janet Napolitano disappointed some of her state's gay and lesbian activists when she didn't speak out against a proposed constitutional ban on 'mo marriage. We hear that she...
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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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05/25/2005
POLL: AZ voters on 'mo marriage
A poll of 357 registered Arizona voters shows that 49% favor an amendment to their state constitution banning same-sex marriage, with 41% saying they are opposed. Confused by the question, the other 10% are said to have responded "Bo Bice."...
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05/20/2005
We gotta great big Marriage Mobile, ain't she a beautiful sight?
In Arizona, where the campaign to stop 'mo marriage is in full swing, a new form of terror has taken to the state's streets. In the grand tradition of "The Truth Trucks," the folks at The National Association for Marriage...
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05/03/2005
Jerry Walker "shames" the gays
Maricopa Community College board member Jerry Walker (pic.) has confirmed reports that he called the presence of homosexuals at a recent campus a event "a shame," and he says he won't apologize for the statement. In a related story, we...
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04/25/2005
The Navajo say NO to marriage for 'mos
The Navajo Nation voted unanimously Friday to outlaw homo-gay marriage on their Arizona reservation. In addition to same-sex nuptials, Friday's vote also amends the Navajo Nation Code to exclude recognition of plural marriages, and unions between blood relatives. So congrats...
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04/19/2005
Beta Date-a Guy
A group of students at the University of Arizona are said to be starting a gay fraternity. The fraternity will be like all others on campus, except these guys will actually admit to sleeping with one another. Oh, and their...
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04/13/2005
AZ Legislature: We banned 'mo marriage, why shouldn't everyone?
The Republican-dominated Arizona Legislature has adopted a nonbinding measure that does nothing more than encourage Congress to pass a federal marriage amendment It seems the lawmakers didn't want to pass the measure, but they were under the impression that working...
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02/22/2005
Wise words for Arizona gays
A ban on gay marriage took one step closer to reality in Arizona, where the bigoted measure passed the House of Representatives on Monday. But don't fret Arizona homo-gays - super-intelligent and in no way homophobic Rep. Ray Barnes has...
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