Good As You: Gay Roundup
04/07/2011
Ark. high court: Believe it or not, 'the people' don't have right to ban at whim
Another blow to the voters' "right" to stifle other' civil rights: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld a decision to strike down a state law barring gay couples and other unmarried people living together from...
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With adoption campaign, NOM is now officially an anti-gay group
With their latest campaign, focused on the right of same-sex couples to adopt in Virginia (a state where marriage is not even under current debate), the National Organization For Marriage has completely belied their supposed "protect marriage" mission: NOM Action...
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04/01/2011
Video: April's 'In The Life' stacks Iowa family values against 'Iowa family values'
*** *SEE ALSO: Our obsessively detailed Iowa For Freedom Archive
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VT Guv's seen same-sex marriage and lived to tell the tale; shares coping skills with RI
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) was in Rhode Island yesterday, cutting through the National Organization For Marriage's noise in order to share his own firsthand experience with the oft-misrepresented concept that is marriage equality: The Democratic governor, elected in November,...
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03/31/2011
Audio: Inside baseball, but with some new stances
I, Jeremy, talk a lot about the need for new approaches in dealing with an opposition movement that is still far more formidable than we sometimes credit them with being. So I was thrilled that on tonight's final eQualityThinking's panel,...
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03/28/2011
Video: Brian Brown says marriage issue 'unites', manages to keep straight face
It continues to astound this writer to hear social conservatives actually brag about the fact that they used out-of-state money to turn one state's judicial retention system (which was designed to de-politicize the process) into a de facto way of...
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Some truth for Ruth's dare
Over on the blog of the Ruth Institute (an affiliate of the National Organization For Marriage), writer "leland" presents a challenge: [I]n an article about their book published today in the Muskegon Chronicle [Steve and Cokie Roberts] ventured beyond issues...
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03/24/2011
Video: Two Sens committed: Gillibrand, Schumer doing right by their state
New York Senators Push for Same-Sex Marriage Right [NYT's Caucus Blog]
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03/22/2011
Video: Shaking up a stale marriage debate
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03/20/2011
...and civil rights lost
Does nobody else see how thoroughly anti-American this is? [SOURCE] "The churches won." On civil marriage. Vs. equal protection. Vs. Due process. Vs. freedom. Whereas groups like NOM used to be more careful about their almost exclusively faith-based attacks on...
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03/17/2011
Traditional journalism needs to stop the 'traditional marriage' rhetoric
This is how WVLA, Baton Rouge's NBC affiliate, covered Tony Perkins recent speaking engagement at LSU: [SOURCE] These folks are protesting simply because Tony supports "traditional marriage"? Uhm, no. They're protesting because Tony Perkins is someone who paints the national...
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03/15/2011
Video: When we invited Iowans to afternoon wedding bash, this wasn't 'bash' we had in mind
The event: A "Let Us Vote" rally, hosted this afternoon by that anti-gay Iowa Family Leader/ Iowa Family Policy Council/LUV Iowa/ Needs To Pick A Name and Stick With It coalition. The cause: Putting minority rights before majority plebiscite. The...
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03/12/2011
'Balt. Sun' chastises feet-dragging, delayed justice, fact that they'll have to find interesting ways to keep covering this tired issue
A strong "Wtf?!" ("Where's the fairness?" "Wither the freedom?" "Why the fallacy?" "When the future?" -- take your pick) from Maryland’s largest general circulation daily newspaper: The decision by the House of Delegates to send a bill legalizing gay marriage...
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03/05/2011
C.U., bye: Rhode Island Congressman makes the full marriage switch
Another civil unions supporter drops the "separate but..." part from his equality stance: "As the debate about same-sex marriage continues in Rhode Island and in Washington, I have taken time to reflect carefully on my own position. Based on my...
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03/03/2011
Divide & Concord: NH repeal bill put on pause
Good news out of NH: CONCORD – A House committee voted today to take repeal of the state’s same-sex marriage off the table this year. The 15-0 vote of the House Judiciary Committee effectively means two bills repealing the 2009...
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03/01/2011
Because gay Iowans' benign marriages aren't going to sensationalize themselves
Next Tuesday in Des Moines, anti-equality Iowans will spend a lunch break doing this: [The Family Leader] Gee, can't wait to see what new and exciting things they'll say about us this time. *** *Oh, and btw: If The Family...
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NH group seeks GOPresidential allies; we hope GOP field's prepared to accept group's own 'ex-gay' alliances
According to Roll Call, New Hampshire's Cornerstone Policy Research is hoping to take its "protect marriage" advocacy national: “It was never a plan to make it into a national issue, but it just seems like the timing is right,” Kevin...
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02/28/2011
Video: Bob Vander Plaats spends another countless hour talking about gay people
Iowa's Bob Vander Plaats warns twos and twos of supporters about those bisexuals who innately want to marry multiple partners and those fathers who want to marry their children: The Gay Marriage Battle Continues [KIMT] Ya know, there's been a...
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02/27/2011
If 'domination' is your goal, NOM, have at it. We'll stick with education
If by "dominates" NOM means "eats up the most amount of time using the same rhetorical talking points and unrelated asides that could never hold muster in an actual court of law (which is why you don't see Brian Brown...
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02/23/2011
South's one amendment-less oasis sees restored push
North Carolina's GOP is pushing a marriage amendment into the Senate. North Carolina's own Pam Spaulding is ready for the fight: Yes, this is what we have to deal with in NC's GOP and these are the people in charge....
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02/22/2011
Video: IN student gives principled lobbying the old college try
Last year, Indiana state senator Vaneta Becker (R-50) voted in favor of a same-sex marriage ban. This year, Crystal Steltenpohl, President of the University of Southern Indiana's Human, Environmental, and Animal Rights (HEAR) club, is doing her part to change...
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02/17/2011
MD one step closer to becoming most phonetically logical marriage equality state
EQUALITY MARYLAND APPLAUDS THE PROGRESS OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE Maryland’s LGBT Group Pledges to Keep up the Fight ANNAPOLIS, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 - The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted 7-4 to favorably report the Religious Freedom and...
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02/16/2011
Hawaii soon to be more civil, united
State Senate just voted 18-5 to give final legislative approval to civil unions. It now goes to Gov. Abercrombie, who has announced plans to sign: Lambda Legal Applauds Final Legislative Approval of Hawai`i Civil Union Bill [Lambda Legal]
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NH: Conservative marine resists another kind of repeal
Running in today's Union Leader, New Hampshire's conservative-bending paper: Stowell-ad-Union-Leader
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02/15/2011
MD appointment: Marriage vote could come before weekend
Coming soon to a Maryland near you: Legislators in Maryland are scheduled to vote on the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act on Thursday, Feb. 17, according to Judicial Proceedings Committee chairman Brian E. Frosh's office. ''It's going to...
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02/14/2011
NH's Cornerstone Policy Research Center: Seeks hearing attendance, gay 'change'
New Hampshire's chief "protect marriage" group, Cornerstone Policy Research, is rallying its troops for a potential marriage repeal: [CPR e-blast, 2/14/11] So that being the case: We will continue to ask what, exactly, CPR considers to be the "traditional" path...
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02/12/2011
Oh HI again: Renewed CU bill earning more than islands of support
Civil unions a step closer in the Aloha State: House approves civil unions bill in 31-19 vote [Honolulu Star-Advertiser] The measure now heads back to the Senate, where the body's already passed a similar bill. Making the likely assumption that...
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02/11/2011
Video: Politics makes strange fellow-bedding bedfellows
Elected Republicans still vote against us in blocks. GOProud loudly called for Michael Steele's resignation. Both Andrew Breitbart and Chris Barron have compared the "gay left™" to the Taliban and/or Al Quaeda. Yet gay/GOP unity rules the day. Or at...
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Untruthful? NOM? No way, not *our* NOM!
This from PolitiFact, as tipped to us by indefatigable researcher Alvin McEwen: Bottom line: The National Organization for Marriage [Rhode Island] mailing says that Massachusetts public schools teach kindergartners about gay marriage. The wording, including the present tense verb, gives...
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02/10/2011
Poll: 'Live free' state ready to prove its mettle
Some positive polling data out of the Granite State: NH Polling In a more perfect union, we wouldn't have to celebrate a state people's lack of support for rolling back their neighbor's love and civil recognition thereof. But here in...
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Video: Island coverage was fittingly limited. Here's a brief in-Rhode
More highs and lows from last night's lengthy Rhode Island House judiciary hearing, courtesy of Providence's WPRI news: *SEE ALSO: Providence Journal's coverage
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02/09/2011
Video: Freedom to Matter
Why Marriage Matters
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02/08/2011
Maggie forfeits. We win by default, right? #marryland
From the National Organization For Marriage's Maggie Gallagher: [SOURCE] Okay, M.G. But just don't talk to us about commitment (in more ways than one). *** *We, however, are toughing it out. To follow along live (assuming you have real player)...
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Anti-equality MDers are organizing. Can we *please* not wait until post-vote protests to do same?
We've already shown you one organized "protect marriage" effort, which came complete with a "which states does God hate worse?" map. Now comes word of another, more staid site that's already being used to organize those Marylanders who stand in...
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Maggie to testify today in MD; we know *exactly* which 'unfortunate' 'behavior' she should share
Today at 1PM, the National Organization For Marriage's Maggie Gallagher will speak before the Maryland Assembly. NOM's all kind of excited: We're excited too. Because if Maggie's honest in her testimony, she'll finally tell America how she really feels about...
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02/07/2011
Pitting the rosary against your ring finger: MD edition
Add Maryland to the growing list of states where the Catholic church is positioning its Sunday bulletin as a suitable place for political advocacy. This one from the South Baltimore parish: 2/6/11 Bulletin [South Baltimore CC] Meanwhile, local gay activists...
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Same-sex marriage not unlawful, says group at least 85% committed to making SSM unlawful
If one heads over to the blog of the Ruth Institute (a National Organization For Marriage affiliate), he or she will find perhaps the most obtuse anti-same-sex marriage argument ever presented. Here's a snip: John, show me the statute that...
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02/04/2011
More 'Second-Hand' information: Family Leader proudly e-blasting its smoking liability
Building on our video connecting Iowa's conservative Family Leader group to something waaaaaaay out there called "The Second-Hand Effects of Smoking": Our pal Igor Volsky at Think Progress has found that one need not even dig as much as we...
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02/03/2011
Video: 'The Second-Hand Effects of [Aligning Candidacy with The Family Leader]
*Try the url upconvert for yourself: http://web.me.com/thefamilyleader/ *The Family Leader's site: http://web.me.com/thefamilyleader/Capturing_the_Momentum/ *Download the "Second Hand Effects" packet
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02/02/2011
MD Republican Senator: 'I really believe as a legislator, I don't vote based on my faith'
Momentum builds in MD: Sen. Allan H. Kittleman (R-Howard) formally announced his support Wednesday morning for legislation that would allow same-sex marriages in Maryland, saying he would vote for the bill "because of my firm belief in equal rights." With...
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Headline we never thought we'd write: Why must Focus on the Family reject Bush and McCain's family values?
Social conservatives are forever telling us that all discussions pertaining to sexuality and marriage and family should take place at home, and that a parents' values are the most important component in raising responsible children. But what happens when kids...
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02/01/2011
Archived Audio: Iowa Reps take strong stand against discrimination #HJR6 #IAlegis
Rep. Bruce Hunter (D) Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) Rep. Mary Mascher (D) Rep. Nathan Willems (D) Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad (D) Rep. Vicki Lensing (D) Rep. Mary Wolfe (D) Rep. Cindy Winckler (D) Rep. Todd E. Taylor (D) Rep. Charles Isenhart...
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Video: Could be our theme song
[Dave Goldenberg]
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Live at 10MT/11CT/12ET: Iowa House debates benign, not-hurting-anyone, faux controversy
Marriage debate. Listen in: *** **Archived audio here: Iowa Reps take strong stand against discrimination #HJR6 #IAlegis [G-A-Y]
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01/26/2011
Perfectly appointed: Civil rights Commission gets strong LGBT voice
News of a key administration appointment comes our way via a White House press release: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2011 President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts WASHINGTON – Today, President...
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Video: Why/how to call your Rhode Island lawmaker. Now. Right this sec. Stop reading and go.
Calling Rep. Jacquard [YT: kylemar714891] *Talking Points: Marriage Equality RI *Find your lawmakers: RI Sec of State
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01/24/2011
If Dove could bottle rhetorical self-assessment, 'pro-fam' hand washing would triple profits
Bob Vander Plaats and his team of anti-equality Iowans dedicate every single day to rolling back civil marriage equality in the state. They are dead set on firing every one of the unanimous panel of Supreme Court justices who did...
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01/23/2011
Bob Vander Plaats: 'Okay, so I deny your worth as a fair, free, healthy citizen. Chocolate chip?'
If one goes to one's address bar and enters the url "http://web.me.com/thefamilyleader/," the text string will automatically upconvert to the (now-dead) url: "http://web.me.com/thefamilyleader/The_Second-Hand_Effects_of_Same-Sex_Marriage/Home.html". Go ahead. Try it. Unless they've scrubbed the evidence by the time you're reading this (which would...
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Video: Bringing leprosy into the civil rights conversation. You know, just like Dr. King would've.
Like virtually every other media outlet, we pretty much ignored the offensive, anti-gay, anti-equality, anti-Coretta-Scott-King press conference that the Illinois Family Institute held on Martin Luther King Day. But so you can see just how far the IFI extended their...
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01/21/2011
If NOM's Louis Marinelli wants high road, he *must* take responsibility for past tracks
Today on NOM's official Facebook wall, moderator Louis J. Marinelli posted this clarification: Which we hope is true. Genuinely. We'd love to see NOM supporters stick to issues, not personal attacks (something that's been problematic on that Facebook wall). But...
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