Stephen Whitburn (GLTNN.com): The community activist and former San Diego City Council candidate rightly, in my rarely humble opinion, takes an optimistic look at where we’ve been and where the equality movement is going in Cheer Up! We’re Winning … Whitburn says, in the face of the nay-sayers, “Dare to believe …”
Ted Gideonse (The Gideonse Bible): Gideonse fiercely says what many of us were thinking a week ago in … Obligatory post for the Bible-thumping bigots, idiots, and liars who keep voting against me: Fuck you. … admit it, you felt exactly the same way when the radical religious right’s professional carpetbaggers and the Roman Catholic Church conspired to eliminate marriage equality in Maine
Emma Ruby-Sachs (The Huffington Post): An LGBT boycott — a pause in the flow of gay donations if you prefer — has been called by bloggers John Aravosis and Joe Sudbay of AMERICAblog Gay. The move is intended to pressure the Democratic National Committee into picking up the pace on LGBT legislation. Can the gambit work? You decide … What the Gay Boycott of the DNC Can Do … Read more on the pause here
David Mixner (Live from Hell’s Kitchen): Here’s a taste of Mixner’s take on why the gays need to boycott the DNC: “How many times has the LGBT civil rights movement been told over and over and over again to wait until after the next set of elections? Do they really believe we are that dumb?” … It’s short and sweet. Read the rest of Count Me In, The Time for Empty Promises Has Passed
Michael Airhart (Truth Wins Out): The nation of Uganda is poised to implement a draconian measure that would criminalize “touching with the intent to commit homosexuality.” The law creates a new category, “aggravated homosexuality,” and it calls for the death penalty if the individual is HIV-positive. Where is Mr AIDS-in-Africa, Pastor Rick Warren, on this issue? MIA, says Airhart … Evangelical Ducks as U.S. Aid Is Redirected to Kill Ugandans with HIV/AIDS is a must-read
Bob Witeck (PageOneQ): Witeck kicks off with a quote from the late US Senator Paul Wellstone: “When you say…you [gay Americans] are not a group of people who need special protection. You do well economically. You are an elite. That is precisely the argument that has been made in behalf of the worst kind of discrimination against Jewish people.” … Witeck notes the familiar lies and distortions that have again been trotted out to oppose Ending Employment Discrimination in America: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
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