Texans Stand Up for Gay Family Posted on: May 28, 2011 10:00 AM, by Ed Brayton On a TV show called “What Would You Do?” they had a family led by two lesbians go into a diner in Texas, where a waitress criticized them. And the folks in the diner stood up and defended the family and told the waitress she was wrong. Very cool. via Texans Stand Up for Gay Family : Dispatches from the Culture Wars. … [Read More]
It’s time lawmakers stood up for marriage fairness | The Journal News | LoHud.com
In 2009, the last time same-sex marriage took center stage in Albany, proponents made poignant, personal and sometimes highly emotional pleas for passing legislation legalizing such unions in New York. Tears flowed and voices choked, but the bid for change fell miserably short: the measure passed the Democratic-controlled Assembly, but inequality won in the Senate, where eight Democrats joined all 30 Republicans in defeating the bill, 24-38. The lawmakers had a chance to chart civil rights history; instead they came up small and small-minded. In the concluding weeks of the … [Read More]
Wounded Vet Stands Up for Same Sex Marriage
Wounded Vet Stands Up for Same Sex Marriage Posted on: May 28, 2011 10:26 AM, by Ed Brayton The Minnesota legislature may have voted to put a referendum on the ballot to ban same-sex marriage, but at least one conservative Republican there, Rep. John Kriesel, a wounded veteran, took a bold stand against his own party and in favor of equality. He talks about how, when he’s asked by his grandkids what he did that day he’ll tell them, “I was on the right side of history.” And indeed he … [Read More]
Here’s what’s really happening: The fossil fuel companies gouge the shit out of you to earn massive profits and everyone, from them to the talking heads to the government blames some outside, unseen force to deflect responsibility away from the gougers. And when the government thinks they’ve earned enough and the high prices begin to have a negative effect on the overall economy they let the companies know by saying, “We’re going to investigate!” which is the signal to back off. [...]
[Read More]Joe Sixpack is told to believe that it’s okay for Exxon to earn $10.7 billion every 90 days. He’s told that it’s perfectly alright for a man to earn millions while his company victimizes the middle classes. He’s told that those who cannot afford to see a doctor somehow deserve their position. He’s told that raping our nation of its natural resources for immediate profit is a good thing. He’s told that one day he will find the American Dream come true but only if he follows the rules and obeys his corporate and political masters leaders. [...]
[Read More]Republicans are lining up behind Marriage Equality in New York State and not just the rank and file, but the Big Funders are finding it important too, as Mayor Bloomberg ($900,000 donated to the NY Senate Republican fund) said, to be on the right side of history. Rabbi’s, including Assemblyman Steven Katz’ own, priests and ministers of all sorts are on line with the program as well. [...]
[Read More]Police Threaten Sexting Teens With Child Porn Charges Anna North — Police are threatening students at a New Jersey middle school with child pornography charges after a naked picture of a thirteen-year-old student made the rounds of their mobile phones. But there may not really be much authorities can do. According to the Wyckoff Patch, police and school authorities found out about the photo when students at Eisenhower Middle School got in an argument with the photo’s subject. Says Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox, “Some girls learned that their boyfriends … [Read More]