MEDIA MATTERS, an organization which monitors truth in media, has started up a new website dedicated to the support of gay equality… EqualityMatters.org is a new media and communications initiative in support of gay equality. Through strategic communications, research, training and media monitoring we strengthen efforts for full LGBT rights and correct anti-gay misinformation. […]
According to a 67 page plan filed last month, as far as the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell goes, gay and lesbian soldiers are to treated the same as everyone else. Sweeping changes which have been rampantly spun throughout the media, simply are not the reality of the changeover during the enactment of repeal.
President Obama is expected to sign into the law the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell this coming Wednesday, December 22nd. Implementation of the new policy, however, does not take effect immediately. It’s unsure just how long it will take, but officials have promised swift implemention. READ MORE HERE
From President Barack Obama… Moments ago, the Senate voted to end "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell." When that bill reaches my desk, I will sign it, and this discriminatory law will be repealed. Gay and lesbian service members — brave Americans who enable our freedoms — will no longer have to hide who they are. The
The Senate voted 65-31 today to end Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, which, after the President signs off, will end the 17 year old discriminatory policy against gays and lesbians serving in the military. Five Republicans crossed the aisle to vote against the policy: Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
There seems to be a reason the wealthier and more conservative Americans aren’t as sympathetic to the plights of others, they can’t seem to recognize emotions or empathize with others. So says the latest study from Psychological Science. The wealthy don’t need to rely on others for help, the study determined, and so their people
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The FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful) Education Act is a bill that, if passed, will bring Gay History into the classrooms of California. The idea is that bringing LGBT history into school classrooms will help alleviate the bullying crisis that permeates school everywhere. The bill would also add sexual orientation to the anti discrimination
I’ve been extremely disappointed in people like Whoopi Goldberg and especially Jodie Foster in their defense of Mel Gibson and his recent actions. It reminds me of a statement Joy Behar made years ago about another person (I can’t remember now who it was) who’d been revealed to be racist. She was asked if she
