Politics

President Obama was loudly heckled Wednesday night during a New York speech. The protestors shouted him down for cutting AIDS funding and for his failures on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Obama’s response to AIDS funding was that he’s actually increased it, and on the subject of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, he recommended to the group […]

A state appeals court in Florida has overruled Florida’s ban on gay adoptions, and starting immediately, gay couples will be allowed to adopt children. In fact, the couple that brought the case was instantly granted the right to adopt. Charlie Crist, the closeted, gay Governor of Florida, came out in support of the overturn, as

Thanks to Republicans (can they really do anything right…anything??) the attempt to get Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repealed failed today in the Senate. The vote was 56-43, falling just short of the 60 votes needed. Harry Reid actually voted against the bill, although it was a strategic move which allows him the possibility of bringing

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A gay rights organization that won a federal court ruling declaring the military’s ban on openly gay troops unconstitutional wants the judge to immediately stop the policy from being used to discharge military personnel. Lawyers for the Log Cabin Republicans say their proposal filed Thursday in the Riverside, Calif., court asks

This is Christine O’Donnell, one of those tea-party nut jobs, who just won the Republican senate primary in Delaware. During a television interview with George Stephanopoulis, she used the non-word "un-factual", but she’s also made this wacky statement…  

Next week, the Senate will take on the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill extending the funding for military operations. The bill will include a repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office confirmed the matter. There are statements on either side of the issue, some saying that enough votes are

From the L.A. Times… A federal judge in Riverside declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional Thursday, saying the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy violates the 1st Amendment rights of lesbians and gay men. U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips said the policy banning gays did not preserve military readiness,

This video has more than enough proof that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is…let’s face it, crazy. The problem with Arizona’s Governor, Jan Brewer, is not that she supported and endorsed the recent, radical new laws in the state which give more power to authorities to profile citizens in the hopes of corralling the rash of