Political articles/news from local authors
This Saturday, May 22nd, 2010, is the first official Harvey Milk Day in the state of California. Thanks to the film "Milk" starring Sean Penn, a new generation of young people are now aware of Milk’s history and influence in the continuing battle for LGBT Equality. May 22nd is Harvey Milk’s actual birthday. He […]
According to Barney Frank, a vote for ENDA in the House will happen in the next couple of weeks. He states that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has promised him that. On the subject of LGBT Equality, Frank said, ’’We’re gonna win this battle, there’s no question. … I know people are frustrated, ’Well,
All over this nation, and the world, individuals are making their way into court after court, attempting to use their religious belief systems as a way to circumvent the law. Specifically, laws on discrimination. It’s at the forefront of the battle here in the U.S. over same sex marriage. Basically, those with religious beliefs claim
So closing arguments in the Prop 8 trial will happen during Pride month. Ironic. I’d always hoped a decision in our favor would happen in the month of June, to add a whole lot of symbolism to it, but now it’s not likely. We still don’t know how long after hearing closing arguments that Judge
Arizona’s Governor, Jan Brewer, Republican, who we’ve outlined here before as having radical ideas about merging government and religion, has done it again. She’s signed into law the controversial immigration bill in here state which will do the following: Police may detain people they "reasonably suspect" are in the country without authorization. Police can charge
A major decision was reached this week by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb in Madison. In a case brought by the group Freedom From Religion, the judge ruled that the National Day Of Prayer, established 58 years ago, is unconstitutional. Crabb stated, "In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that
While making a speech tonight in Los Angeles in support of Barbara Boxer, President Barack Obama was shouted down by a group of LGBT activists, organized through GetEqual.org. Several times, the President stopped to respond to those shouting out, at one point asking them if they’d like to come up to the platform to speak.
