Political articles/news from local authors
Who was the driving force behind California Prop 8. Well, what a surprise, it was the Catholics. The Catholics, who’ve violated more morality than you can imagine throughout the centuries. The Catholics, who’ve condoned child molesting and protected the molesters for who knows how long now (and continue to do so to this day). The […]
The Values Voter Summit 2009 Conference, which just concluded its run in Washington DC, was filled with what you’d expect from conservative, "faith based" Americans. Take a look at their List of Exhibitors and you can see the focus of this farce. Or check out their List of Speakers and you may need a shower.
Surprise, surprise, the very same lies used in the past are being rehashed in an effort to stop the movement toward legal, same sex marriage. The group, Stand For Marriage Maine, a group fighting to strip Americans in Maine of their equal rights, released an ad filled with lies and misinformation, just as we’ve seen
Rep. Jerrold Nadler will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next week. By Kerry Eleveld The Advocate has learned that Democratic representatives Jerrold Nadler of New York, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Jared Polis of Colorado will be introducing legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next Tuesday. A Democratic aide
By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Judy Shepard steps to the ballroom lectern, dangles her reading glasses and waves a folding fan. Necessities, she explains, for "a woman of a certain age." The state employees chuckle. Soon they — and their guest speaker — will weep. The story of how Shepard’s son Matthew
Michael Steele, the Chairman of the Republican Party, and, at best, a disjointed and self destructive politician, has been caught, yet again, spewing the ramblings of a mental patient, this time on the subject of health care. Watch Rachel Maddow’s report…
FORT WORTH, Texas—Texas’ liquor board fired two agents and a supervisor, disciplined two other supervisors and changed several policies in the wake of a raid at a gay bar that left a customer seriously injured and led to protests, officials announced Friday. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said agent Christopher Aller and agent trainee Jason
The infamous National Organization For Marriage has officially launched its Reclaim Iowa Project, which the organization calls a "multi-year campaign to pass a state constitutional amendment reversing last spring’s same-sex marriage ruling from the Iowa Supreme Court". This, along with the current campaign waging in Maine, is a prime example of why our only long
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A same-sex marriage lawsuit that created a public rift between President Barack Obama and his gay supporters was dismissed Monday on a technicality. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled the case – the first of several pending challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act – must be refiled in
