Program Honoring Harvey Milk Discusses FAIR Education Act

By Ken Pierce Though it was a sparse crowd, none-the-less the first of several events honoring Harvey Milk, last Tuesday, was exciting, informative, and meaningful. Held at the beautiful California Museum and...

Why does rightwinger not think women should have ability to vote

Far right-wing political commentator, Jesse Lee Peterson, spoke on the rights of women. Sort of. He was a board member of the California branch of the Christian Coalition, Pat Robertson's group, by the way. Well, this is what he said about women and voting:"Women cannot...

Republicans scared in not wanting to be seen as too anti-gay

"There is no need to talk about Billy wanting to marry a goat", are the words of the Missouri legislator, Dwight Scharnhorst (Republican). You might ask, what is this guy talking about? Well, to people like him, two people of the same sex marrying, is like marrying farm...

Judgeship denied because man is gay and woman almost dies

Stories in the News: I. A man named Tracy Thorne-Begland’s was blocked from becoming a judge in Virginia, beause he is gay. Supposedly, anti-gay legislators were worried that he would not be impartial enough if he ruled on anti-gay unconstitutional legislation that might...

Bodies dumped in Drug War in Mexico and hypocrisy

In the city of Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, 35 dead bodies were dumped on a street. Some had their hands tied and some were tortured to death. Do I have to even ask if the first thing that came to your mind, this was because of drug violence? How many nanoseconds after...

A Moral Compass

When Reverend Billy Graham recently supported legislation to ban same sex marriages in his state he pointed to one very important facet of American society today. That is the overall morality in this country has been eroded almost to the point of no return. We have to...

President Obama comes out in support of same sex marriage

Lots of news in the gay marriage front. Yes, in North Carolina, the anti-marriage equality folks won with 61% of the vote. But, remember, in Wisconsin in 2006 the same kind of anti-gay actvists got 59% of the vote. That means in six short years North Carolina has become as...

How the religious right-wing have persecuted people for their sex

Do you know who Catherina Linck was? Don't feel bad if you don't. Before yesterday, neither did I. Linck was a born female who was executed by the Prussian government in 1721 for "sodomy." Linck dressed as a man, and seemed to sexually attracted to women. That was Linck's...

Bersih 3.0 Singapore : Bersih 3.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur April 28

Visitors to Kuala Lumpur in late April should be aware that the city is bracing itself for what could be one of the largest political demonstrations in its history. A massive sit-down protest is planned at Merdeka Square (Dataran Merdeka) on Saturday the 28th, from 14:00 to...

Anti-gay group endorses Mitt Romney

A few stories about gay rights and the opposition to gay rights, in the United States. The Alaska Family Council, an anti-gay group in that state, sent e-mails to individuals that they could register to vote at the polls. While we enjoy this right in Wisconsin, they don't in...

Police abuse, pro-marijuana protest banned and gay rights

In this case out of New Jersey, a female cop named Ragina Tasca, who stopped a beating of an emotionally disturbed man, might (or by this time already has) lost her job on the Bogota, New Jersey Police Department. The other cops had ran out of their police car and attacked...

Are gays led by demons, some on the religious rightwing think so

Rick Santorum, a man who believes that two men getting married is like a man marrying a dog, is quitting the presidential race. So in honor of the most anti-gay presidential candidate ever, and that includes you Michelle Bachmann, here are a couple of stories that deal with...

Nick Frabasilio's Straight Liberation Movement: Poe's Law?

Straight Liberation Movement: Nick Frabasilio is Either Trolling or CrazyBay Area resident Nick Frabasilio started something called the Straight Liberation Movement, which purports to take back American society from gay influence, or something like that.Of course, there's a...

Gay rights t-shirts banned by schools, violation of free speech

Pro gay t-shirts are being banned and censored in schools. One shirt with the text, Jesus is not a homophobe, was banned in a school in Ohio because the student, Maverick Couch, was told it was "indecent and sexual in nature" by the school principal. So, any expression of gay...

Two men kiss at Santorum rally and hell doesn't freeze over.

At a pro-theocracy..um, I mean pro-Santorum rally in Arlington Heights, IL (outside of Chicago) two men shouted for attention from the audience, while Santorum was speaking, and than kissed. They were kicked out. Now, since they interrupted Santorum's speech, maybe there was...

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