Archive for the ‘Gay Rights are Human Rights’ Category
DOMA Found to be Unconstitutional
Good: Moments ago, Judge Jeffery White of the District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause in a case brought by Karen Golinski. Golinski, represented by Lambda Legal, “was denied spousal health benefits by her employer, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court [...]
February 22, 2012
· 
John Cole · 
64 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights
Has Marriage Become A “Luxury Good”?
According to the NYTimes, so some people say: ... Among mothers of all ages, a majority — 59 percent in 2009 — are married when they have children. But the surge of births outside marriage among younger women — nearly two-thirds of children in the United States are born to mothers under 30 — is [...]
February 20, 2012
· Anne Laurie · 51 Comments
Posted in: C.R.E.A.M., Domestic Affairs, Gay Rights are Human Rights
Look- They Just Fucking Hate Gay People
Every time you listen to opponents of gay marriage, they always trot out some bullshit about how it would be one thing if the voters approved of it, but they just can’t handle the courts imposing it on all of us. Shitbird and sometimes alleged upcoming intellectual (this is how fucking empty the conservative intellectual [...]
February 18, 2012
· John Cole · 100 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Gay Rights are Human Rights
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
This shit never gets old: New witnesses have stepped forward to say they saw a talk show host behind the wheel after a hit-and-run crash outside a popular gay bar, and Local 2 Investigates has obtained video from inside the bar that is now in the hands of police. Houston police obtained video from inside [...]
February 17, 2012
· John Cole · 53 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Gay Rights are Human Rights, Republican Stupidity
Afternoon Open Thread Involving People Named Chris
One governor named Chris has signed same-sex marriage into law in Washington State, another threatens to veto it in New Jersey. Open thread, then.
February 13, 2012
· Zandar · 114 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights, Open Thread
Hands Down, the Best “It Gets Better” Video You Have Seen
You know, we talk an awful lot here about bad cops and the awful things they do. Here is something different for a change: I’ll fess up. I teared up a little bit. Even when I was a Republican, I was always pro-choice, in favor of gay rights (although I bought into the civil unions [...]
February 11, 2012
· John Cole · 36 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights
A Nice Break from the Hate
Republican Washington State Representative Maureen Walsh’s explanation why she’s voting for gay marriage is worth a watch (via) if you’re sick of all the haters. Washington just passed a gay marriage bill that the governor has pledged to sign.
February 9, 2012
· mistermix · 54 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights
Up Close and Personal
Over at Salon, Mark Oppenheimer has a longish, interesting piece on Maggie Gallagher, NRO hack, NOM founder and arguably the most prominent opponent of marriage equality in the US. I read it because the thing that has always puzzled me most about the gay marriage controversy is why those who oppose it are so convinced [...]
February 9, 2012
· Betty Cracker · 68 Comments
Posted in: Activist Judges!, Assholes, Gay Rights are Human Rights, Politics, Republican Stupidity
Gay is the New Black
Here’s Ellen DeGeneres pushing back [warning: autoplay video] on the “Million Moms” (it’s actually 40,000) who want to have her removed as JC Penney’s new spokesperson. Penney’s must have known that they’d get flack from some haters when they adopted an openly gay person to sell their stuff, so I assume this was a calculated [...]
February 8, 2012
· mistermix · 137 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights
Prop 8 Struck Down
Found to be unconstitutional: A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California’s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that a lower court judge correctly interpreted the [...]
February 7, 2012
· John Cole · 288 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights
Open Thread – Freshly ground
I do like grindr. I get to see the boy who works down at the Safeway with his shirt off every evening. I know exactly how many gays are within 200 feet of me any point in time – always handy information in the event of a wardrobe malfunction or cocaine drought. One evening when [...]
February 3, 2012
· Sarah Proud and Tall · 39 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights, Open Thread
Inreach
Dan Savage got glitterbombed again for being insufficently trans-sensitive: This is the second time the transgender ally has been glitterbombed. But Savage is not alone. He joins an impressive array of high-profile celebrities who are gay or trans-friendly who have been called to the carpet by trans activists. Neil Patrick Harris, Lance Bass, and Kelly [...]
January 28, 2012
· mistermix · 116 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights
Tripping The Lightsaber Fantastic
Apparently Tony Perkins and his anti-LGBT stormtroopers have nothing better to do than to complain about virtual same-sex relationships in the new Star Wars online game. After first going after Girl Scout cookies, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins is now attacking the game Star Wars: The Old Republic for allowing same-sex relationships. Stephen Reid [...]
January 27, 2012
· Zandar · 98 Comments
Posted in: Gamer Dork, Gay Rights are Human Rights, Popular Culture
Why? Because He Can.
And, like every other American, he should have this right: Congressman Barney Frank’s office has confirmed that the retiring 71-year-old Representative is marrying his longtime partner, Jim Ready, in a Massachusetts ceremony. A date has not been set. It simply perplexes me how many straight people value their commitment to their significant other so little [...]
January 27, 2012
· John Cole · 17 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights
Harper Steps in It
I’m no expert on the Looney spenders up in America’s Hat, but my in my travels to that exotic land, I have noticed that they really are invested in being a country that everyone loves. Yesterday, the Harper government shat all over that when a federal Department of Justice lawyer filed a brief in a [...]
January 13, 2012
· mistermix · 93 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights
