Holy Smokes! McCain’s likely nomination as the Republican candidate for president and the happenstance of his birth in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936 are reviving a musty debate that has surfaced periodically since the founders first set quill to parchment and declared that only a “natural-born citizen” can hold the nation’s highest office. — …
Dear Senator Obama, I supported you in the caucus this week, and I will vote for you today in our Washington state primary. But I am not yet ready to publicly endorse you because of one issue: marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. I am a straight woman who has been married for over …
Alec and I were watching the news on Monday morning when a crazy story was announced. It seems that Mississippi legislators have proposed a state law to ban restaurants from serving fat people. Alec immediately blogged about it: No mo fat Here is some info from the article: Mississippi May Ban Restaurant Sales to the …
It’s January 3rd, 2008. I didn’t make any new years resolutions. But I do have a list. It’s about what I want. And given that today is the first day of primaries for president, I think it’s a good day to share it. Here is my list – and it is in no particular order: …
This is a continuation of my Dear Joe post on Friday, November 9, 2007 and then added to the next day. If you haven’t already read that, I suggest you read it first then return here. Dave Parker from Greensboro, NC is on the PFLAG-all listserv run by PFLAG’s national office as am I. He …
I wanted to share the response which I sent today as a reply to the 11/07/07 email from Human Rights Campaign President, Joe Solmonese, entitled “It Happened today!” — which was addressed “Dear Gabrielle”. His letter is now posted here on the HRC website. ——– Original Message ——– Subject: Regarding “It happened today!”Date: Fri, 09 …
Compromise is the art of getting someone else thrown under the bus The title of this post is a comment I found at MetaFilter. It’s so perfect at describing the congressional haggling and backroom political smackdowns I’ve been privvy to in online and offline discussions about the current congressional session, that I just had to …
Fear and Loathing on the (Trans-Inclusive) ENDA Trailby Katrina C. Rose here in pdf format. Katrina C. Rose is a transgender legal historian and is licensed to practice law in Texas and Minnesota. She is the author of “Three Names in Ohio: In re Bicknell, In re Maloney and Hope For Recognition That The Gay-Transgender …
‘Rep. Barney Frank is and has long been a great advocate for our community and we both have the same goal — to have a law that protects LGBT people from discrimination’ New York, October 4, 2007) — Prompted by a press release issued late yesterday from Rep. Barney Frank’s office, earlier today Lambda Legal …