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Changing the system without screwing the future.

This is from a Salon article about Occupy Des Moines: Welcome to the latest and perhaps most unique iteration of Occupy Wall Street, where a splinter cell of Occupy Des Moines protestors, many of them former Obama supporters, are heading the movement’s first significant injection of street politics into electoral politics. And if what’s happening in Iowa augurs anything for the 2012 cycle, Democrats nationwide will be facing a vote of no confidence from former[Read More…]

January 2, 2012 — 1 comment — Activism, general

The Changing Definition of Marriage

Saw this via Twitter: Follow GLBTadvocates for more good stuff!

January 1, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — general

Activist Book Club: Readers Welcome!

Especially as I sit in QUILTBAG meetings, I realize that this younger generation of activists have all the right motivations and passion, but in many ways are re-inventing the wheel all over, sometimes spinning their wheels. Got me wondering if there were any great boks out there to help articulate the lessons learned from ACT UP or other grass roots movements.

January 1, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general

Sailor and (GF) partner reunited.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta (left) shares a historic kiss with her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, at Fort Story in Virginia Beach on Wednesday. It’s a tradition at Navy homecomings that one sailor is chosen by raffle to be first off the ship to kiss a loved one. This time, for the first time, the reunited couple was same-sex. The picture is worth a million words! Follow the link[Read More…]

December 22, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — Gay Pride, general

Gay community apologizes to Amy Koch for ruining her marriage – Minneapolis News – The Blotter

The entire apology is a good read, and here is just the start of it. “On behalf of all gays and lesbians living in Minnesota, I would like to wholeheartedly apologize for our community’s successful efforts to threaten your traditional marriage,” reads the letter from John Medeiros. “We apologize that our selfish requests to marry those we love has cheapened and degraded traditional marriage so much that we caused you to stray from your own[Read More…]

December 22, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage

Is Gingrich anti-US Constitution?

Gingrich is a danger to the American people, not only because he is at war with Islam, but because, he can not distinguish the divisions between the Constitution, and Religious Law in general.

December 13, 2011 — 1 comment — general

Update: PA HB 934 passes out of committee.

PA HB 934 is a discriminatory, unnecessary, and costly effort that will limit access to vote by many Pennsylvanians, and now it has passed out of the Senate Government committee. Here is more about the bill: https://equalitypartners.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/pa-senate-discriminatory-hb93-voter-id-bill/

December 12, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — general

Will Pennsylvania make it harder to vote?

Today, the PA Senate is due to take up HB 934, a Voter ID bill which many claim is a big government program looking to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. Those on the left accuse Republican led efforts in a number of states of being a push to repress the vote in next year’s Presidential election.

December 12, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general

Is Congress raising middle-class taxes in 25 days?

Saw this on Facebook, but it is pulled from Twitter: ?@whitehouse: If Congress doesn’t act, middle class taxes increase in 25 days, 12 hours, 13 minutes. Find out how it affects you: http://wh.gov/taxcut

December 6, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general

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