Same-Sex Marriage

Why are we allowing our tax dollars to defend (unsuccessfully) unconstitutional discrimination?

The court ruled against Speaker of the House John Boehner’s hand-picked lawyer for theBLAG, Paul Clement, whom U.S. taxpayers are paying up to $1.5 million to defend DOMA. With this ruling, now five federal court judges have declared DOMA unconstitutional. This quote came from the NCRM blog and an article about how another Federal Court has called DOMA unconstitutional. The linked article is a great read, but the point I want to address deals specifically[Read More…]

June 1, 2012 — 2 comments — Activism, Election, Same-Sex Marriage

Maggie Gallagher redefines marriage.

Allowing inter-racial marriage didn’t do anything negative to anyone else’s marriage, nor will accepting same-sex marriage. Straight people will continue to get married, and families will be multi-faceted as they are today.

May 23, 2012 — 1 comment — Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage

Limiting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Legacy will hurt everyone.

This hurts everyone however given how crucial his messages are for anyone who looks for progress on Civil Justice issues. Additionally, this action also imesearuably harms the Black community further by making more invisible another great leader and Civil Rights advocate, Bayard Rustin. These are two offenses done by Alveda King and I will write about each to be as clear as I can be. I believe anyone who cares about Social Justice should be speaking out with outrage against Alveda King comments and here is why.

May 23, 2012 — 2 comments — Activism, Election, general, Same-Sex Marriage

Symbolism Doesn’t Make Anything Better.

Simply saying it gets better doesn’t make it so. This isn’t Bewitched where Samantha wriggles her nose and things change. The value of It Gets Better is to place a sense of hope and focus that down the road, if you get yourself that far, it will be better. And in my personal opinions, Huang’s ideas are simplistic and do little to grasp the reality of the needed hope that will help save these kids.

May 19, 2012 — 2 comments — Activism, Election, Same-Sex Marriage

More than just politics: Obama and gay marriage.

Really great piece on Americablog about Obama and Gay Marriage. Read it all, but here is a good clip: This is not about Obama. It’s about us. The nation is increasingly open to marriage equality because we have been listening and learning – from our friends, from pop culture and from the strides made by the gay rights community. I don’t think history will remember the President’s announcement for his personal narrative. The breakthrough here[Read More…]

May 18, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, Election, Same-Sex Marriage

African Americans and Marriage Equality: Is this a race issue?

At the heart of this, isn’t only the place of the religious community component within ther African American community- although that is one element of it. The other is the distinction between Marriage as a Civil Imnstitution where a marriage license is issued by the State, and a judge, or other officiant facilitates, and Marriage as a Religious Ritual or Rite of passage.

May 16, 2012 — 1 comment — Election, general, Same-Sex Marriage

Race, Marriage Equality, and Obama

I’m of the belief that now that Obama has cleared the way for a Democratic Party plank for Same-sex marriage, is the LGBTQ communities responsibility to do everything in our power to get him re-elected. Part of that is willing to see real change n the way we work for that election and the partnerships we form toward that end.

May 12, 2012 — 1 comment — Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage

Obama evolved! Now what?

The biggest issues facing Obama are not moderate voters in swing states who may be socially conservative. One repercussion of the devastating loses in 2010 helped the GOP redistrict to favor conservatives, and enact across the country, various legislation which oppresses the vote by traditionally democrat voters. Indeed, numbers are way down, especially within the African American community. LGBTQ activists need to lend all their time, talent and funds to GOTV efforts within all traditional Dem voter blocks, even where some of those voters will need to be educated about the need to support LGBTQ issues. We asked for him to evolve,he did, and now it is our turn to do our part. Are we ready? Are you ready?

May 11, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, Election, Same-Sex Marriage

Statement of Equality Pennsylvania: Well Done, Mr. President!

Statement of Equality Pennsylvania: Well Done, Mr. President! Harrisburg: Today, President Obama voiced the singular truth about marriage equality that all of us have known all along — the ability for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples to formalize their relationships in the official bonds of civil marriage is fair, just and simply the right thing to do. The President’s decision to support marriage equality comes on the heels of yesterday’s mean-spirited vote on[Read More…]

May 9, 2012 — 1 comment — Election, general, Same-Sex Marriage

When same-sex isnt about real people.

The linked story is from the Seattle Times and describes the possibility for same-sex marriage to pass the Washington Senate, however, I was very intrigued by this quote: “The supporters of the bill determine you’re a ‘hateful bigot’ if you vote no, while the opponents question your faith and say you’re ‘turning your back on God’ if you vote yes,” Hatfield said. I wonder how we frame and work towards full civil rights by talking[Read More…]

April 22, 2012 — 1 comment — Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage

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