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68VD_ScalesOfJustice_250x163.jpg What do you think about Prop 8 Mr. President? by tomtoo
Aug 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
I have a new favorite author. Justice Vaughn Walker and his clerks produced 136 pages of legal genius that can be read as a series of goose bump-inducing poetry.  The decision, which finds Proposition 8 unconstitutional, is a Popeye-strong document that was built to survive. You would...
H016_LadyGaga4_250x187.jpg Lady Gaga "Gives A Damn" about LGBT Rights... by tomtoo
Aug 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
MTV announced their nominees for their 2010 Video Music Awards (VMAs) today, leading nearly everyone in the universe to ask the same question: "Wait, MTV still plays music videos?" Alas, while the network might not be as heavy on the music as they were back in 1981, when nearly every other vi...
Being Gay is like tainted Peanut Butter.... by tomtoo
Aug 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is currently on a road trip across the eastern half of the United States , stretching from Maine to Iowa down to North Carolina, where NOM leaders like Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown are apparently trying to convince dozens of people that gay marri...
NOM is a martyr.... by tomtoo
Aug 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The folks at the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) have been blogging up a gathering storm about their Summer for Marriage Tour, a multi-state journey to stand up for heterosexual marriage . Since I don’t want Change.org to be sued for causing mass up-chucks, I’ll summarize...
IYAX_PresObama3_250x166.jpg Prop 8 Defeated...Now What? by jayque2010
Aug 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
How President Obama Is Like Target's CEO on Gay Rights by Michael A. Jones Many of us are familiar with the cliche: "You can't have your cake and eat it, too." Perhaps someone should clue both President Obama and Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel in on what this line means. Because both m...
L0WP_t1larg.jpg Prop 8 Needs To Go! by jayque2010
Aug 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
California gears up for ruling on same-sex marriage By the CNN Wire Staff cnnAuthor = "By the CNN Wire Staff"; if(location.hostname.indexOf( 'edition.' ) > -1) {document.write('August 4, 2010 -- Updated 1350 GMT (2150 HKT)');} else {document.write('August 4, 2010 9:50 a.m. EDT');...
Straight People are Immoral too..... by tomtoo
Aug 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
On Sunday mornings throughout the country, millions of folks grab the paper, pour some coffee, and ease into their day smoothly and serenely. But if you were in El Paso yesterday, and you were flipping through the pages of the El Paso Times , you might have had a coffee spit take when you meand...
7OE6_nomnom_250x186.jpg Go Ahead....You Can Laugh at NOM..... by tomtoo
Aug 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Not known for their particularly reasoned disapproval of gay marriage, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) continues its unintentionally comedic tactics through their “Summer for Marriage” Tour. Their latest blunder? Turnout. According to Bilerico.com, a mere 40 NOM suppor...
1WV8_lady_gaga_250x156.jpg Lady Gaga and SB1070..... by tomtoo
Aug 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
When Lady Gaga raised her forearm at her concert in Phoenix, Arizona, yesterday, everyone could see the words "STOP SB 1070" written in block letters (with accompanying peace signs). But she didn't leave her opposition to the racial profiling-encouraging law at this silent protest: Gaga took t...
Transgender patient refused at Indiana Hospital.... by tomtoo
Aug 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Erin Vaught made a trip to the emergency room at Ball Memorial Hospital in Central Indiana on July 18th. She came in coughing up blood and was expecting treatment for a lung condition. Instead of receiving appropriate medical treatment, Vaught was subject to ridiculing by hospital staff and w...