Marriage Equality: September 2007
Don't Fear the Whip Count
Filed by Nadine Smith | September 30, 2007 | 11:21 AM |It is important to remember the dynamics of a whip count. It is a tool of political gamesmanship and often a very bad idea when faced with a bill that has a slim majority or hard won support. It is...Read More
Maryland Marriage and its Discontents
Filed by Fannie Fierce | September 28, 2007 | 10:33 AM |Dear Fannie, I’m a 35 year old lesbian, happily partnered living in a DC suburb in Maryland. I just heard about the recent court ruling in Maryland. My partner and I have been thinking about having children, and with...Read More
Here We Go Again...
Filed by Rebecca Juro | September 28, 2007 | 3:52 AM |...and it's just oh-so-familiar, isn't it? Of course, by now you've heard that House Democrats are expected to strip protections for Transgender-American citizens from ENDA. You've probably also heard that the Human Rights Campaign and the Leadership Council on Civil...Read More
Edwards on DenialOMA: Four Tiny Words = One HUGE Statement
Filed by Marla R. Stevens | September 27, 2007 | 5:13 PM |Presidential candidate John Edwards at last night's debate at Dartmouth said that he supports DenialOMA repeal. Read More
Hangin' with the Supremes
Filed by Bil Browning | September 26, 2007 | 11:40 AM |You may remember Bill Groth from his frequent comments here on The Bilerico Project or you might know him from his own blog at the American Values Alliance (where Sheila Kennedy and I blog also). By far, Bill has one...Read More
Jena 6’s black leadership splits queer community
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | September 25, 2007 | 2:10 PM |The Jena 6 case - in which Southern white law enforcement in Jena, La., unabashedly doled out biased treatment against six African-American high school students - harkens backs to this country’s era of Jim Crow. And it is a no-brainer...Read More
Challenging the right wing - one person at a time
Filed by Bil Browning | September 25, 2007 | 1:55 PM |Box Turtle Bulletin's Jim Burroway has a post up today that will literally make you want to stand up and cheer. He suffered through the Family Impact Summit held in Tampa, Florida recently and describes an incident that stuck out....Read More
Opportunities to Accept
Filed by Michele O'Mara | September 25, 2007 | 9:46 AM |This is a must-see video clip of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, who explains "I just could not bring myself to tell an entire group of people in our community they were less important, less worthy or less deserving of...Read More
The Very First Diva-In-Chief?
Filed by Steve Ralls | September 24, 2007 | 9:06 AM |Why do we love Hillary? It’s a question being debated in the LGBT community in advance of a much-talked-about Advocate interview with the junior Senator from New York. Clinton does not, the article points out, support same-sex marriage. (And, according...Read More
San Diego Mayor changes mind on gay marriage
Filed by Bil Browning | September 24, 2007 | 7:45 AM |Republican Mayor of San Diego, Jerry Sanders, was expected to veto an ordinance in support of gay marriage. Instead, he had a change of heart. This is why coming out and sharing your stories is so darned important. (Many...Read More
Nothing Says Patriot Like Hiding... Your Children
Filed by Marti Abernathey | September 21, 2007 | 2:23 PM |That ever popular bastion of Jesus freedom, WorldNetDaily, is hiding a Transgender Patriot! In their "Letter of the Week" they showcase the anonymous patriot. She starts out by saying: "First, before I begin, I just want to let you know...Read More
Angelina Jolie, Queer Theory, and the Gods of Neoliberalism
Filed by Yasmin Nair | September 21, 2007 | 10:51 AM |I once sang in a choir. No, really, I kid you not. I was raised by atheists, but sent to the kind of institution where you sang hymns every morning. Singing the praises of the Lord and his sexy, rock...Read More
Rick Santorum, faux-outrage, and the tragic sitcomedy known as American politics
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 21, 2007 | 8:24 AM |The gym I go to has several dozen televisions throughout it, each turned to one of three channels: ESPN, NBC, and Fox News. Since the sound isn't turned on, you can't really tell what's going on, but imagine my surprise...Read More
Gays and Lesbians Denied Social Security Benefits
Filed by Nina Smith | September 21, 2007 | 7:48 AM |“Younger people can feel confident that Social Security will still be around when they need it to cushion their retirement.” – Ronald Reagan, 1982 Whenever I receive my Social Security Statement, I typically just scan the estimated benefit and toss...Read More
James Dobson slaps Freddie Thompson
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 20, 2007 | 3:13 PM |The good doctor wrote up an email that was obtained by the AP where he says he's not down with the Freddie. It's funny what he thinks about the GOP savior: Isn't Thompson the candidate who is opposed to a...Read More
Is Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a “Girlie-Man?”
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 19, 2007 | 7:42 PM |About 200 demonstrators laughed and cheered Tuesday night when Lorri Jean, CEO of the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center, stuck a fake pen in the hand of a fake Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and urged him to sign California’s same-sex marriage...Read More
Mitt Romney Radio Ad Attacks Gays
Filed by Michael Crawford | September 18, 2007 | 9:13 PM |Mitt Romney is running a new radio ad in Iowa touting his support for a federal constitutional amendment to ban marriage between same-sex couples. He and the oh so perky announcer blather on about the need to defend traditional marriage,...Read More
Maryland High Court Upholds Marriage Ban
Filed by Michael Crawford | September 18, 2007 | 10:46 AM |The Maryland Court of Appeals upheld the state's ban on gay marriage in a decision announced this morning. The decision reverses a lower court ruling by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock, who held in January that the 1973...Read More
More fundie follies
Filed by Bil Browning | September 17, 2007 | 4:02 PM |Curt Smith, head of the Indiana Family Institute, blogs today about same-sex civil marriage and trots out the usual fundie talking points for the sheeple. After all these years of using the LGBT community as a fundraising tool, you'd think...Read More
Homotextual: Michael Reynolds
Filed by Ed Team | September 17, 2007 | 7:37 AM |"I can find biblical justification for shooting you as you walk out of a McDonald's carrying a cheeseburger. Literally. The Bible is quite clear on the subject of mixing meat with any other product of the same animal. Like beef...Read More
Alan Keyes announces presidential run
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 16, 2007 | 4:36 PM |Alan Keyes, five-time failed candidate, has decided that he needs another failed campaign to make an even half-dozen. America's favorite PFLAG dad unproud father of a "selfish hedonist" has announced his run for presidency on Janet Parshall's radio show. He...Read More
Macking it with a Married Man
Filed by Fannie Fierce | September 14, 2007 | 11:11 AM |Dear Fannie I’m a 25 year old gay male. I live in a small city in the South, where it’s kind of hard to meet guys. I have to admit to using the internet to meet new guys, because...Read More
Why tolerate "tolerance?"
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 14, 2007 | 10:41 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following guest post comes to us from Waymon Hudson. Waymon is President and Co-Founder of Fight OUT Loud, a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) individuals fight discrimination and hate. He...Read More
"America needs to take a stand" - At least we can all agree on that much.
Filed by Bruce Parker | September 14, 2007 | 1:35 AM |So I am slowly falling in love with the moisture in the air, the brightness of the sun, the warm and welcoming Southern smiles and the rigor of my program at Louisiana State University. I am finding something very queer...Read More
Contest: Inlaws & Outlaws tickets
Filed by Bil Browning | September 13, 2007 | 11:41 PM |It's time for another Bilerico Project contest! This time we'll be giving away two pairs of tickets to see the movie Inlaws & Outlaws. The Interfaith Coalition on Nondiscrimination (ICON) has generously donated the tickets especially for Bilerico Project readers....Read More
Marriage Equality: A Cause and Conversation That Won't (and Shouldn't) Stop
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 13, 2007 | 10:40 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following guest post comes to us from Evan Wolfson. Evan is Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide. Before founding Freedom to Marry, Evan served as marriage...Read More
Well, duh, marriage is about the regulation of sexuality
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 13, 2007 | 1:17 PM |-I don't think were talking about love here. We're talking about S-E-X in front of the C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N. -Sex Cauldron! I thought they closed that place down! Brummett, a local Arkansas columnist, has just written about the upcoming legislation in that...Read More
Another smack-down delivered to the ADF
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 12, 2007 | 1:48 PM |A challenge to the New York state comptroller's decision that retirement benefits will not be denied to same-sex couples married outside of New York got turned down today. The challenge was led by none other than the Alliance Defense Fund,...Read More
Bar exam flunkee drops suit
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 12, 2007 | 10:16 AM |Remember that guy in Massachusetts who was suing the state board of Bar examiners for asking a question on the exam that referenced a lesbian couple and the state supreme court justices for ruling in favor of same-sex marriage? Well,...Read More
By backing Obama, Oprah leaves queers behind
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | September 11, 2007 | 9:05 PM |Queen of daytime talk Oprah Winfrey is omnipresent and omnipotent. Her monthly oracle — O, The Oprah Magazine — pontificates the principles of self-help, self-love, and self-giving. Her image floods newsstands. Bookstores stockpile their inventory with her choice for the...Read More
Are Gays the New Blacks for GOP?
Filed by Michael Crawford | September 11, 2007 | 6:16 PM |The Boston Globe has a smart op ed pointing out the similarities between how the Republican Party is using LGBT issues now and the way that it used racial doublespeak to solidify its support amongst white evangelicals and appeal to...Read More
Indiana gears back up for same-sex civil marriage fight
Filed by Bil Browning | September 11, 2007 | 12:36 PM |LGBT people are back on the minds of Indiana's conservatives, but you can bet your bottom dollar they're not concerned with treating us fairly or equally to themselves. No, instead we get more of the same - extreme rhetoric, lies...Read More
Homotextual: Fred Thompson
Filed by Ed Team | September 11, 2007 | 7:11 AM |"I would support a constitutional amendment which says some off-the-wall court decision in one state that recognizes the marriage in one state, like Massachusetts, just to pick a state, cannot go to another state and have it recognized in that...Read More
Known Unknowns
Filed by Steve Ralls | September 10, 2007 | 7:02 PM |It is only slightly shorter than War & Peace, but oh so much more entertaining. It is, of course, GQ's exclusive interview with Donald Rumsfeld, the former Secretary of Defense. Rummy, who was said to set the hearts of women...Read More
Questioning the Candidates on Civil Unions - The POTUS and a Primer Part VI
Filed by Don Sherfick | September 10, 2007 | 10:00 AM |Over six installments (see the end of this post for links to each) I've pursued the issue of what the six Democrats seeking the nation's highest office are NOT saying when they reject same-sex marriage but say they're all for...Read More
Venezuela: Is President Hugo Chavez - gulp! - gay?
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 10, 2007 | 8:25 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following guest post comes to us from Andrés Duque from Blabbeando. Born in Colombia, South America, Andrés is a proud immigrant to the United States. He was a co-founder of the Colombian Lesbian and Gay Association (COLEGA),...Read More
Another GOP gay scandal brews in murder-suicide case?
Filed by Pam Spaulding | September 09, 2007 | 3:09 PM |There is a bizarre story swarming blogtopia, laced with unconfirmed (and confirmed) sources that could lead to another Republican Sexual Hypocrite "outing" and scandal. First, some facts about the weird murder suicide in Orlando in late August that kicked off...Read More
Do it for Joan, and for all of us
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 07, 2007 | 4:00 PM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] The following guest post is from Lee Carpenter, Legal Director for Equality Advocates Pennsylvania. She also supervises Equality Advocates' legal clinic, and acts as an adjunct clinical instructor to Temple Law students who each semester assist Equality Advocates'...Read More
Marriage passes legislature in California (again)
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 07, 2007 | 3:56 PM |From 365gay: A second showdown between the California legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger looms following the passage Friday in the Senate of a second bill to allow same-sex couples to wed. The measure already has passed the Assembly and now...Read More
Being for Civil Unions: how big of a deal is that? The POTUS and a Primer Part V
Filed by Don Sherfick | September 07, 2007 | 10:00 AM |In early August six Democratic hopefuls for their party's presidential ("POTUS") nomination on an HRC/Logo forum prompted me to think about how much candidates really DON'T say when they talk about gay marriage and civil unions. Mike Gravel and Dennis...Read More
Homotextual: Jason Cianciotto
Filed by Ed Team | September 07, 2007 | 7:38 AM |"Through his advocacy of ex-gay ministries, Kennedy called for the 'transformation' of LGBT Americans while ignoring scientific truths about the lack of efficacy and gross mental, physical and spiritual harm caused by so-called 'conversion therapy' programs. He used his media...Read More
An Arizona State of Mind
Filed by Steve Ralls | September 06, 2007 | 7:55 PM |If you're looking for a destination to replace Fort Lauderdale on your vacation list, you might want to consider the increasingly gay-friendly state of Arizona. After making history as the first state to reject an anti-gay marriage amendment, one community...Read More
On display for the public in all of its ugliness
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 06, 2007 | 7:30 PM |I was just reading a column by William Rusher, of course on Larry Craig, and here's what he had to say in defense of the Senator: No doubt about it, the inconsistency is toothsome. But does it really follow that...Read More
Peyton Manning: Republican?
Filed by Bil Browning | September 06, 2007 | 5:24 PM |From former Indianapolis Star columnist Ruth Holliday's blog I gleaned this tidbit about Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning: Manning also donated money recently to Fred Thompson's GOP presidential campaign, $2,300. Their tie is Tennessee, Thompson's home state. Manning graduated from...Read More
The "ENDA" of Discrimination?
Filed by Terrance Heath | September 06, 2007 | 1:40 PM |Or just another end-run? It's that time again. Time for another congressional hearing on the Employment Non-Discriminintion Act (ENDA), which would prohibit workplace discrimination baed on sexual orienation; of course, that's with exemptions for religious organizations, the armed forces, businesses...Read More
Enough is Enough
Filed by Mike Rogers | September 06, 2007 | 12:46 PM |The time when politicians can stand with one foot on the platform of homophobia and the other in the closet has come to an end. Over three years ago -- within a month of the launch of my site,...Read More
Republican Candidate Booed for Supporting Marriage Ban
Filed by Michael Crawford | September 06, 2007 | 9:13 AM |At last night's Republican presidential debate on Fox News Noise, the New Hampshire audience booed Senator Sam Brownback when he voiced strong support for a constitutional amendment banning marriage between same-sex couples. Meanwhile, a voter was asked if there is...Read More
A watershed moment
Filed by Matt Foreman | September 05, 2007 | 3:24 PM |This week, a House subcommittee held a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Given that the bill has been languishing for 17 years -- in spite of overwhelming public support -- a collective "whatever" would be understandable. But folks,...Read More
Bill O'Reilly To Join Crusade for LGBT Equality
Filed by Sara Whitman | September 04, 2007 | 4:44 PM |Okay, you gotta love this. Bill O'Reilly, conservative talk show host extraordinaire, claims that a man's sex life is a private thing. I'm serious. "We're uneasy about this kind of exposition," O'Reilly said. "Somebody's sex life should have nothing to...Read More
State Constitutional Amendments on Same-Sex Marriage/Civil Unions: The POTUS and A Primer Part IV
Filed by Don Sherfick | September 04, 2007 | 9:00 AM |On Monday of last week in the third post of my current discussion of marriage and civil unions, and what aspirants to be President of the United States are saying/can do with respect to them I went into some detail...Read More
Will Gays Matter in '08? It's Up to Us
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 03, 2007 | 7:56 PM |UPDATED Thank heavens for bloggers and the LGBT press. Granted: I didn't see ALL of the media coverage on the Larry Craig sex scandal, but I did see A LOT and not much included reaction from openly gay people. Yes,...Read More
Hypocrisy isn't such a good thing
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 03, 2007 | 6:41 AM |(Here's an old post I wrote about Ted Haggard back in January on my old blog. It seems relevant to the whole Larry Craig debacle. Gawsh, my blogging's changed a lot since back then when I had just gotten started,...Read More
Saying 'I Don't' in Iowa
Filed by Steve Ralls | September 01, 2007 | 8:27 PM |The 24-hour gay marriage marathon has come to an end in Iowa, thanks to an activist judge's intervention in the matter, but the day-long experiment in equal justice has already turned into a marathon race by Republican presidential contenders,...Read More
