Obama's election gives activists 'a lot of hope'
By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | Nov. 21 at 11:32 AM Nov. 21 at 11:32 AM
Calling for an end to AIDS, an estimated 600 people rallied outside the White House on Thursday and encouraged President-elect Barack Obama to make combating the crisis an early priority.
The rally, coordinated by 11 organizations, included people from Washington, New York and Philadelphia who were hopeful that Obama would act within the first 100 days of his administration to bring relief to people living with HIV or AIDS.
“With Obama, because he comes from Chicago, I’m sure he has a grasp on HIV and AIDS stuff,” said Jose DeMarco, who helped organize the rally. “I think he’s from the South Side of Chicago, so he’s really, really f ...
Price, Zaborsky plead not guilty to obstruction of justice
By LOU CHIBBARO JR., Washington Blade | Nov. 21 at 10:02 AM Nov. 21 at 10:02 AM
Two of the three gay men indicted this week on an obstruction of justice charge for the August 2006 murder of attorney Robert Wone were cleared for supervised release Friday after pleading not guilty at a D.C. Superior Court arraignment.
At the request of prosecutors, Judge Frederic Weisberg agreed to drop the government’s earlier request that Joseph Price be held on $100,000 bail. Price, his domestic partner, Victory Zaborsky, and a former housemate, Dylan Ward, were indicted Wednesday on the obstruction of justice charge in connection with Wone’s murder.
In a combined bail hearing and arraignment Friday for Price and Zaborsky, Weisberg agreed to the gove ...
San Fran mayor talks Prop 8, gubernatorial hopes
By CHRIS JOHNSON | Nov. 20 at 4:50 PM Nov. 20 at 4:50 PM
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said he’s “not proud” that he was featured in an advertisement aired by Proposition 8 proponents, but noted he is not “regretful” of delivering with such excitement the speech that was used in the commercial.
In a commercial aired by the “Yes on 8” campaign, Newsom was shown publicly praising the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. The mayor declared in his speech that same-sex marriage was “going to happen, whether you like it or not.”
Gay activists have said the ad was effective in moving poll numbers in favor ...
Obama's election gives activists 'a lot of hope'
By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | Nov. 21 at 11:32 AM Nov. 21 at 11:32 AM
Calling for an end to AIDS, an estimated 600 people rallied outside the White House on Thursday and encouraged President-elect Barack Obama to make combating the crisis an early priority.
The rally, coordinated by 11 organizations, included people from Washington, New York and Philadelphia who were hopeful that Obama would act within the first 100 days of his administration to bring relief to people living with HIV or AIDS.
“With Obama, because he comes from Chicago, I’m sure he has a grasp on HIV and AIDS stuff,” said Jose DeMarco, who helped organize the rally. “I think he’s from the South Side of Chicago, so he’s really, really f ...
Price, Zaborsky plead not guilty to obstruction of justice
By LOU CHIBBARO JR., Washington Blade | Nov. 21 at 10:02 AM Nov. 21 at 10:02 AM
Two of the three gay men indicted this week on an obstruction of justice charge for the August 2006 murder of attorney Robert Wone were cleared for supervised release Friday after pleading not guilty at a D.C. Superior Court arraignment.
At the request of prosecutors, Judge Frederic Weisberg agreed to drop the government’s earlier request that Joseph Price be held on $100,000 bail. Price, his domestic partner, Victory Zaborsky, and a former housemate, Dylan Ward, were indicted Wednesday on the obstruction of justice charge in connection with Wone’s murder.
In a combined bail hearing and arraignment Friday for Price and Zaborsky, Weisberg agreed to the gove ...
Gov. Douglas calls civil unions 'sufficient'
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) | Nov. 20 at 5:06 PM Nov. 20 at 5:06 PM
Gov. Jim Douglas says he will oppose a bill to allow same-sex couples to marry in Vermont.
In some of his strongest criticism to the idea yet, the Republican governor says he'd rather lawmakers not take up the issue this year, instead focusing on the economy.
Douglas says he believes Vermont's law allowing same-sex couples to enter civil unions is sufficient to provide equal rights to gay and lesbian Vermonters.
State-sponsored conference includes debate over gay marriage
By MATT SCHAFER, Southern Voice | Nov. 21 at 2:55 PM Nov. 21 at 2:55 PM
The chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court said Thursday that a court-sponsored summit on strengthening marriage intentionally did not shy away from discussing gay marriage.
"If I was [a politician pushing an agenda], there would have been no fair debate over gay marriage last night," Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears said the morning after the conference featured a two-hour “discussion” on the issue.
"I would be so scared I would just do it all on [heterosexual] marriage, and I would be slinking around; I chose not to do that,” she said. “I like intelligent discussion; we could use more intelligent discourse; we could use more study.& ...
Obama's election gives activists 'a lot of hope'
By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | Nov. 21 at 11:32 AM Nov. 21 at 11:32 AM
Calling for an end to AIDS, an estimated 600 people rallied outside the White House on Thursday and encouraged President-elect Barack Obama to make combating the crisis an early priority.
The rally, coordinated by 11 organizations, included people from Washington, New York and Philadelphia who were hopeful that Obama would act within the first 100 days of his administration to bring relief to people living with HIV or AIDS.
“With Obama, because he comes from Chicago, I’m sure he has a grasp on HIV and AIDS stuff,” said Jose DeMarco, who helped organize the rally. “I think he’s from the South Side of Chicago, so he’s really, really f ...
San Fran mayor talks Prop 8, gubernatorial hopes
By CHRIS JOHNSON | Nov. 20 at 4:50 PM Nov. 20 at 4:50 PM
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said he’s “not proud” that he was featured in an advertisement aired by Proposition 8 proponents, but noted he is not “regretful” of delivering with such excitement the speech that was used in the commercial.
In a commercial aired by the “Yes on 8” campaign, Newsom was shown publicly praising the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. The mayor declared in his speech that same-sex marriage was “going to happen, whether you like it or not.”
Gay activists have said the ad was effective in moving poll numbers in favor ...
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