SOUNDBITES — "My burden is not to show that originalism is perfect but to show that it beats the other available alternatives. Did any provision of the Constitution guarantee a right to abortion? No one thought so for almost two centuries after the founding. Did any provision in the Constitution guarantee a right to homosexual [...]
You're going about your business, spying in Kosovo for the German government, and cheating on your wife with your male translator. And your wife has the audacity to expose you?! CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Anton K., Germany, Kosovo, Murat A., spies, Spying
OMG you guys, fun! Some Roman Catholic leaders say they just simply aren't going to follow any same-sex marriage laws that force them to take part. They also won't follow any abortion laws that do the same. Which, actually, IS NOT A NEWS STORY, because religious institutions will always remain exempt from these rules. CONTINUED » Permalink [...]
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Following on the heels of my post about immigration a few weeks ago is actually a new development from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. From the New York Times: In her first major speech on the overhaul, Ms. Napolitano dispelled any suggestion that the administration â€" with health care, energy and other major issues crowding its [...]
From the L.A. Times: Los Angeles County saw an overall 4% drop in hate crimes last year, while crimes against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people increased, prompted in part by last November’s highly charged Proposition 8 initiative, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California, according to a new report released today. There were 134 sexual-orientation [...]
We want to take a moment to recognize everyone who participated in making this year's Southern Oregon Garden Party a tremendous success! On Octnt to take a moment to recognize everyone who participated in making this year's Southern Oregon Garden Party a tremendous success! On October 24th, our friends down in the Rogue Valley area helped to raise well over $5,000 to support the work of Basic Rights Oregon, which is double our original goal for the event! A special thanks needs to be extended to Senator Alan Bates for helping out with the special appeal, to Tammy Marston (and her friend Mark) for providing fantastic entertainment for the event, and to everyone who gave of their time and money to support fairness and equality in our state! Thank you all so much and we look forward to our next trip down to the Rogue Valley very soon!
Joyce Liljeholm is a board member and co-founder of the Oregon Safe Schools and communities Coalition. She is also a retired school counselor who works with the Oregon GSA network. Before Basic Rights Oregon decided to endorse the Vote Yes for Oregon / Yes on 66 and 67 campaign, we asked Joyce what would happen if Oregon's education budget was cut further next year. Here's what she told us…
In the days leading up to my departure for Maine, I wasn't sure what to expect from the people I'd meet here. I'm no stranger to ballot campaigns; we've had our share of those in Oregon. I rode on Tuesday to a suburb outside of Portland, Maine with another volunteer staff to meet with nine high school students about their interest to get involved with the No On 1 campaign. Our goal was to start a “Friends and Family†Volunteer Recruitment Phone Bank with them on the spot, and to organize a few times when they and their friends could volunteer together, canvassing door-to-door the weekend before Election Day. We rolled up to their neighborhood Starbucks at about 3 o'clock and met the students inside. They'd come straight after school, and had heard about the campaign atl, and had heard about the campaign at an all-ages concert, where they'd been watching their favorite local band. Three of the youth were band members! A few of them had worn their No On 1 buttons to school that day, and mentioned that they'd started conversations with other students about the issue, and what it meant to them. After introducing ourselves and briefly describing the state of the campaign, we read through a script and role-played it, making sure to arm the students with the facts needed to express to their friends and family members how much this means to them and why we need their help in the last two weeks of the campaign. When we asked the students to get out their mobile phones and start calling to sign their friends up for volunteer shifts with the campaign, they excelled at the task! After about a half hour, the students made a plan to gather together with their newly signed up volunteers for a morning canvass on Halloween, knocking on doors to get out the vote. None of the nine students were affiliated with the Gay Straight Alliance at their school, (and none mentioned that they identified as LGBT,) but all shared a sense that whoever you are and whomever you love, couples deserve to be recognized equally under the law.
Scholars Question Methodology of New Poll on Gay Troops — Concerns Raised About Relevance of Survey Questions. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — Academic researchers are expressing concerns over a new survey about “don’t ask, don’t tell” that the Military Times has distributed to some of its subscribers. The poll is expected to play a role in [...]
Friday’s News Headlines Post — Updates On Stories We’ve Been Following Plus New Stories… Crime Files: UPI: Update from Puerto Rico — Police say Suspect in killing may claim ‘gay panic’ Court Cases: - More on the German Gay Spy Case: German spy’s wife exposes his gay affair — A German spy has gone on trial in [...]
Mediaweek’s Alan Frutkin looks at AMC’s Emmys Emmy Awardâ€"winning period drama Mad Men, and the evolving storyline of gay character Salvatore Romano (Bryan Batt), ex-art director at Sterling Cooper. Mediaweek TV: Gay TV Now – Mad Men Ep.
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