Category: Gay Rights
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 30, 2011 in Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Democrats, DoD, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Hoodwinking, National Defense, Pentagon, President Barack Obama, Republicans | View Comments
Finally. Finally the Powers-That-Be plan to certify that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” cease to be the law of the land. Once Obama signs off on it, that is. And it will take a couple more months before it is so, but still, better than nothing. I, for one, am very glad this law will no [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 9, 2011 in Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, New York State | View Comments
Recently, New York State became the 6th state to legalize same sex marriage. One of the votes that helped push it over the edge was by Republican State Senator Mark Grisanti, who made this statement to explain his vote: [snip] With his position still undeclared, Senator Mark J. Grisanti, a Republican from Buffalo who had [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 7, 2011 in Abuse, Congress (House & Senate), Crime, Current Affairs, Democrats, Egypt, Gay Rights, Gender Bias, Germany, Human Rights, Misogyny, New York State, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, US Senate, Women and Children, World | View Comments
On Monday, June 6th, while Congressman Weiner finally admitted he is a big fat lying pervert with no morals or sense of decency, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Title IX. To celebrate Women in Sports, especially with the Women’s World Cup (soccer) coming up this summer, Secretary Clinton delivered [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Jan 5, 2011 in Civil Liberties & Rights, GLBT | View Comments
The Washington Post’s Emi Kolawole covered an interview Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gave to California Lawyer. Discussing the 14th amendment to the Constitution, he said: The Constitution does not protect women (or gay men and lesbians) against discrimination. That ought to make us feel right at home, no?
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 23, 2010 in Abuse, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, President Barack Obama, Soldiers/Veterans, Women | View Comments
The work has just begun. Despite Obama’s putting pen to paper on Wednesday, no one can come out of the closet just yet. The repeal has to be certified first, as this NY Times article highlights: The repeal does not immediately put a stop to “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Mr. Obama must still certify that [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 18, 2010 in Barack Obama, Campaign promises, Chicago politics, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Emperor's Clothing Syndrome, Greta Van Susteran, Keith Olbermann, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Messiah, Rachel Maddow | View Comments
Yes, indeedy, as time goes by, the media is starting to shake off its KoolAide induced haze, and are beginning to see that – SURPRISE – Obama is a (Chicago-style) politician!! Wow! Who knew? Ahem. Many of us did, that’s who. Bernie Goldberg discussed Obama’s Fall from the MSM’s “slobbering love affair” recently, based on [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Dec 9, 2010 in Austan Goolsbee, Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush administration, Bush/Cheney, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, George Bush, Keith Olbermann, Media, Print, Media, Television, New York Times, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama-Barack & President Barack, President Barack Obama, Washington Post | View Comments
In the current bout of progressive hand-wringing over President Obama’s latest “compromise” on the Bush tax cuts, everyone from Keith Olbermann to Frank Rich to Paul Krugman to Bill Maher to Eleanor Clift is directing their erstwhile wunderkind to return to his principles, get his mojo back, stop being wimpy and declare his refusal to [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Dec 4, 2010 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell | View Comments
* Bumped Up * According to a CRP study reported last week by CNBC, there are 261 millionaires currently serving in Congress. 1 in 5 had accumulated wealth of over $10 million and 8 of the 261 members were worth $100 million or more. Many members have investments in companies that were at the center [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 25, 2010 in Current Affairs, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Education, GLBT, Gay Rights, Islam, Muslim, Obama Comrades, Republicans, Sara Palin, Sharia Law | View Comments
* Bumped Up * You may have heard about a recent outbreak of trash-talking on Facebook between Willow Palin and a young man who allegedly went to school where the Palins do, Tre. Tre was talking smack about Willow’s mom after the premier of the TLC show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” (Palin’s show was the most [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 19, 2010 in Censorship, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Education, Freedom of Speech, Gay Rights, Hate Speech | View Comments
* Bumped up * An old friend of mine sent me an article recently from NPR, “Teacher Suspended After Stopping Anti-Gay Talk.” My friend was a high school teacher for many years (and now teaches on the community college level), so naturally, this would pique her interest. Mine, too. But the headline is a bit [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 6, 2010 in Barney Frank, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, General Election, Harry Reid, Speaker Nancy Pelosi | View Comments
Indeed one does from court cases to elections. In the court case “Win” Column, there is this promising article from the Washington Post, “Judge Questions Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against Arizona Immigration Law.” According to the article, this does not bode well for the DOJ’s argument. My favorite part of the article: Judge John T. Noonan [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 25, 2010 in Barack Obama, Civil Liberties & Rights, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Hoodwinking | View Comments
By now, I am sure most of you have heard about the ruling by a federal judge in California, Virginia A. Phillips, that DADT is unconstitutional. The Republican group, Log Cabin Republicans, brought this suit. According to Jake Tapper’s report, the judge ruled that: “Defendants faced the burden at trial of showing the “Don’t Ask, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 5, 2010 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, DNC, David Plouffe, Delegates, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Democratic Party, Gay Rights, General Election, Hoodwinking, Newsweek, Obama's Thugs | View Comments
~ Bumped Up ~ That’s the question raised by David Fletcher of the LGBT Mentoring Project of the Learn Act Build Program at the LA Gay and Lesbian Center. Mr. Fletcher’s findings have been documented in this article in the LA Times, Behind the numbers of Prop. 8: It’s crucial to understand the data about [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 17, 2010 in Current Affairs, Gay Rights, Soldiers/Veterans | View Comments
Though the Argentine Tango is smokin’ all by itself. But now, Argentina also has legalized same sex marriage. All that is needed to make it official is the signature of their (woman) president, Christina Fernandez. Do I even have to say what a big deal this is? I didn’t think so. This article provides the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 29, 2010 in Crime, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Environment, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Mexico, National Security, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Terrorism | View Comments
/ Bumped up / So much going on recently, like: DADT may be coming up for a vote in the House, but its repeal is far from guaranteed, especially with the Chiefs of the Four branches speaking out against repeal; The LA Times reported the hole was finally closed using the Top Kill method of [...]
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