Update: Media reports suggest Obama raised $1.4 million in Orange County today. The event amount of Obama supporters to Obama protestors is a victory for OC Democrats. Hat tip to OC Weekly for this story about the…
Tag Archive for Gay Marriage
The Ongoing Campaign of Fear and Hate Against Gays Continues
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
My business email address gets a considerable amount of SPAM, but Friday’s late afternoon messages were something to behold. Remember all the misinformation put out by the right wingers when Prop 8 was on the ballot? Get ready for more…
Catholic League Hates Gustavo
by Dan Chmielewski • • 18 Comments
Bill Donohue heads up the Catholic League and you’ve probably seen him on CNN and Fox News usually arguing against Gay Marriage and complaining about coverage of priests who sexually abuse kids and the higher ups who cover for them. …
New York Town Clerk Resigns Rather Than Perform Gay Marriage Ceremonies
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
A town clerk in Broome County in Upstate New York has resigned her position on religious grounds rather than perform gay marriages as part of her duties. Barker, NY Town Clerk Laura Fotusky cited the Bible in resigning. From her resignation…
NY Senate Affirms Constitutional Rights for Gay and Lesbian New Yorkers
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
Today, a bipartisan majority of the Republican-controlled New York Senate voted 33-29 to pass a bill securing the freedom to marry for all couples in the state. Governor Andrew Cuomo has promised to promptly sign the bill into law, and to make New York the sixth—and most populous—state to afford gay and lesbian couples the same marriage rights available to heterosexual couples.
AG Kamala Harris calls for Federal Courts to Allow Same Sex Couples to Marry
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today asked the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to dismiss its order prohibiting same-sex marriages in California until an appeal of Proposition 8 is resolved. “For 846 days, Proposition 8 has denied equality under…
Red County Wingnuts attribute Wikileaks to Private Manning’s Homosexuality
by Saad • • 14 Comments
Whatever your opinions on the Wikileaks release of thousands of documents, Rich Swier’s (Editor of Red County) accusation that homosexuality is somehow linked to the release is absurd. “Once PVT Manning embraced the gay lifestyle he became deeply disturbed. His acceptance of the gay lifestyle and the friends he made both in and outside the military led him to what he is today – a traitor to his country.”
