Gay Rights Archive

21 Sep 2010

The war on ‘culture’ isn’t over

One of the ideas surrounding the Tea Party is that it’s about economic issues, not cultural issues such as reproductive rights and LGBT rights. That’s a lie. As this video from Rachel Maddow shows (starting at about
9 Dec 2008

Did you see this one coming?

Newsweek recently ran an article about the religious case for marriage equality.  The professional Christian set is, shall we say, not happy? Leading social conservatives blasted Newsweek for its current cover story, “The Religious Case for Gay
7 Dec 2008

Vatican supports executions of gay people

It has, afterall, decided it will oppose a UN resolution calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality which is punishable by death in several countries. Gay rights groups and newspaper editorials on Tuesday condemned the Vatican for its
7 Dec 2008

Is it right to call gay the new black?

Just thought I’d share this discussion about members of the gay community adopting the slogan “Gay is the new Black”. Personally, I think the slogan goes a bit too far and “disappears” black members of the LBGT
4 Dec 2008

Anti-Mormon? Religious Hate Crime? My Ass!

Not long after the passage of Prop 8 I wrote this post about boycotting pro Prop 8 businesses. Since then I’ve been accused of being anti-Mormon and told that my support for such boycotts is, in effect,
18 Nov 2008

More time to focus on their own damned families

Alright folks, break out your violins. James Dobson just fired 202 of his bigoted employees. This is just weeks after the passage of Prop 8, which Focus on the Bigotry put $600K into. Focus on the Family
11 Nov 2008

Olbermann on the passage of Prop 8

While I do not like Keith Olbermann, his recent special comment on the passage of prop 8 in California is excellent, to the point and, dare I say it, a throwback to before the primaries when Olbermann
8 Nov 2008

Religious leaders upset over Prop 8 Protests

Just days after succeeding at removing the civil rights of gay people, the Mormon church has issued a statement calling for “mutual respect” and declaring that “no one on either side of the question should be vilified,
7 Nov 2008

Boycott the Mormons

While much ado is being made about the overwhelming support of prop 8 by black voters in California, there is little ado being made about getting even with the Mormons (aka: that huge group of white people
24 Jan 2008

Why you should always keep it simple

Al Gore has come out in support of marriage equality and has uploaded a video about it which you can view here. Most of his statement was fine, but then he had to go and explain that