Entries Tagged as '2008 election'
November 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Patricia A. Gozemba
For those who doubt the efficacy of nation-wide rallies like last Saturday’s about Prop 8, I have two words: Wanda Sykes. It was worth dragging thousands of us out from Honolulu to Portland, Maine to have Wanda Sykes show up at a Las Vegas rally and come out to the world.
 Married for [...]
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Tags: 2008 election · Proposition 8 · california · marriage equality · videos
Last week, America voted for hope, not fear. For peace, not war. For love, not hatred. The election of Barack Obama represents what is best in the American spirit—fairness, equality, respect for hardworking people, a belief in a better tomorrow. It has been a long time coming. As Obama has said again and again over [...]
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Tags: 2008 election · Arizona · Arkansas · Connecticut · Florida · Massachusetts · Proposition 8 · california · civil rights · gay marriage · lgbt family · marriage equality
November 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: 2008 election · Uncategorized · california · gay marriage · marriage equality
 by Karen Kahn
The right wing blogs have picked up a story by Mass Resistance activist Brian Camenker, in which he slams us for providing Courting Equality as a gift to all Massachusetts public high school libraries. He claims that this was a tax-funded effort. This is an outright lie. This effort was funded through a [...]
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Tags: 2008 election · Arizona · Connecticut · Florida · california
April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Our LGBT community, just like the broader Democratic community, is split on supporting Obama or Clinton. We’re a substantial minority group too–at least 10%–and we vote and donate money. Not surprising that candidates are courting us with promises of equality.
Clinton’s most recent appearance on Ellen (see my post of April 10th and listen to Clinton’s story) [...]
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Tags: 2008 election · civil rights · marriage equality
On April 7th, Hillary appeared on the Ellen show and told a very touching story about two gay neighbors of her parents. She told in detail a story about her parents’ connection to the two gay men and how her parents actually came to rely quite a bit on them. Ellen ate [...]
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Tags: 2008 election · civil rights