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Oscars, The L-Word, and LGBT Equality

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Honolulu, HI–Being blessed by being in the middle of the Pacific, I could at an early hour channel surf between the glitz of the 80th Annual Oscars and The L-Word where Captain Tasha Williams, a decorated Iraq veteran, was getting drummed out of the military for homosexual conduct.
I kept hoping that in my ADD surfing […]

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NJ Civil Unions vs. MA Gay Marriage

February 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Well it took another commission in yet another state to make clear that civil unions are not marriages and thus do not give all the rights, benefits, and privileges of marriage. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer which obtained an early copy of the findings of the NJ Civil Union Review Commission, civil unions […]

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Poll in NJ Shows Huge support for Gay Marriage

August 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Is it a surprise to anyone that the NJ  poll conducted between Aug. 8-10 shows twice as much support for gay marriage as there is opposition? 63% favor same-sex marriage.  And just to quell the timid hearts of legislators, 72% of those polled (that’s 9% more than are in favor of marriages over civil unions) also […]

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