Entries from November 2008
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: videos · california · marriage equality · 2008 election · Proposition 8
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: civil rights · lgbt family · Massachusetts · california · gay marriage · Arkansas · Florida · marriage equality · 2008 election · Arizona · Connecticut · Proposition 8
Swift-Boating Gay Marriage
Pat Gozemba
A look at the election maps for California shows how the LGBT community blew it on Proposition 8.
First of all, we ran TV ads that did not include LGBT people and our families. Jonathan Rauch called us “invisible.” No loving families smiling at each other on their wedding day, at the breakfast […]
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Tags: Uncategorized · lgbt family · california · gay marriage
Tags: Uncategorized · california · gay marriage · marriage equality · 2008 election
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: california · Florida · 2008 election · Arizona · Connecticut