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Posts Tagged ‘Gay Rights’

Plain & Simple: Maggie Gallagher & St. Peter.

This is the simple reality: so-called “Traditional Marriage” has changed and evolved so much over the centuries that a regression of only 50 years would yield a vastly different definition.

Dear Mr. President.

My letter to the President RE: his “fierce advocacy”. I ask him to support an immediate repeal of ENDA and DADT.

A Letter to Ted.

My letter to Ted Olson.

A Letter to Fayetteville, AR Mayor Lioneld Jordan

Dear Mayor Jordan,
I wanted to write and personally thank you for your support for Fayetteville Pride this year. I am from the Washington, DC area, where we have a long tradition of Pride festivities. Every year the same tired arguments agianst Pride are pulled out and dusted off. Every year we hear that we’re “pushing [...]

Gleequality: How the hit show is damaging the fight for Equality.

The American public needs to be reminded that a one-sided approach to equality isn’t equality at all. Glee’s portrayal of a gay character as so disrespectful of a straight character’s sexuality is seriously damaging to the equality movement.

I <3 McDonald’s

I would never have thought an add for McDonald’s could be so poignant and moving…

Olbermann & Savage on DADT Crazies, McCain Dishonesty

Great coverage and commentary from Olbermann & Savage on the incredible display of hatred and bigotry that’s erupted since the DADT compromise started to gain traction in the Senate and House.

Kurt’s Dad Rocks

Glee’s writers always know how to make me want to cry. I love Kurt’s dad in this episode.

Jorge and his rainbow ring.

When I first started to toe open my closet door a few years ago, one of the staples of my “coming out speech” was an earnest assurance that I wasn’t going to turn into one of those faggy, rainbow-waving, San Francisco gays…

“Stories from the Frontlines: Letters to President Barack Obama”

I’ve changed my mind about posting stories from SLDN’s Frontlines Blog after reading this heartbreaking account of a gay Marine whose life has been torn to pieces by DADT.