What's Wrong With Hill's Healthcare, and why Obama's is better.
Time and again, in debates, on the Sunday talkies, and so on, I see the Hill camp getting away with the soundbite, "Obama's plan leaves 15 million uninsured, Hillary's plan insures everyone." The worst...
View ArticleJulia Louis-Dreyfus proclaims her support for Obama!
This from the Huffpost just now: In a blog on Huffpost, Julia Louis- Dreyfus proclaims her support for Obama!I don't know how to block in cut-and-paste text or I would do so here. Still, I was...
View ArticleThe Really, For Real, Speech Obama Should Make (w' poll
Okay, I admit that I usually groan and roll my eyes when I see a diarist proclaim to know what Obama's Next Big Speech should be. I mean, I'm certain that Obama and his team have a pretty good idea...
View ArticleIncoming McCain trolls! Updated with poll.
According to Jonathan Martin on Politico, John McCain's campaign is encouraging bloggers to infiltrate web sites to post comments complimentary to John McCain. Among the blogs names on a recommended...
View ArticleOn Marriage, Equality, Politics, and Patience
As Californians celebrate their court's historic ruling in honor of gay rights, and polls indicate increasing acceptance and tolerance for gay marriage, many folks are still pushing the civil unions...
View ArticleReligious Right Pushes Same Sex Marriage as wedge issue w' poll
Yesterday, I wrote a long diary about my feelings about same-sex "marriage" as opposed to civil unions, about the California ruling, about liberal hand-wringing over whether gay marriage will be used...
View ArticleRethinking The Black Community's "Gay" Problem.
When the Reverend Wright brouhaha came to the fore, many of my fellow gays (presumably Clinton supporters) would roll their eyes and moan, "I can just guess how he feels about gays..."Can you? I would...
View ArticleMcCain Wedging with Gay Marriage
Ben Smith reports on Politico today that McCain is fluffing up his feathers for a fight on gay marriage:Looking for a fight on marriageJohn McCain isn't perfect, from the conservative perspective, on...
View ArticleWe're getting married!
Well, after 8+ years together, we have finally decided to tie the knot. So now everything is a flurry of invitations (having to cut out 200+ list down to a more manageable 150), finding the perfect...
View ArticleS.C. attempts to ban GSAs in schools, GLBT youth and the need for community
A South Carolina school district has delayed until later in the month a vote on whether to ban all student clubs that don't relate to academics or sports as a way to close a gay student...
View ArticleIt's Happy Gay News Monday! (with poll)
In honor of Gay Pride Month, I thought I would share some happy gay stories that have crossed my path this morning. I know they will put a little extra pep in my step today, so I wanted to spread the...
View ArticleCome Out, Come out, Charlie Crist! (with poll)
Time and again, it has been demonstrated that the more GLBT people comeout, and the more straight people interact with GLBT people in thier families and workplaces and daily life, the more those people...
View ArticleThe First Gay Pride -- It was a Riot! with Video
As millions of GLBTs and our supporters attend Pride events acorss the country this weekend, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the origins of Gay Pride Day, the origins of the Gay Pride March,...
View ArticleSupport Gay Marriage -- Boycott Bolthouse farms
It was a bit of a hit for me to find out that the head of Bolthouse Farms Organic produce and smoothies is an asshole who has given $100,000 to fund the gay marriage constitutional ban in CA.,...
View ArticleYay Stevie Wonder, Boo Int'l GLBT Discrimination
Okay, so... Honoring the Kos rule that Kossacks only post one diary daily, I find myself of two minds about what to post today. Firstly, I want to report on Stevie Wonder's amazing free concert in...
View ArticleIntl. GLBT Human Rights Round-Up (updated with more info.)
In which I provide a brief round-up of Global GLBT Human Rights...
View ArticleDeclare Your Independents -- Bookstores, that is (w'poll)
In honor of Independence Day, I thought it fitting to give a shout out to all of the reminaing, great independent bookstores in the world.So, what's your favorite independent place to buy books? Why do...
View ArticleI never thought I'd encourage people to eat at McDonalds... w'Poll
But if they're pissing off the American Family Association, they must be doing something right.According to the Washington Post:A group that opposes same-sex marriage has called for a boycott of...
View ArticleAmerican Family Association Anything But Pro-Family (w'Poll)
Wayne Besen, in an entertaining and provacative editorial in the Falls Church News, points out what is obvious to most of us -- the "pro-family" American Family Association is anything but.In the...
View ArticleJust for the simple gloating pleasure of it. (w'poll)
Not much substance here, I admit, but sometimes a person just needs a reason to smile...
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