Family

Page 1 of 1212345678910»...Last »

Domestic Partnership and Benefits Act – Your Reps need to hear from you today..

Domestic Partnership and Benefits Act - Your Reps need to hear from you today..

Yesterday the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a committee vote on the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (DPBO), legislation that would provide equal benefits to the domestic partners of federal employees. The committee passed DPBO at... (Continue reading)

Gillibrand Urges Feds To Clarify New Mammograms Recommendations

Gillibrand Urges Feds To Clarify New Mammograms Recommendations

IN PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 40 TO RECEIVE MAMMOGRAMS, GILLIBRAND URGES FED TO CLARIFY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS New Guidelines Released This Week Claim Only Women Over 50 Need Routine Mammograms As Part Of Breast Cancer... (Continue reading)

The Birth of a Column -Lez Be Smart -National Sex Offender Registry rip-off

The Birth of a Column -Lez Be Smart -National Sex Offender Registry rip-off

Lez be smart - consumer information inspired by the sentencing of Elizabeth Smart's female captor - 15 years.... (Continue reading)

Compensation for Gay Couple – “Mr. President we voted for you to lead and now we expect YOU to be the one to lead us to equality.

Compensation for Gay Couple -

YES -YOU – CAN Posted by melanie Nathan: Judge orders compensation for gay couple denied benefits (LA Times Report) by Carol J. Williams:-   While recognizing  the status quo of federal government rejection of gay marriage under the Defense of Marriage Act,  federal judge of... (Continue reading)

Our Bodies and our Boobs – the Fight is On…

Our Bodies and our Boobs - the Fight is On...

Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health and rights in recent decades; unless we stand together and stop it, this will provide license for our rights to... (Continue reading)

Tagged with:                                                 

Shirley Tan Advocate’s Activist of the Year 2009 – Political Aftermath…

Shirley Tan Advocate's Activist of the Year 2009 - Political Aftermath...

   By Melanie Nathan- Congratulations to Shirley Tan and Jay Mercado  and the boys and Mommy. Shirley was named  ADVOCATE MAGAZINE ’s  Activist of the Year for 2009.   This is well deserved.  However they may have been used in a... (Continue reading)

Tagged with:                                                                 

Marriage Equality Advocates Urge President to File a Brief in Prop 8 Challenge

Marriage Equality Advocates Urge President to File a Brief in Prop 8 Challenge

 Equality California is requesting that President Obama file a brief in the Federal Case against proposition 8.  I hope I can pursuade our valued readers to jump on this one.  One can go beyond the Petition and send the Whitehouse your... (Continue reading)

Mormon Church Supports Gay Rights;That “do not do violence to the institution of marriage.”

Mormon Church Supports Gay Rights;That

 Last night the city council of Salt Lake City unanimously passed an ordinance outlawing discrimination against gays in employment and housing, the first such law in the entire state of Utah. Very surprisingly, among those speaking in support of the... (Continue reading)

Tagged with:                                         

On Veterans Day, A Promise Unfulfilled

On Veterans Day, A Promise Unfulfilled

11/11/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year 1918, the guns stopped. My great-grandfather fought in that war, known then as the War to End All Wars or the... (Continue reading)

Tagged with:                             

AS NY assembly shelves gay marriage vote… we must start the Great Big Gay PR Campaign

AS NY assembly shelves gay marriage vote... we must start the Great Big Gay PR Campaign

 NY assembly shelves gay marriage vote… (AFP) –reported  8 hours ago-  NEW YORK — New York’s state assembly on Tuesday put off a tentatively planned vote on a bill that would allow same-sex marriage. “A vote did not take place. They are... (Continue reading)

Are Obama and Gay Inc planning to roll women under the bus to get a win on healthcare?

Are Obama and Gay Inc planning to roll women under the bus to get a win on healthcare?

11/9/09-by Paula Brooks President Barak Obama expressed confidence Sunday that the Senate will “take the baton” and approve sweeping health care reform legislation, after the House narrowly passed its version Saturday night. In brief remarks from the Rose Garden yesterday, the president... (Continue reading)

Learning The Lockstep Tango -Time to Tune up DEMS

Learning The Lockstep Tango -Time to Tune up DEMS

 By Melanie Nathan -  If there is one thing to come out of healthcare reform’s ultimate house bill, is the need for the Democrats to take lessons in the “Lockstep Tango” and who would be better teachers than the experts... (Continue reading)

The Fall of Carrie “Opposite Marriage” Prejean

The Fall of Carrie

11/07/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire There are dozens of statements about how one should not disparage another, especially when you, yourself, have dirty little secrets. It’s all about being a hypocrite. Ms Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California, found out... (Continue reading)

Physician testifies against equality because “an anus is for something to come out of and for nothing to go into”

Physician testifies against equality because

By Melanie Nathan  -   Maybe I did not get it. But watch the video of Dr. Ruth Jacobs on YouTube  to make your own assessment.  Let me know how you would title this post.  I will personally send a keepsake... (Continue reading)

Tagged with:                                         

Maine and California – “BAN DIVORCE” – next obvious step for the Sanctity of Marriage

Maine and California -

Melanie Nathan: Considering Maine and Reflecting on California: Does marriage equality and more specifically same-sex marriage hurt traditional marriage? This most confounding question has yet to be answered by anyone, especially those who expound the rhetoric while seeking to ban same-sex... (Continue reading)

Page 1 of 1212345678910»...Last »