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Get Equal Now Threatens Log Cabin Protest Over Rep. Sessions, Sen. Cornyn

Written on 1 Sep, 2010 at 18:46 in Featured, LGBT Rights, News, Politics | viewed times | 7 Comments

09/01/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire While some in the Republican Party are waking up to the idea that the LGBT Community is a powerful electorate, the majority appear willing to ignore them, or worse, act as parasites by wanting money from the... (Continue reading)

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Three Representatives Under Investigation For Alleged Bribery Over Financial Regs Bill

Written on 1 Sep, 2010 at 9:52 in Election 2010, Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments

09/01/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire One has to wonder if the independent House Office of Congressional Ethics is either trying to influence elections or lacking understanding of the ethics rules of Congress. They have recommended that House investigators further investigate three... (Continue reading)

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Fidel Castro Takes Responsibility For Injustices Towards Lesbians, Gays In Cuba

Written on 31 Aug, 2010 at 17:17 in Featured, News, World | viewed times | 1 Comment

08/31/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire For the first time, Fidel Castro has admitted that there was persecution of lesbians and gays prior to the nation’s decriminalization of homosexuality in 1979. Often times, gay men were sent to labor camps without trial. “They... (Continue reading)

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Marriage Equality Becoming A Conservative Cause As Well

Written on 31 Aug, 2010 at 15:51 in Featured, LGBT Rights, News, Politics | viewed times | 1 Comment

08/31/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Same-sex marriage is no longer exclusively a Liberal issue. With a major marriage equality fundraiser coming up, the Republicans are also showing that many of them are willing to break with the Social Conservatives in order... (Continue reading)

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Anti-LGBT, Anti-Muslim Bigoted Pastor To Build 9-11 Christian Center Near Ground Zero

Written on 30 Aug, 2010 at 15:20 in Featured, News, Religion | viewed times | 9 Comments

08/30/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Pastor Bill Keller hates Muslims, hates lesbians and gays, and now he wants to build a church not far from the site of the World Trade Center known mostly as Ground Zero. In fact, he is... (Continue reading)

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Chatham County Fails To Prosecute Assault On Daly As Hate Crime Or Even Felony

Written on 30 Aug, 2010 at 11:04 in Crime, Featured, In The Courts, News | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/30/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire On Friday, the Chatham County District Attorney announced that the alleged assault against Kieran Daly would not be tried as a hate crime, or even felony assault. The two Marines who hit him will, instead, be... (Continue reading)

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Servicemembers United Hosting Meeting Between LGBT Partners, Pentagon Officials

Written on 27 Aug, 2010 at 10:29 in Featured, Military, News | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/27/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The Pentagon Working Group reviewing the potential repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will be meeting next month with lesbian and gay partners of some servicemembers. The meeting has been set up and will be hosted... (Continue reading)

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Gov. Dean Levels Harsh Criticism At President Obama, Confident Dems Will Retain House Majority

Written on 23 Aug, 2010 at 15:49 in Election 2010, Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/23/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The former Governor of Vermont and Chairman of the Democratic National Party Howard Dean believes that the Democrats will retain a slender majority in the House of Representatives in November.  According to Dean on CNN’s “State of... (Continue reading)

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Democrat Counting On Lame-Duck Session To Pass DADT Repeal Despite Republican Obstructionism

Written on 20 Aug, 2010 at 16:54 in Election 2010, Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 3 Comments

08/20/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Apparently no one has informed Freshman Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois that the Republicans plan on making sure that nothing gets passed in the lame-duck session between the election and the start of the next Congress. ... (Continue reading)

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Obama Uses Recess Appointment To Place Openly Gay Man In HHS Position

Written on 20 Aug, 2010 at 13:51 in Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/20/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Richard Sorian was appointed by President Barack Obama to be the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services back in October 2009. Today, he was appointed by President Obama via... (Continue reading)

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Servicemembers United To Hold Final Push To Repeal DADT On 16 Sept.

Written on 20 Aug, 2010 at 13:06 in Featured, Military, News | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/20/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is coming up, or at least the compromise that will lead to the repeal of that law if President Barack Obama, Admiral Michael Mullen, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates all... (Continue reading)

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Glenn beck Upsets God’s Order – Honored Schmuck Generosa by LGR

Written on 18 Aug, 2010 at 3:20 in Entertainment, Featured, LGBT Rights, News, Offbeat, TV | viewed times | 0 Comments

Glenn Beck in  Pickle Melanie Nathan – August 17, 2010 Last week, Glenn Beck made news when he said that he didn’t think issues like abortion or gay marriage were all that important and didn’t pose a threat to the nation. Now, while... (Continue reading)

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STAY Could Be Good News Fast Track For Prop 8 Appeals

Written on 17 Aug, 2010 at 1:43 in Activism, Binational Immigration, CAMPAIGN 2010, Columns, Commentary, Featured, Hot Topics, In The Courts, LGBT Rights, News, Op-Eds, Politics, Special Reports | viewed times | 1 Comment

Uphold the Constitution NOW Melanie Nathan: August 16, 2010. But we want marriage now – in terms of our current constitutional right. Ninth Circuit has granted the stay yes we are angry BUT the good new it expedites the appeal and the entire process… “Filed... (Continue reading)

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Defense Secretary Gates To Leave Pentagon Next Year

Written on 16 Aug, 2010 at 11:47 in Featured, Military, News | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/16/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire For those who follow politics, it is not surprising that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is planning to retire sometime after 1 January 2011. In large part, Gates was kept on for the two years between... (Continue reading)

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Liz Cheney Opposes Imam’s Speaking Tour That President Bush Supported

Written on 14 Aug, 2010 at 12:54 in Featured, News, Religion | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/14/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The Republicans have been on the offensive against Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, the man who is behind the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” which s properly known as the Cordoba House, for some time now. President Barack... (Continue reading)

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