January 30, 2009 – 10:26 am
King: Were these feelings about men, were these feelings that you had for a long time?
Haggard: Well, the first I remember them is in high school. And — but I never acted on them. I married Gayle in college. It was a wonderful relationship with Gayle through the years. And — but I would, I’d [...]
January 29, 2009 – 1:44 pm
Well, Iceland at least. They’ve appointed the worlds first openly gay leader, says Gawker:
Even as their country plummets down the geyser hole, Icelanders are still awfully nice to gay people. They’ve appointed an out-and-proud lesbian to be their interim Prime Minister, a world first the papers say.
You may remember that when the country initially went [...]
January 28, 2009 – 2:47 pm
Ellen calls Gladys and gets some well wishes and words of wisdom on her recent marriage to Portia De Rossi.
January 27, 2009 – 5:24 pm
From the San Fransisco Chronicle:
In thousands of pages, the combatants in the Proposition 8 fight have made their case to the state Supreme Court.
The briefs are all in, from sponsors and opponents of the ballot measure banning same-sex marriage and their far-flung allies - organizations as mainstream as the AFL-CIO and the California Catholic Conference [...]
January 23, 2009 – 3:21 pm
From King’s lips to God’s ears. From Gawker:
Trend alert: Did you know it’s very “hot” to be black or lesbian right now? We know it’s true because CNN coolhunter Larry King, 112, said so. Everyone laughed nervously.
King declared “black is in” on CNN Wednesday after talking to an eight-year-old Barack Obama fan named Cannon, who [...]
January 22, 2009 – 7:02 pm
A group called GetToKnowUsFirst.org has put together a series of commercials that are so cute it’s almost painful. And apparently, some stations are refusing to air the commercials because they are too controversial. And they are no doubt controversial. It’s people talking about loving one another and praying before meals. It’s babies at a birthday party. The [...]
January 22, 2009 – 10:51 am
Milk managed to score eight, count em’, EIGHT Oscar nominations–including for Best Motion Picture, Best Actor for both leading and supporting roles, Directing, and a few others thrown in for fun such as, Film Editing–I think we can all agree the editing was truly phenomenal.
Put that in your Golden Globe and smoke it!
January 21, 2009 – 6:23 pm
According to the Wyoming Associated Press, Focus on the Family Action isn’t just tying to ban gays from getting married, they’re also trying to ban Wyoming from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states–a move that many states view as a compromise. From the AP:
A national conservative Christian group has begun a telephone lobbying campaign in Wyoming [...]
January 21, 2009 – 5:58 pm
This is from the White House’s website on the “Civil Rights” page:
Support for the LGBT Community
“While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, [...]
January 20, 2009 – 9:50 pm
According to a story in the LA Times:
Yet even as the founder of Orange County’s Saddleback Church appeared to mollify those who have fought with him over gay marriage, he raised other eyebrows by invoking Jesus’ name and concluding with the Lord’s Prayer — both distinctly Christian practices on a day that has typically been [...]
