Author Archives: Cjordan

Either minds are changing or bigoted people are dying

From MSNBC’s First Read:
For the first time in a nationwide survey, more Americans say they support gay marriage (49%) than oppose it (46%), according to the latest Washington Post/ABC poll.
 
That 49% supporting gay marriage, in fact, is a significant jump from 2004, when the Post/ABC poll found just 32% in favor.
 
This surge within the past [...]

Not Nice

Nice

An old friend sent me this video. I thought it worth sharing.

Kelly McGillis finally gets that Loving Feeling

 From SheWired:
Fifty-one-year young Kelly McGillis is starting her “life in a whole different phase,” she told rocker and SheWired vlogger Jennifer Corday — ostensibly coming out as a lesbian.
Corday, in her Girl Rock video blog, asks the Top Gun and The Accused star, that since she is single, is she looking for a man or [...]

Could the GOP come around on gay marriage?

From The New York Times:
It was only five years ago that opposition to gay marriage was so strong that Republicans explicitly turned to the issue as a way to energize conservative voters. Yet today, as the party contemplates the task of rebuilding itself, some Republicans say the issue of gay marriage may be turning into [...]

The fight for marriage is on in D.C.

Anti-SSM protest in D.C. today features wise words from drug-addled former Mayor Marion Barry

From DCist:
Ward 8 D.C. Council member and former mayor Marion Barry today said that he opposes a measure that would allow the District of Columbia to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states where they are legal. Barry made his remarks to a crowd of around 150 gathered to protest the legislation in Freedom Plaza this [...]

Arguments we should all know

Mapping the future of gay marriage

From Gawker:

What gay activists say when they hope no one’s listening: Winning same-sex marriage rights is just a matter of waiting for old people to die. Here’s a map of which states will go gay next.
Hirsute blogger Andrew Sullivan spotted the map on the Scroll Blog, which created it using data from election predictor Nate [...]

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