News Briefs 12/29/2008
Research links poor health of LGB youth to family rejection, The Advocate.
[State Representative Jim] Splaine pushes for gay marriage in N.H. House, Seacoast Online, Karen Dandurant.
Judge: 2 adoptive dads belong on birth certificate [in Louisiana], The Associated Press, Janet McConnaughey.
Op-Ed: You’re likable enough, gay people, The New York Times, Frank Rich. A [...]
(Political) Celebrity News - Caroline Kennedy Supports Marriage Equality
Ms. Kennedy’s spokesman provided written answers to 15 questions posed by The New York Times.
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she appears to support same-sex marriage, a significant difference between herself and Mrs. Clinton as well as president-elect Barack Obama, whose endorsement by Ms. Kennedy was a watershed event in the presidential race.
“Caroline supports full equality and marriage rights for [...]
News - “Light Up The Night For Equality” Coverage
The “Light Up The Night For Equality” event on December 20, 2008 seems to have received substantially less mainstream press coverage than the November 15 Prop 8 protests. Here’s a sampling of the coverage I could find:
‘2nd-class citizens’ make stand against anti-gay legislation, The Orlando Sentinel, Jeff Kunerth.
Asheville [NC] event protests ban on gay [...]
Action Steps / News - Boycott of Manchester Grand Hyatt Effective
A boycott was called against Manchester Hotels in response to Doug Manchester’s $125,000 donation to “Yes on 8.”
Apparently the boycott is working.
Hotel Marketing Manager Kelly Commerford said union protests have cost the hotel $2.4 million because of canceled bookings in conjunction with meetings at the property or the San Diego Convention Center.
Commerford, who said he [...]
News/Action Steps - New Ad Campaign For Marriage Equality
Get To Know Me First.org is launching a new ad campaign to help swing public support to favor marriage equality.
In the wake of California’s passage of Proposition 8, a group of gay and lesbian families are taking to the airwaves, producing five 30-second commercials to air on daytime and prime time television throughout the state. [...]
News (With Videos) - Rick Warren Roundup
Rick Warren, a supporter of Proposition 8 whom President-Elect Obama invited to give the invocation at his inauguration, has said some pretty ignorant and hateful things about gay relationships.
Here is Warren’s response to the controversy:
Here is Rachel Maddow’s scathing and insightful commentary on the situation:
“[Obama] did not invite Warren to his house, he [...]
News - U.S. Rejects U.N. Resolution Condemning Criminalization of Homosexuality
U.S. rejects U.N.’s gay rights statement, cites “Don’t Ask [Don't Tell]“, The Advocate, Michelle Garcia. Is anyone surprised? Just because Obama has been elected doesn’t mean George Bush stopped being President or the Republicans stopped having any power. The article also mentions a “rival statement, read by Syria.” See the excerpt [...]
News - Dramatic Prop 8 Updates
First, “Yes on 8″ files lawsuits to nullify the 18,000 existing same-sex marriages in California.
Sponsors of the California ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage are seeking to nullify thousands of marriages between gay and lesbian couples performed after the state Supreme Court ruled them constitutional.
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Opponents argue that the amendment cannot be applied retroactively, but [...]
News Video - Why Is Rick Warren A Big Deal To The GLBT Community?
Here’s a video of Rick Warren endorsing Proposition 8.
He references “traditional marriage” as having been in existence for 5,000, and how the Bible clearly defines marriage as one-man-one-woman. Apparently it is irrelevant (or perhaps desirable to a social conservative?) that marriage as a loving partnership between two equals is less than a [...]
News Briefs 12/18/2008
How the hell did Rick Warren get inauguration tickets?” Salon.com, Mike Madden.
Obama defends choice of anti-gay marriage pastor, Montreal Gazette, Sheldon Alberts.
Why gays have a problem with Rick Warren - and Barack Obama, Time, John Cloud.
California gay rights leader to boycott inauguration, San Francisco Chronicle.
Gay penguins expelled from zoo colony for stealing eggs are given [...]
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