Tin Foil Soldier

To the Campus Community,
On the night of February 26th the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center experienced acts of vandalism. The entrance to the LGBTRC was defaced with derogatory and hateful words that target the Queer community.
This vicious hate crime demonstrates the need for community centers like ours to exist in order to offer [...]

Two parents are suing the Alameda County school district in California because they don’t want kids to be taught that it’s wrong to beat up gay kids.
Lesson 9 is a once a year 45-minute presentation that suggests respect for all students. THAT is what they are suing about.
via Joe. My. God.: [...]

Under pressure, the NCAA pulled the ad yesterday:”The decision by the NCAA came in response to vocal protests from a small number of advocates for gay and lesbian athletes, who complained that the group’s views that homosexuality and abortion are immoral are inconsistent with the NCAA’s stated nondiscrimination policy. ‘Focus [...]

Mitchell says that by being willing to kill homosexuals, Ugandans are now “more American that Americans” and he closes by quoting Martin Luther King: “The moral arm of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Its times like these I wish America was more like Britain and we could just ban these people from [...]

If people are already in the military and gay—from my former unit alone I know close to a dozen—what is it that people are afraid will happen with the repeal of DADT? Are people afraid that the day after DADT is rescinded; gay soldiers are going to walk in wearing a feather boa and buttless [...]

Apparently “Gay men and lesbians” is friendlier than HOMOSEXUALS! to some people.
On the “serve openly” question, 44% were in favor when the word “homosexual” is used, and 42% were opposed. When that word was swapped for the alternate “gay men and lesbians” wording, support for serving openly jumped to 58%. Just 28% were opposed.
via Poll: [...]

YouTube – Mrs. Betty Bowers: Less is Mormon!.

I love the Thomas Jefferson quotes @ the bottom of the video.
“And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the [...]

Maya Lin – Unchopping a Tree on Vimeo on Vimeo

via towleroad
Rain forests are currently being destroyed @ a rate of 90 acres per minute.  Deforestation is reponsibile for 20% of global warming emissions.
see the stupid flash site @ whatismissing.net for more info.

Voting for the finalists in Chase Bank's $1 million “Big Idea” charity contest begins today. Three worthy LGBT organizations made the final cut. Go vote for your favorite: GLSEN, The Trevor Project, or the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
via Joe. My. God.: Chase Bank $1M Prize Finalists: GLSEN, Trevor Project, Matthew Shepard FDN.
you get 5 votes
Matthew Shepard [...]

Eventually she returned to their hiding place and found Anne’s diary, its pages scattered over the floor.
She intended to return it to its author, knowing how important the diary had been to her, and locked it away without reading a word. Nearly a year later, [...]

Many of my fellow conservatives have an almost knee-jerk hostility toward gay marriage. This does not make sense, because same-sex unions promote the values conservatives prize. Marriage is one of the basic building blocks of our neighborhoods and our nation. At its best, it is a stable bond between two individuals who work to create [...]

NJN – New Jersey Public Television and Radio.
Senator Gordon was well spoken.
Unfortunately I couldn’t figure out who said it, but a Senator ended her statements with the following:
I don’t want to ever take a vote that says “its okay for me, but not for you”
And then the marriage equality bill was defeated   14 [...]

- Sen. Adams: “I have never been more nervous than I am today.” Read off names of states that sold Blacks into slavery: “Because a numerical majority is in one place. It does not mean they are in the right place.” … “You don’t have to be gay to respect the rights of those who [...]

An Illinois judge has decided that an anonymous commenter on a newspaper website will be unmasked, even though the mother of a teen about whom “Hipcheck16″ allegedly made “deeply disturbing” comments hasn’t yet decided whether to sue over the posting.
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Although Lawrence ruled that Hipcheck16’s identity must be revealed to Stone—and to a process server, should [...]

ALBANY — The fate of same-sex marriage collided with the often-dysfunctional political process here on Tuesday as the State Senate delayed a vote on a bill that would make it legal for gay and lesbian couples to marry in New York.
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As legislators negotiated over the budget and the marriage bill all day, business in the [...]