It’s been a while since I did a news roundup, but here are a few things catching my attention this week. LDS leader Elder Dallin Oaks compared backlash against Mormon anti-queer politicking in California to the intimidation Blacks faced from anti-integration forces in the civil rights era. Ironically, he said this 11 years and one [...]
Just heard that both houses of the Nevada legislature have voted to override Governor Gibbons’ veto. Seriously, congrats to all my friends in Nevada, and especially to Senator David Parks, who I had the privilege of working with in Equal Rights Nevada back in 2000-2003. I know this has been a long, difficult fight since [...]
News Bullets Round-up One of the nation’s most famous abortion doctors, George Tiller, was shot dead this morning at his church in Wichita, Kansas. The 63-year-old doctor has been the target of two decades of persecution and Christian terrorism from the anti-choice crowd. Disgusting. Congratulations to my friends in Nevada. The Nevada Senate voted to [...]
Despite my repeated attempts to get removed from their spam database, I still get shit like this EVERY MONTH from Liberty University: Today, I read that Liberty University has banned the student Democratic club from campus, stating in an email: Even though this club may not support the more radical planks of the democratic party, [...]
While the evolutionary science in this Yahoo News story is interesting, I’m cringing at the terminology. Young male lizards in South Africa imitate females to fool aggressive older males into leaving them alone, in an example of transvestism in the natural world, researchers have found. … “Experienced males will chase and bite their young rivals,” [...]
Joe.My.God reports that Gothamist reports that the New York Post reports that Mayor Bloomberg is planning to shut down eight blocks of Broadway to vehicle traffic (don’t you just love blogging!). In a stunning Midtown makeover, Mayor Bloomberg is expected to announce Thursday that traffic lanes along Broadway from 42nd to 47th streets and from [...]
Random bits of news If you’re in New York City on February 21, please join the rally for the Coalition to Stop the Arrests. For several months, NYPD has been targeting men who have sex with men in a bogus prostitution stings out of adult bookstores. Whatever you think of these types of business, this [...]
First, they wanted to take National Endowment for the Arts money out of the stimulus package. Of course, that money might have created or saved the jobs of artists and those who support the arts community, but conservatives are only concerned about “shovel-ready” jobs (i.e. unskilled labor jobs). Now, RNC Chairperson Michael Steele tells George [...]
If you’re anything like me, and you probably are, you’re very jealous of the atheists in London with their fancy bus campaign: “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” It seems the Christians of Britain were so jealous that three different groups have launched their own ad campaigns in the [...]
Oral arguments in the case to overturn Prop 8 will take place before the California Supreme Court on March 5th. From the San Francisco Chronicle: The court will hear lawsuits by same-sex couples and a group of local governments, led by the city of San Francisco, challenging Prop. 8. The plaintiffs argue that a measure [...]
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