Weakened, flawed, Republican Violence Against Women Act passes House
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) fought to improve the
House Violence Against Women Act. (Official photo)
The House passed the Republican version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization by a vote of 222 to 205, with six Democrats voting yes and 22 Re...
Mitt Romney tried to nix anti-gay-bullying efforts, but signed pledge of support for the bullies
"Hey, I just vetoed their programs, I didn't shave their heads. I mean, anymore."
(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Today's events have served to remind some people of Mitt's awkward history when it comes to gay kids and anti-bullying efforts. As governor of ...
Harry Reid: Senate might try to repeal Defense of Marriage Act
President Obama's announced support for gay marriage seems to have the Senate thinking about equality. First, Sen. Tom Harkin announces hearings on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate might ...
The bigots win: North Carolina passes Amendment One
Sadly, as predicted, voters in North Carolina passed Amendment One, the law that bans already-banned same-sex marriage and tacks on a gratuitous "and no civil unions, either." As Joan McCarter explained:
There would be no more legal unions between unm...
President Clinton: North Carolina’s ‘Amendment One is too big of a risk.’
President Clinton speaks with North Carolina residents in the wake of Hurricane Floyd, Sept. 1999
(White House/Wikicommons)
President William Jefferson Clinton is the latest, and arguably the most significant luminary, to lend his voice to the cause ...
President Clinton: North Carolina’s ‘Amendment One is too big of a risk.’
President Clinton speaks with North Carolina residents in the wake of Hurricane Floyd, Sept. 1999
(White House/Wikicommons)
President William Jefferson Clinton is the latest, and arguably the most significant luminary, to lend his voice to the cause ...
Under pressure from conservatives, openly gay Romney adviser resigns
Party ponders positively prehistoric prejudices
From Jennifer Rubin, who appears to exist at the Washington Post only for the purpose of flattering Mitt Romney on a daily basis, comes a bit of remarkable news:
Richard Grenell, the openly gay spokesma...
North Carolina NAACP launches unprecedented media campaign against Amendment One
Rev. Dr. William Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP, arrived early to the fight to defeat Amendment One, the proposed state constitutional ban on marriage equality. He worked hard back in Sept. 2011 to avert its passage out of the legisl...
