Bush drops German town hall meeting...
...apparently when he can't have a scripted one, like he does here. Haven't seen this diaried anywhere (perhaps because you all already know about it?). But felt it was important, and really didn't...
View ArticleTaking a look at the "gay panic" defense.
When I first came upon this little blurb in the Advocate, at first I was really excited... The first-ever symposium on "Defeating the Gay Panic Defense" takes place in Atlanta February 23-25. The...
View ArticleMaine Rep using gays to play games with opponents
Even though I liked the earlier diarist that came to the conclusion that religious fundamentalists wanted to kill him, I'm wondering if that wouldn't deprive them of an opponent to demonize. I mean,...
View ArticleDubya sez: Freedom (?) on the march in Saudi Arabia! Yee-haw!
Dubya sez (on March 5 in his radio address):In the last five months, we have witnessed successful elections in Afghanistan, the Palestinian Territory and Iraq; peaceful demonstrations on the streets of...
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In an article with the astounding title Cheney Defends Bush Appointments, our fearless leader's puppetmaster is quoted as saying:"There is clearly a lot that needs to be done at the United Nations," he...
View ArticleThe loophole in Dubya's "tolerant" civil union stance
Seeing an article about William Valentine, a gay man whose partner of 20 years was killed in a plane crash (he was a flight attendant) made my evening a little more somber. Valentine used the logic...
View ArticleMore Journalists Kidnapped in Iraq
There's not much info on it yet, but here's what's out so farThree Romanian journalists have been abducted in Iraq, Romania's President Traian Basescu has said. Two of the journalists kidnapped on...
View ArticleLeftist? Progressive? No visa for you...
Finally the ideals of the "academic freedom" movement and the dreaded T-word have come together in one disgraceful package.Dora María Téllez has been prevented from teaching at Harvard because she is...
View Article"Even if he won't use a condom, you agree"
Bush could do amazing things with HIV/AIDS in Africa, but he would have to listen to people, not follow "his own moral compass" or whatever he calls it. Referencing the above quote, the ways in which...
View ArticleMan-on-Dog: It's not just for Santorum anymore...
And they call queers sick:[Rep. Jim Welker (R-Loveland)] then interjected saying that gay marriage would open a "Pandora's box"."Where do you draw the line?" he said. "A year and a half ago a lady in...
View ArticleNeed Help With Horowitz...
Perhaps this is an inappropriate diary (if so, let me know in comments and I'll remove), but David Horowitz is coming to Indiana U (my school) on Thurs. I've done some homework on his organization and...
View ArticleLog Cabin Repugs' Illegal Financial Practices?
From the Washington Blade:The former chief operating officer of Log Cabin Republicans filed suit in D.C. Superior Court on April 1 accusing the nation's leading gay Republican organization of...
View ArticleHorowitz visits Indiana U: Still an ass.
Unfortunately, I wasn't there to witness it. My department had a Big Important Lecture that coincided with Horowitz, but I've read the campus news article and talked with some people who were there....
View ArticleOklahoma House Passes Anti-Gay Books Resolution
In Oklahoma, libraries are now encouraged to"confine homosexually themed books and other age-inappropriate material to areas exclusively for adult access and distribution," While the resolution doesn't...
View ArticleHomeland Security Not Ready For Homeland Security-type Disasters
The Department of Homeland Security tells says, through their Ready.gov website, that U.S. businesses should back up computer data and identify how to keep their businesses open, should they not be...
View ArticleClosing Guantanamo? Just Kidding, sez Cheney
What in hell is going on? First Bush says on June 8:"We're exploring all alternatives as to how best to do the main objective, which is to protect America," Bush said when asked in an interview with...
View ArticleNow a Federal Divorce Amendment??
So now, having saved marriage from the evil queers, a congressman from a district near where I live is saying this:U.S. Rep. John Hostettler told a gathering of clergy that divorce is as dangerous to...
View ArticleAre you now, or have you ever been a homosexual?
The Catholic church has begun its witch hunt, beginning with Aquinas Institute of Theology in St Louis, to effectively change the subject from pedophilia and abuse to homosexuality, thus further...
View ArticleAfghanistan - the forgotten, red-headed stepchild
My apologies for the non-coherence of this diary...but it saddens me that we, as a country, have become so Iraq-focused, that few people (including me, honestly) are aware of the things going on in...
View ArticleAttack Of The Liberal Pod People!! and other wingnuttery...
At first I found Seantor Specter's humorous, at best:"The Republican Party is now principally moderate, if not liberal!" exulted Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), after the Senate -- including a majority of...
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