Statement from Presidential Inauguration Committee to HRC on Bishop Gene Robinson January 19, 2009 PIC communications director Josh Earnest responded today to the outcry over Bishop Gene Robinson's invocation prayer being omitted from … [Read more...]
An Episcopalian’s Christmas Meditation: Rick Warren, Meet Jesus Christ
Never mind those pesky prohibitions against eating shrimp, Warren advises his flock, because those verses don't mean what they say, for Christians at least. He articulates a typology that distinguishes the parts of the Torah binding on … [Read more...]
A way out of the impasse between Obama and LGBT folks and our allies
It is pointless to insist that Pastor Rick Warren be disinvited from the inauguration. Our concern is that Obama will put gays on the back burner as he seeks to make friends on the religious right, given how adamantly they reject our status … [Read more...]
HRC Chief Gets to the Crux of the Rick Warren Matter
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese points out in this Washington Post op-ed that Obama has done nothing to include the LGBT community in his administration (with the exception of one minor appointment.) The religious right gets a … [Read more...]
The Anti-Gay Right’s Theater of the Absurd
The right wing showed its skill at displaying phony outrage when Barack Obama used the old line about "lipstick on a pig" in reference to McCain's policies and former Mass. Gov. Jane Swift accused him of insulting Palin. Now they're up in … [Read more...]
LGBT Activists Taking It to the “Latter-Day Saints”
As street protestors have targeted LDS insitutions in California and across the country, other activists are seeking to engage the Mormons in "dialogue" and calling on them to support pro-gay legislation. See today's story in the Salt Lake … [Read more...]
To LGBT Voters and Our Allies: Yes on 2
As a longtime advocate for LGBT and public safety, I am monitoring a disturbing trend that began when former Governor Romney dismantled hate crimes training and prevention programming. Since 2003 I have seen a degradation of police … [Read more...]
The Southern Republican Attack Machine
This email landed in my in-box from a gay-friendly pal of my Mother's in rural Mississippi. Although I hesitated before posting this racist rant, I felt progressive folks should know the depths to which discourse is sinking among some on … [Read more...]
Injustice for Oldies DJ Barry Scott
On Wednesday, an Orleans District Court jury of six convicted Boston DJ Barry Scott of misdemeanor charges related to an alleged noise violation at a Provincetown backyard birthday party on July 14, 2007. Scott was injured in the course of … [Read more...]
Boston’s 38th Annual GLBT Pride Observance: An Occasion for Dancing in the Streets!
Our Massachusetts GLBT community has witnessed two milestones since the last time we observed the rites of GLBT Pride in Boston. First and most recently, the California Supreme Court has recognized marriage equality as a fundamental right. … [Read more...]
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