Although I am a gay man I am, for a change, in the company of the majority of people who have no idea what it is like to be transgender, having few experiences with transgender associates to gain understanding from. That does not allow me … [Read more...]
Being Republicans Won’t Beat Them, or how I learned to stop worrying and vote for Mike Lake
I felt a lot of pressure, being from Worcester, to vote for Guy Glodis for fear of making enemies among the Worcester powerbrokers. More than one person advised me to abstain from the vote when I made it clear I could not vote for someone … [Read more...]
Messaging & Allies Needed to Counteract Hateful State House Immigration Policies
Has anyone been paying attention to the awful legislative and budget debates at the Mass. State House around undocumented immigrants? I have called all the powers that be and they seem surprised to listen to a caller speaking to stop and … [Read more...]
Cahill faces blowback for immense stupidity
You know, Massachusetts makes me proud sometimes. Really, profoundly proud. Not when one of our electeds tosses around terms like "pandering to special interest groups" and "political correctness run amok", and "playing politics with … [Read more...]
Should I avoid voting for a Catholic?
I am not Catholic, so I have only an outsider's understanding of what partaking in the Roman Catholic Church's sacraments mean to members of the Church. I believe strongly that I should be answerable to the country's laws, and not … [Read more...]
Are Political Views Relevant to Political Appointments to Town Boards?
Gender and sexual orientation issues are at the heart of many current public policy battles affecting the family in the United States and throughout the world. Sexual orientation is the current term used to refer to homosexual, bisexual, … [Read more...]
Bigots, Predjudice, Shame, and ‘Civil’ Debate
Lets start with some terms. In the original post I pointed out: ...the Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines "prejudice" as: 1 : injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of … [Read more...]
Fierce Advocate? More like Fierce Hypocrite.
So pissed off. So hurt. So let down. First off, I can't believe Obama had the gall to say he was a "fierce advocate for gay and lesbian Americans". Excuse me, but you do NOT get to call yourself a fierce advocate when you … [Read more...]
Bigotry rises; everyone fiddles
It's been a big challenge for the Obama campaign to deal with the Obama-as-Muslim or Obama-as-Arab rumors. They are apparently rife among folks who attend McCain/Palin rallies; it just doesn't seem that hard for any journalist to … [Read more...]
Romney and Rudy gin up religious bigotry at RNCC
But that's not what the Republican political approach to terror has been. It's a political winner! And as such, they want to create maximum fear, maximum xenophobia, because it motivates their crowd. Remember Mitt's … [Read more...]