Colorado gay rights measure gains interesting support
Colorado based Focus on the Family, the wingnuts who've made it a mission to teach the world that gays and lesbians lead dangerous and deviant lifestyles, the same ministry that has long lobbied against recognizing same-sex couples as spouses or even parents, has endorsed a bill that would give same-sex couples in the state some of the same rights as heterosexual spouses. For the record the bill's GOP author, Senator Shawn Mitchell, doesn't support gay marriage or even civil unions. Colorado Clergy for Equality and Marriage has announced its opposition to the proposed state constitutional amendment that would place a ban on gay marriage in the state. Gil Caldwell says, "My concern as a civil rights activist is that we have not learned lessons from our history," Caldwell said. "We've been through the segregation of women, the segregation of African Americans. Now it appears we want to segregate same-gender loving couples."
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In the Virginia General Assembly, which previously passed the most restrictive gay marriage ban in the country, Senate Bill 700 would make permanent discrimination safeguards for gays and lesbians in state employment and extend them to local governments and school boards. Enter 
Coretta Scott King has passed away, which has us remembering that even when there were splits within her own family over same-sex marriage, she stood tall with us and 
Just last week I had the displeasure of telling you that the Ocean County freeholders 
Mark Oaten, the former Liberal Democrat leadership challenger, 
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Just in case you were actually thinking about dating or doing a Log Cabin Republican, 
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force 
Gina Genovese has been elected the first openly gay mayor in New Jersey, and she scored a victory in Long Hill, an affluent and traditionally Republican suburb where she's lived for 11 years. "She is a Democrat," said Frank Reilly, local volunteer firefighter. "That surprises me more than that she is openly gay." As for Genovese, she's one of those who thinks her sexuality is "irrelevant," 
Utah Senator Chris Buttars wants to ban gay and lesbian support clubs from Utah high schools, which isn't what you'd expect from a man who looks so incredibly warm and open minded, right? He's also got a bill to require 'intelligent design' theory be taught along side evolution in public schools. Anyway, as for gay clubs 
Connecticut's same-sex civil unions officially kickoff this weekend and Karen Ryker and Sarah Jo Burke, pictured, won't be making much of a hoopla about legalizing their bond. Together for 23 years, they will simply walk up to the Woodstock town clerk's office and fill out the forms for a license declaring them a state-recognized civil union. Ryker says, "There are legal rights and it's important."
As he 
With Tom DeLay indicted, the only thing that could make me happier is having Lady Bunny deliver her twirl-like-a-girl spin on it. She writes, "Last night I asked my hairdresser if he'd heard the scandalous news about Mr. Delay. He hadn't, and asked me if Delay was Madonna's manager." Feeling uninformed? Then "put down the gerbil and acquaint yourself with his situation." Lady Bunny's got your 
An Ingham County judge has ruled that Michigan's ban against gay marriage 
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New Brunswick New Democrats have chosen Allison Brewer, a lesbian activist and founder of the province's Morgentaler abortion clinic, as their new leader - New Brunswick's first out gay or lesbian official. Brewer, pictured, acknowledged her win is "an historic day for the lesbian and gay community. ... I will make my presence felt and I want Bernard Lord and Shawn Graham to know that I am on my way."
In Round Rock, Texas, about 18 miles North of Austin, city leaders ordered a fire inspection of 
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a transgender inclusive hate crimes amendment yesterday, despite noise from gay critics who said that including the trans community would sabotage the bill's future. While a sexual orientation hate crimes bill has passed the Senate three times before and the House has held two procedural votes on hate crimes legislation, this is the first time an explicitly written transgender inclusive bill has been passed by the House or the Senate. That's the good news.
The Massachusetts Legislature 
In New York, the five-judge panel of the Appellate Division heard same-sex marriage testimony today. Mayor Bloomberg's (pictured)administration lawyer 
For those of you who haven't been paying attention, Bush is looking to fill a seat on the Supreme Court and his nominee, John Roberts, is now officially in the hot seat. Day one brought the expected wingnut nonsense from a conservative wackjob, this time being Senator John Cornyn. Cornyn, pictured, 
Lissy Groner, a German member of the European Parliament, tied the knot with her partner Sabine Gillessen in Brussels and her personal friend Mayor Freddy Thielemans oversaw the ceremony. Gay marriage is legal in Belgium for those not keeping in score. It isn't in Germany. Groner said, "There is no discrimination of same-sex couples in Belgium by law. And this is the signal we want to give to the people in Europe, to send the message out: it's possible to honor the love of same-sex people by law," 
So there was this San Francisco group battling it out with a group from Stockton, California, to be the new home for World War II battleship the U.S.S. Iowa, and in affect to make SF the favorite, Merylin Wong, called for the ship to host a museum honoring the contribution to the American military of LGBT veterans. "It's a reflection of community support," she contended. "They're gays, etc. a component of San Francisco's population, and they want that ship in San Francisco."
