Challenge grant: No on 8 donations doubled today!

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 1:55 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 13:55

A friend here in California working on the No on 8 campaign told me that undecided voters, when only exposed to the Yes on 8 ads, support Prop 8, (to reverse marriage equality in California) by a margin of 18%, but those who see ads from both sides oppose Prop. 8 by a margin of 4%. It is vital that we raise the money to counter the tens of millions of dollars pouring into California, by members of the Mormon Church, the Knights of Columbus, Focus on the Family, etc.

Today only, a challenge grant will double any donations, up to $120,000 total, to No on 8 made through HRC. You can donate through this site, or any HRC No on 8 site: http://www.hrc.org/...

This donation site is through HRC, but 100% of the money goes to the No on 8 campaign.

bernalman

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Thursday April 10, 2008 · 6:31 PM PDT

2008/04/10 · 18:31

The Advocate just published its interview with Barack Obama:
http://www.gay.com/...

Obama does a good job in clearly stating his support for LGBT equality: supporting the repeals of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and the Defense of Marriage Act, the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (preferably with gender identity protection), and of equal benefits for federal employees.

Obama perhaps sounds a bit defensive on not giving more interviews to the queer press (though he was responding to a charge by the publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News, who has given money to Hillary Clinton). It would be nice if he were bolder on same sex marriage, but understandable that he might avoid that hot potato. And it would have been good if he had shown some regret about having homophobe Donnie McClurkin perform during his South Carolina tour, providing a forum for McClurkin's anti-gay rants.

But overall, I think Obama did well with the interview. It is clear that he does not view the LGBT community as radioactive, as candidates have in the past, but rather as a constituency as deserving of equal treatment as any other.

bernalman

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Saturday June 23, 2007 · 8:38 PM PDT

2007/06/23 · 20:38

Today, at San Francisco's Frameline film festival, I saw a screening of "Semper Fi: One Marine's Story" which airs on Showtime this Monday, 6/25. It's worth watching for a number of reasons.

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Sunday January 21, 2007 · 3:15 PM PST

2007/01/21 · 15:15

Yesterday, January 20, my partner Tim and I celebrated our 11th anniversary as a couple. (Next month it will be 3 years since our wedding at San Francisco City Hall, during the "Winter of Love.")

Every four years, January 20 is also inauguration day. Tim and I celebrated our 5th anniversary, on January 20, 2001, by attending a huge protest in San Francisco against Bush being installed President. While we were happy about our 5-year milestone, our 5th anniversary was filled with dread. As the Onion wrote then, "Our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is over." As much as our 5th anniversary was filled with dread for the future of the country, we could not have imagined how bad the consequences of Inauguration Day, 2001, would be.

bernalman

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Tuesday August 01, 2006 · 3:43 PM PDT

2006/08/01 · 15:43

With so many Lieberman diaries, perhaps this already has been mentioned, but I thought this clip from the 700 Club is interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/...=

Just after 9:30 of the 10:13 minute piece on the Lieberman-Lamont race, Robertson lets the audience know a personal anecdote about Lieberman.

When Pat Robertson was getting ready for prostate surgery in Florida, Joe Lieberman called Robertson on Robertson's cell phone to wish him well. Read More

Let's Focus on the Family

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Friday April 21, 2006 · 10:11 AM PDT

2006/04/21 · 10:11

There is a bizarre parallel universe of Christian conservatism out there in America, one is which it is taught that if men help out with the housework, their children will become homosexuals. In this other America, the biggest sin of gays and lesbians is not what they do in bed, but the blurring of the roles of men and women. Below the fold, read this from today's Dear Abby: Read More

President of APA, on supporting same sex marriage

bernalman

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Friday September 16, 2005 · 12:48 PM PDT

2005/09/16 · 12:48

Support of same sex marriage is spreading through mainstream America. The Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association passed a resolution July 31, 2005 by a 14-1 vote to support same sex marriage. The APA Assembly had passed the resolution last May. The APA Board and Assembly are made up of representatives who are elected by geographic region. It was striking that psychiatrists from the red states were among the resolution's most ardent supporters.

The APA is a large medical organization, which concerns itself with issues like parity in insurance coverage for mental illness. The statement is a measure of how support for same sex marriage has become mainstream.

Today, the APA published a statement from the President of the APA to APA members and the public. If only our Democratic politicians could speak to this issue as strongly.

(The APA President's statement is below the fold.) Read More

"Dry Drunk Emperor"

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Tuesday September 13, 2005 · 9:06 PM PDT

2005/09/13 · 21:06

Here's a very powerful new track, "Dry Drunk Emperor" from the band TV On the Radio:

You can download it free here:
http://www.tgrec.com/media/3544.mp3

The lyrics to "Dry Drunk Emperor":

baby boy
dieing under hot desert sun,
watch your colors run.

did you believe the lie they told you,
that christ would lead the way
and in a matter of days
hand us victory?

did you buy the bull they sold you,
that the bullets and the bombs
and all the strong arms
would bring home security?

all eyes upon
dry drunk emperor
gold cross cross jock skull and bones
mocking smile,
he's been
standing naked for a while!
get him gone, get him gone, get him gone!!
and bring all the thieves to trial.

(remainder of lyrics in extended entry) Read More

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