Would we still have slavery if we’d have voted on it?

The vote in Maine that put aside its new law allowing same sex marriage got me thinking.  Aren’t civil rights something the
constitution bestows and the courts uphold because they protect a minority against the tyranny of the majority?  Why are we letting the tyrants vote on an equal protection issue? What would have happened if [...]

Hate Crimes Law now Includes Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Disabilities

President Obama signed a law that extends the coverage of hate crime laws today.  The law was named for Matthew Shepard  and James Byrd who were tortured to death by their murderers. Their violent deaths were peppered with a sadistic hatred impassioned by intolerance and bigotry that our nation today signals it will tolerate no [...]

More Buyer’s Remorse–This Time from a Former Obama Campaign Advisor

Ben Smith has a new story at Politico about recent remarks by Steve Hildebrand, who was deputy campaign manager of Obama’s 2008 campaign for the presidency. Hildebrand told Politico that he is “losing patience” with his former boss.
Obama, he said, “needs to be more bold in his leadership.”
“I’m not going to just sit by [...]

We’re Winning This, at Least

Victories should be taken when they come. With the passage of Proposition 8 and all the Drama with Miss California and Perez Hilton, the LGBT Community needed something good, and it came.
We all love the Big Dawg. Regency said it best in what is possibly one of the best posts ever written at the Confluence.
I [...]

News for those not Interested in Death and Sex Watches

or When Will Journalists actually Report Real News?
So for those that don’t want to see the People Magazine section on the front page of every news paper and  as the lead in to every TV news item, let’s look at some real news.
Climate Change :  The American Clean Energy and Security Act:
Should we be [...]

Left Behind

“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man,
in whom there is no help” – Psalm 146:3
Two pieces of news this week – Bill Clinton meets with some bloggers and tells them to apply pressure to Congress and the Obama administration from the left and the Washington Post fires liberal columnist [...]

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: “It’s the President’s Justice Department.”

I’ve been waiting for the W.O.R.M, but so far nothing. In his daily press briefing today, Robert Gibbs responded to a question by Jake Tapper on the Justice Department’s brief supporting the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA):
Q Does the President stand by the legal brief that the Justice Department filed [...]

Punk’d

This would be funny if it wasn’t tragic.  Obama throws some more of his most loyal supporters under the bus:
This week, the Obama administration is facing the ire of gay rights groups after it filed a brief in California federal court defending the Defense of Marriage Act and calling it a “valid exercise of Congress’ [...]

We Told You So!

Another day, another broken promise:
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration.
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In court papers, the administration said the appeals court ruled correctly in this case when it found that “don’t ask, don’t tell” [...]

Morning Rainy Tuesday Post: Cheney Is to The Left of Obama On Gay Marraige

I… I am speechless.
Dick Cheney rarely takes a position that places him at a more progressive tilt than President Obama. But on Monday, the former vice president did just that, saying that he supports gay marriage as long as it is deemed legal by state and not federal government.

Speaking at the [...]