From the category archives:

Gay Marriage

They’re Coming to Your Town

by Pogie on November 23, 2008

in Civil Liberties, Gay Marriage

When I saw the title of this video, I naively assumed that it referred to Santa and his elves, who are do to make an appearance shortly, but it turns out that the people coming are much more ominous than an old man breaking in homes across the world. “They” are gay people, bent on [...]

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So Tired of Fear Mongering About Gay Marriage

by Pogie on July 10, 2008

in Civil Liberties, Gay Marriage, The Hateful Right

The mostly moribund Independent Record has seen a little life the past few weeks after a front page story about a two young women from Montana who recently married in California. Following a few weeks of letters to the editor, today the IR printed a column by former legislator Tom Rasmussen, who argues that we [...]

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Jesse Helms Died…

by Liz on July 4, 2008

in Civil Liberties, Gay Marriage, Health Care, Peace, Religious Right, The Hateful Right

Jesse Helms - the famous, über-conservative, former US senator from North Carolina - passed away this morning at 86 years of age. Ironic, as it is Independence day and now we’re free from yet another suppressive influence.
[The] Senator whose courtly manner and mossy drawl barely masked a hard-edged conservatism that opposed civil rights, [...]

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A Wedding

by Bob Funk on June 17, 2008

in Gay Marriage

Okay, I promise to end this image posting phase I’m going through, but I was again struck by a powerful photograph - this time a positive one.

The caption for this photo was,

Del Martin, 87, center left, and Phyllis Lyon, 84, center right, are married by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom , center, in a special [...]

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