Late yesterday, in California, a federal district court ruled that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” violates servicemembers’ first and fifth amendment rights, and is therefore unconstitutional. So,...
The news that former Bush/Cheney 2004 campaign manager and RNC Chair Ken Mehlman is gay and outed himself is about the biggest news with the biggest...
True Story. John Stossel, libertarian activist and journalist, interviewed right wing radical Fox News entertainer Glenn Beck, and asked him why he became a Mormon. Listen...
In which country? AmericaBlog’s John Aravosis writes “of a White House meeting last week with state-based equality groups.” “Brian Bond, Deputy Director of the White House...
Back in September, on the heels of Ken Mehlman’s coming out, and the entire McCain camp — sans McCain himself — coming out in support of...
You’ve heard the growing roar, with the crescendo unleashed by supposed moderate GOP Senator Lindsey Graham this week: the fourteenth amendment is ‘outdated.’ There’s been growing...
I love Maggie Gallagher’s candor and blatant disregard for not only political-correctness (fine, who cares?) but for the truth. Because it makes my job so much...
Can you believe this? Welcome to the America of the twenty-first century, where we need to know the sexual orientation of, well, everyone. The fact that...
Andrew Sullivan, and a slew of gay activists and bloggers are all over the, “Is SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan gay?” issue, and their point of view...
For months marriage equality advocates and opponents have been anxiously awaiting a decision on the federal Prop 8 trial, which many believe will render California’s Prop...
In the wake of Judge Vaughn Walker’s Prop 8 decision, a just-released CNN poll shows that 52% of Americans think marriage equality is a constitutional right....
When I first started writing “The New Civil Rights Movement,” this blog on marriage equality, politics, and civil rights, I had a deep desire to make...
I’m sure you remember the dog-days of summer, when NOM played a Peter, Paul & Mary recording of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land†during...
After Judge Vaughn Walker released his Prop 8 ruling last week, I was contacted by a reporter for the Washington Examiner, and asked how the decision...
I’ve been working to try to understand the recent arguments America’s Right Wing has been trying to make against marriage equality. If you have been following...