Thanks to an executive order issued by newly elected Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on February 5, gay and lesbian state workers in that state are no longer specifically protected against discrimination. Prior to issuing his executive order, Gov. McDonnell rescinded an executive order signed by former Gov. Tim Kaine on January 14, 2006 which [...]
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Can LGBT blogs influence the national Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell debate? That’s a question asked by Simon Owens at Bloggasm.com: Posted by Zach W on February 16, 2010, at 7:37 am
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” former Vice President Dick Cheney came out in favor of repealing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prohibits gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. Cheney said the support of military leaders in favor of repealing the policy had convinced him that it was time [...] Posted by MadCityMan on February 8, 2010, at 11:03 am
In a rarity for the “fair and balanced” television station, Fox News analysts get it right on DADT Posted by Zach W on February 5, 2010, at 6:19 am
Watch and listen as Sen. John McCain (Hypocrite-Arizona) pulls a complete flip-flop on the issue of repealing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Yeah, I’m glad we didn’t vote [...] Posted by Zach W on February 5, 2010, at 5:55 am
Sen. Russ Feingold issued a statement supporting a repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits gays form serving openly in the military: Posted by MadCityMan on December 18, 2009, at 6:31 pm
Scott Walker won’t even touch domestic partner benefits for County employees claiming the costs will doom the county. His County Board seems to be quaking in their boots on this issue too. Meanwhile elsewhere in the country we have the Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC) Commissioners voting to move forward with domestic partner [...] Posted by MadCityMan on November 24, 2009, at 12:53 pm
To follow-up on Zach’s earlier post on this topic. What’s the matter with RI? First we had the governor vetoing a law giving gay partners burial rights, as Zach reference, we now have the Catholic Bishop denying communion to Democratic Representative Patrick Kennedy, Jr. Chris Matthews on Hardball decided to take this position to task. In one [...] Posted by MadCityMan on November 18, 2009, at 10:30 am
Colbert absolutely destroys Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri for his veto of a bill that would allow gay partners to plan each other’s funerals. Carcieri wants to create his own death panels. |
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