DADT Grounded This Air Force Pilot - “Stories from the Frontlines”
May 13, 2010
Dear Mr. President, It has been almost eight years since I was discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Every day another American patriot who volunteered to serve our country is discharged under this unjust law. Now is the time for you to show the leadership expected from our Commander-in-Chief and work with Congress to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” this year. How many more careers will be ruined before we see repeal?
Continue Reading ►Fraternities and Sororities Stand Against DADT in Florida
May 13, 2010
The perception many have of the Greek community is that fraternities and sororities are not open minded and accepting of anything different; especially gays and lesbians. Last week this perception was blown to bits when David Turley from HRC, veteran Walker Burttschell, and I went to two fraternities and one sorority at Florida International University to speak about the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Continue Reading ►Laura Bush on Marriage Equality
May 13, 2010
In an interview Tuesday with CNN's Larry King, former First Lady Laura Bush indicated that she supports equality in marriage for same-sex couples. Her husband of course took a radically different view while he was in office, going so far as to call for a discriminatory federal constitutional amendment to ban marriage and other rights for same-sex couples. WATCH THE VIDEO...
Continue Reading ►Mistrial Declared and Hate Crimes Charges Dismissed in Sucuzhanay Trials
May 12, 2010
A mistrial was declared yesterday in the case of a man accused of beating a man to death in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood after mistaking the victim and his brother, both Ecuadorian immigrants, for a gay couple.
Continue Reading ►Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill Hits Potentially Terminal Road Block
May 12, 2010
According to the New York Times, the life of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill may have reached its end. A special committee organized by the president of Uganda has recommended that the bill be withdrawn from Parliament because “virtually all clauses in the legislation were either unconstitutional or redundant.” While the bill has not yet been formally withdrawn, we look forward to the day when it no longer looms in the Ugandan Parliament.
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