SANFRAN POLICE SET UP BARRICADES IN THE CASTRO...

...The decision from the California Supreme Court is going to come TOMORROW or TUESDAY, from the looks of things--the SFPD started setting up barricades in The Castro on Tuesday. THURSDAY (TOMORROW) is the 30th anniversary of the WHITE NIGHT RIOTS that took place after Harvey Milk's death. My friends Harry and Wayne were there, and they said it was something else. FRIDAY is Harvey Milk's birthday. Temperatures are boiling over in California. I hope that the Supreme Court understands the timing of all of this. With the marriage wins in Iowa and the East Coast, and the historical significance of this week to gay Californians, NOT TO MENTION the shift in energy in California to a more radical, militant defiance, I'm nervous about what this is going to look like.

TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE ON THE RADIO. An AZ gay entertainment show called Lundon Calling with Ace Lundon, great gay activist and friend. I've got Skype all set up, and practiced with Ace last night. If you're on the EAST COAST tune in at 10pm. CENTRAL, 9pm. MOUNTAIN (Drew), 8pm. PACIFIC, 7pm. Brant, your family can listen to me at about 5pm. Not that they will. But they could. I wish I could listen to me at 5pm too, because that would mean I'm in Hawaii! THIS POST HERE HAS INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HOW TO LISTEN!

Remember, the link you click to listen to me depends on what you'll listen to me on--WinAmp, Media Player, RealPlayer or Quicktime. Email the WEBMASTER right away if you have problems connecting, because they want to know if their stream is having issues.

TUNE IN AND EMAIL ME IF YOU'LL BE LISTENING, SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT!

TOAST TO ALL CALIFORNIANS WHO LOVE EQUALITY!

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Chris Geidner: In Iowa, judges are ousted.

Via Chris Geidner's Poliglot blog at Metro Weekly:

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In Iowa, which declared Iowa's marriage ban unconstitutional under the state's constitution in 2009, the National Organization for Marriage got one of its first electoral victories this year. The judicial retention elections appear to have resulted in the replacement of all three justices up for a vote this year.

Here, as of 3:35 a.m. and with 1767 out of 1774 precincts reporting, are the Iowa Secretary of State's election results:

Supreme Court Justice David L. Baker
Yes 443437 45.75%
No 525865 54.25%

Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Streit
Yes 442459 45.6%
No 527921 54.4%

Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus
Yes 437118 44.99%
No 534486 55.01%

The court was unanimous in its 2009 ruling that Iowa's constitution required marriage equality."

HEY #p2!--CALLING ALL PROGRESSIVE ALLIES!

-HEY #p2! (Progressives).

We can't do this alone.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans have been fighting for over half a Century to have basic Civil Rights. We have so much to do, and we are such a small group. Without an army of Progressive allies, we can't win. Our rights as American citizens are constantly being compromised, despite life-time service to our nation as good, contributing citizens. We can't wait any longer. We need our Progressive allies to step up and go to bat for us TODAY.

We must demand Progressives have got to make LGBT rights a top priority in 2010, or we will keep being put on the back-burner.

There will ALWAYS be something more important than LGBT equality affecting America--issues like Health Care Reform and the Economy effect LGBT people too! However, when we are discriminated against under the law every single day, we can't give our all to fixing these problems. We are long overdue to be counted as equal citizens. That&#…

WHAT. THE. HELL? NEW HAMPSHIRE??? (and a prop 8 update)

Okay, first let me just say CALIFORNIA can breathe easy for a few more days as San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsome convinced the Supreme Court to hold of on releasing their decision on Prop 8 a few more days until the 30th anniversary of the White Night Riots is passed. We're probably going to see it Tuesday, the following Thursday or THAT following Monday.
NOW: WHAT THE HELL, NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE?!?!?!?!???!?!?!?!????!
The NEW HAMPSHIRE House, which on May 6 APPROVED Marriage Equality by a vote of 178-167, has now stalled the REWRITTEN BY GOVERNOR JOHN LYNCH bill 188-186--That's right, folks, two votes. 25 members did not vote at all, and opponents of the bill failed to kill it in a 173-202 vote, but this STILL means we're waiting on NEW HAMPSHIRE to GET ITS SHIT TOGETHER! The House passed a resolution to continue negotiating with the Senate by a vote of 207-168. If that same number votes for the 're-re-renegotiated' bill in the next two weeks it will pass, but …

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