FIRST: ONE AMAZING EIGHT YEAR OLD!
NEW HAMPSHIRE continues to wait for Marriage Equality while John Lynch passes back the bill to congress to make some changes in the language to pretend to appease the Far Right. John Lynch, though against gay marriage, is supporting Marriage Equality because he realizes he's got to look at the issue through a 'broader lens.' Apparently the legislature is moving quickly to make these changes.
ON THE HILL: Lawmakers are making a push to make same-sex couples and ALL families count on the 2010 Census. Marion Barry said Ward 8 would be alienated if D.C. recognized Marriage Equality... however Ward 8 leaders just voted ahead of the full City Council vote to SUPPORT FULL MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN THE CAPITOL!
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: With all of the bad news from 1600 Pennsylvania, here's the good news: The State Department is going to offer Domestic Partnership benefits for ALL of the partners/spouses of its employees. Lt. Tsao's response to the armed forces about being fired. John Stewart takes Obama to task for Don't Ask Don't Tell. NEW YORK Governor Patterson has come to the defense of Lt. Choi from the NY National Guard. Poor Robert Gibbs has to take the heat. Back in January his words were a bit different, but now things are getting bad. The poor guy gets painted right into a corner and ripped to shreds. The Advocate profiles our chances of getting the White House to listen--they're looking slim.
PARTY TIME: M.C. Steele thinks that Equality is too expensive.
STATE2STATE: THE NEVADA LEGISLATURE PASSES DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP BILL! However, the Governor has vowed to veto it. The WISCONSIN Supreme Court is going to hear a challenge to that state's Constitutional Amendment barring Marriage Equality--at least sometime in the near future. The plan there to give DP Benefits skirts the Constitutional ban! PENNSYLVANIA extends Domestic Partnership Benefits to same-sex spouses of employees. The CALIFORNIA bill to make official Harvey Milk day has passed the Senate. Closer now than ever to being law. CALIFORNIA is also working on a resolution to urge the U.S. Senate to pass the Hate Crimes legislation from the House. CALIFORNIA also passed an LGBT Domestic Violence Services bill. Houston TEXAS may have an out gay city councilman soon. NEW YORK's Marriage Equality rally was a total success--and drew the mayor and the Governor! But the ANTI-GAY rally drew 10,000... WHAT?
AROUND THE GLOBE: INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA A HIT! IRELAND's health system to recognize same-sex couples. Riga, Latvia, tries to ban Baltic Pride. Russian Police break up Slavic Pride during the Eurovision Song Contest. The Anti-Riot police there is called OMOH... Weird. Famous British LGBT rights activist Peter Tatchell is among those arrested. They marched around RUSSIA peacefully outside of Moscow. Cannes premiers brave film by brave director--who now faces a ban back home in China. CALLING FOR REFORM OF GENDER DISORDERS!
OFF THE BLOTTER: THIS AD IS ABOUT AS NUTTY AS IT GETS! A Polish Monk's guide to sex has married couples getting freakier! Awesome video comparing Keith Olbermann to John Stewart and their treatments of Miss Cali-phobia. Ewan McGregor: "Of course" Phillip Morris is a gay movie! Ang Lee (U of I alum) talks Taking Woodstock and Brokeback Mountain. Hallmark is expanding same-sex congratulations cards to all its CORPORATE stores (so probably NOT the one down the street from you). Princeton pickets NOM. GOOD NEWS FOR THE AIDS WALK!
TOAST TO MY LAST WEEK WITH EIGHTH GRADE!
TOAST TO MY LAST WEEK WITH EIGHTH GRADE!
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