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Monday, October 13
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I got a phone call last night from a reporter from Phoenix’s ABC15, telling me that a spokesperson for the ’Yes” side for Prop 102 says that more than a hundred of their campaign signs were vandalized. Obviously, everyone here...
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Sunday, October 12
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Retired Minnesota state Senator Allan Spear, one of the first openly gay state legislators in the country, died Saturday of complications following surgery. He had heart surgery earlier this year, which later caused an infection.
Sen. Spear served...
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Sunday, October 12
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An op-ed by University of Arizona President Emeritus Peter Likins appeared in Saturday’s Tucson Citizen urging everyone to vote against Prop 102: We are at a critical juncture in time, nationally and in Arizona, obliged to confront crucial...
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Saturday, October 11
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Today is the twentieth annual National Coming Out Day. It’s not just a day to encourage people to come out to their friends and neighbors, but it’s also a day to encourage allies to come out as well.
Come on out, and tell us a little...
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Thursday, October 09
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DipQctQ6J1Q Arizona Together has begun showing these ads around the state to drum up opposition to Prop 102, the so-called “marriage amendment.” It costs about $375 to air one ad on one television station...
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Wednesday, October 08
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In a debate held in Southern Arizona yesterday, two candidates for Congress sparred over one candidate’s role in placing Proposition 102, Arizona’s so-called “marriage amendment,” on the ballot.
First-term Democratic incumbent...
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Tuesday, October 07
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Internal polling prepared for the No on 8 campaign shows that this proposition is neck and neck, perhaps even ahead. The anti-gay advertising is flooding the airwaves and their lies are working.
“We have the messages, our advertising is compelling...
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Friday, October 03
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Remember the state that became the first in the nation to defeat a so-called “marriage amendment” in 2006? Arizona desperately needs your help today in 2008:
Supporters of a measure that would change Arizona’s constitution to ban gay...
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Wednesday, October 01
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Stage director Dave Barton was raised a fundamentalist Christian before coming out as gay. He’s well versed in Scripture, especially St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. Using Chapter 13 as the script of the video “Love...
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Monday, September 29
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More than thirty members of clergy met last Tuesday to speak out against Arizona’s Prop 102. In a press conference before local media, the clergy gathered to voice their concerns over religious meddling in the state constitution.
We’ve...
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Sunday, September 28
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A website run by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS, a.k.a. “Mormons”) opposed to anti-marriage initiatives has posted an interesting letter from the wife of a bishop’s first counselor condemning the...
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Tuesday, September 23
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The campaign against Proposition 8, the California anti-gay marriage amendment, has been collecting funds and promising an advertising effort. Now they have begun to deliver.
Historically, advertising around gay issues has been complexing, leaving...
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Saturday, September 20
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I missed this article from the Sept 23 issue of The Advocate:
Now that hope is being put to the test in California, Florida, and once again, Arizona, which all face ballot initiatives against same-sex marriage this election cycle. But while donations...
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Monday, September 15
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While Galveston city officials have struggled to wrangle with the devastation left by hurricane Ike, one Galveston gay bar is pitching in:
The first of two bars to reopen after Ike’s onslaught on Saturday, Robert’s Lafitte is a haven...
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Tuesday, September 09
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No on Prop 102, the grassroots group organized to defeat Arizona’s proposed anti-marriage amendment, has launched a blog, where you can keep up with the latest events, news and volunteer opportunities. Update your bookmarks and check in often...
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Tuesday, September 09
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There are three anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment propositions on ballots in the upcoming election.
ARIZONA
Arizona has the distinct privilege of being the only state to date that has rejected efforts to instill anti-gay marriage discrimination...
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Monday, September 08
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The Tucson Citizen yesterday published two editorials urging voters to vote no on Prop 102, the proposed constitutional amendment to further ban same-sex marriage. The first editorial, an op-ed by Arizona State Sen. Paula Aboud recounts the legislative...
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Monday, September 08
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Money is pouring in for Arizona’s backers of the proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage:
While many of the citizens initiatives on Arizona’s November ballot have been bankrolled by special interests, a measure to define marriage...
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Tuesday, September 02
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Annually, HRC grades businesses on their policies regarding LGBT equality. And at least partly as a result of HRC’s public dissemination of this information, each year more companies change their personnel policies to accomodate their gay...
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Wednesday, August 27
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Sad news:
Del Martin, a pioneering lesbian rights activist who married her lifelong partner on the first day same-sex couples could legally wed in California, has died. She was 87.
Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian...
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Wednesday, August 27
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A headline like that should be a given, but — this being Arizona — one cannot always take such things for granted.
Thanks to a deal between Secretary of State Jan Brewer and Attourney General Terry Goddard, the November ballot describing...
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Tuesday, August 26
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A couple of weeks ago Jonathan Crutchley, the co-founder of the gay male hook-up site Manhunt.net, was discovered to have contributed $2,300 to the campaign of John McCain. Crutchley identifies himself as a liberal Massachusetts Republican and shares...
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Tuesday, August 26
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You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting much lately. And the way things are shaping up, I won’t be posting much between now and the election.
Last week, I was selected to serve as co-chair of the Vote No on Prop 102 campaign...
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Saturday, August 23
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Remember when Arizona became the first and only state in the nation to defeat an anti-marriage amendment in 2006? I don’t know about you, but I’d that that this victory would be one worth preserving. But our national LGBT leaders, movers...
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Wednesday, August 20
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We told you yesterday of Doctor Brenton Wylie, an expert witness for the Red Cross appearing before the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Tribunal to explain why gay men are excluded from giving blood. Dr. Wylie presented some statistics that are mathmatically...
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Tuesday, August 19
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In August 2007, Garden State Equality commissioned a poll from Zogby International to enquire about attitudes of New Jersey residents regarding same-sex marriage. They found that converting civil unions to marriage was acceptable to New Jerseyans...
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Sunday, August 17
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Too often issue politics becomes partisan. The problem morphs from a protest against the objectionable views of some Republicans or Democrats into a protest against their party registration. And far too often activists within our community have...
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Friday, August 15
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I have no intention of seeing the new Star Wars animated movie because, frankly, it looks stupid and boring. But now I may have another reason to avoid it.
MTV Movies has a commentary on a Hutt character which, if accurate, would have me yelling...
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Friday, August 15
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In June we noticed that Insure.com, an online insurance broker, was making false and defamatory statements about gay men in two of his articles. Specifically, the articles - which were written by Insure.com staff - relied on a non-representative...
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Wednesday, August 13
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Queerty has a fascinating tale of how Log Cabin worked with ten New York Republican Senators to carefully craft a gay-and-trans-inclusive school protection bill that would provide protection for bullied children but also address the objections of...
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