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The Salvation Army, GLBT Rights, Harry Potter, and Your Spare Change
Posted by Greg Laden on November 17, 2012 And a little bit of separation of church and state to go along with this. Next time you go to the grocery store or some other place which has the Salvation Army out front with its bell and its bucket, there are two, not one, but two things you should do. The first thing you…
The Anti-Gay Movement Has Reached Its High Water Mark
Posted by Greg Laden on November 7, 2012 Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania, was the site of a battle during the American Civil War. The battle ran from July 1st to July 3rd in 1863, thousands were killed, and later, Abraham Lincoln gave a memorial address there which to this day is memorized by school children across America. Four score and seven years ago, etc.…
Jefferson Fietek for the House!
Posted by Greg Laden on April 20, 2012 I am supporting Jefferson Fietek for the Minnesota House of Representatives in district 36A. The details are complicated, and I would like to explain.
Congratulations Sharon Sund
Posted by Greg Laden on March 23, 2012 Sharon Sund, who is running for Third District Congress in Minnesota, has received an “A” level rating from the Stonewall DFL. For context: Stonewall DFL is the LGBT caucus of the Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) Party of Minnesota. Our goal is to encourage participation of LGBT persons within the DFL. We screen and endorse candidates…
More Than Men
Posted by Greg Laden on January 20, 2012 The More than Men Project is an effort initiated by the Women Thinking Free Foundation to develop a space where men, often white and/or straight and/or Of Priv, could spend a little time and energy telling their fellow Hetero-occidentaloid-Y-chromosomists something useful or interesting about diversity, and to encourage the promotion of said diversity. When I…
Al Franken, Tearer Of Orifices, Tears One
Posted by Greg Laden on July 20, 2011 I am so happy Al is my Senator.
Bachmann, Anti-Vax, Bradley Dean, Ed LIberty Watch, share bed
Posted by Greg Laden on June 9, 2011 There’s nothing wrong with like minded people forming coalitions and working together to achieve similar goals. That’s what everybody does. But when you look at who is doing what to and with whom, it is revealing. Unsurprisingly, probably presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has ties to “Kill the Gay’s” preacher Bradley Dean, the Anti-Vax movement, and…
Is it wrong to be gay in a restaurant?
Posted by Greg Laden on May 28, 2011 ABC has a show called “What would you do?” that can be rather fun to watch, in which some sort of uncomfortable scenario is faked in a public place, and the reactions of the people exposed to it is filmed. At the end, the host of the show and the hidden camera crew comes out…
Outrageous and shameful: Anti-Gay Preacher in the Minnesota Legislature
Posted by Greg Laden on May 20, 2011 Bradlee Dean (photo source) is the infamous Minnesota preacher who has called for the execution of gay and lesbian people. Today the Republican controlled Minnesota house planned to take up legislation that would call for a constitutional ban on gay marriage, and Bradlee Dean was called on to provide the opening prayer for the session.…
Disabled American Veteran War Hero Votes Against MN Gay Marriage Ban
Posted by Greg Laden on May 19, 2011 … He’s a Republican. That’s what makes it interesting. Actually, this is interesting at two levels. First, he’s a Republican not voting to take away someone’s rights. That is very very rare. Second, he’s a Republican not doing what the Central Control of Congressional Politics (CCCP) of the Republican Party is telling him to do.…