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WickedGayBlog.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gay advocates are on the warpath after the state Senate killed same-sex marriage last week, and few Democratic senators who voted against the bill are safe from their wrath. After spending more than $1 million to help the Democrats retake the chamber for the first time in decades, powerful gay activists and donors say they'll support challengers against anti-gay-marriage senators in 2010. "It's...
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Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Quoting an unnamed gay activist, today the NY Daily News says that pro-equality forces are planning an 2010 "bloodbath" for Democratic state senators who voted against same-sex marriage. Gay advocates are on the warpath after the state Senate killed same-sex marriage last week, and few Democratic senators who voted against the bill are safe from their wrath. After spending more than...
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Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Ireland's civil unions bill is set to sail through with little opposition. Except from some gay activists who says it doesn't go far enough . Despite the fact that the bill represents a sea-change in Irish attitudes to sexual orientation, many have complained that it still allows some discrimination. “The bill is clearly a stepping stone but does not go far enough,” says political...
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Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Gay political strategists have a warning to the eight New York Senate Democrats who helped to derail last week's marriage equality vote: There will be a "bloodbath" and the number one target is freshman Queens Sen. Joseph Addabbo, reports the...
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BIG BLUE WAVE (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Isn't that special... A post appearing on GayBuzz.blogspot on Nov. 28 calls upon gay activists to punish Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Catholic Diocese of Oakland, Ca., for signing the declaration. “It is time we let Bishop Cordileone know there are consequences for his actions,” the blogger states. “Is anyone up for a rally in front of the Oakland Diocese or a disruption...
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Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The New Jersey Legislature will take up a gay marriage bill one week after New York rejected a similar measure. The decision to act on the bill comes after gay activists pressure lawmakers to act. New Jersey state Senator Ray Lesniak announced the deci... NJ: Will Gay Marriage Pass This Week? is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California: Los Angeles...
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Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The rhetoric is ratcheted up to 11 after last week's overwhelming rejection of same-sex marriage in the state Senate, which left gay-rights activists reeling. "It's going to be a bloodbath," one gay "operative" tells the Daily News. "We're going to use... NY: Gay Activists to Fight to Remove Democrats Who Betrayed Gay Marriage Vote is a post from the Out Gay Life...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Today Politico is running a banner headline, "Gay Marriage's 'Inevitability' in Doubt." It's essentially the same as an AP story that ran Thanksgiving week. It even uses essentially the same quote from National Organization for Marriage founder Maggie Gallagher: "The events of the last few months have put a serious dent in the idea that gay marriage is inevitable." Basically, Politico...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Sen. Joseph Addabbo, Jr. The rhetoric is ratcheted up to 11 after last week's overwhelming rejection of same-sex marriage in the state Senate, which left gay-rights activists reeling. "It's going to be a bloodbath," one gay "operative" tells the Daily News . "We're going to use every single weapon in our quiver to take these people out. We either need to replace them...
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Queerty (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Though the gay activist delivering the "bloodbath" quote wouldn't go on the record, even we've been hearing from New York's gay leaders that the Democratic state senators who voted "no" on marriage equality will be targeted in their 2010 re-election campaign. And these lawmakers should've expected it. CONTINUED » Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: [...]...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
In the wake of a larger-than-expected 38–24 defeat for same-sex marriage in the State Senate last week, gay-rights activists are placing targets on the eight Democrats who voted "no." People like Ruben Diaz Sr. and Darrel Aubertine, who were never expected to support gay marriage, won't be as much of a concern as senators such as Queens' Joseph Addabbo , who was elected last...
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365 Gay News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Black gay activists go after McClurkin.
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History News Network (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
“Our founding fathers did not intend for people’s constitutional rights to be determined in a political campaign.” That’s how gay activist Chad Griffin responded to news that Maine voters had overturned the state’s gay marriage law in November. As Griffin noted, more than 70 percent of Americans disapproved of interracial marriages when Loving vs. Virginia ruled...
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Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters From Rod 2.0 Beta comes news that should be given more coverage: Black gay activists take out a full page advertisement in response to Donnie McClurkin's hateful "ex-gay" and 'anti-gay" rants . The advert runs in (Friday's) Metro NY . Click for larger version. Pastor Joseph Tolton of Rehoboth Temple wrote the official response...
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Christian Research Net (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Rick Warren’s Dissertation Advisor Leads Network Promoting Uganda Anti-Gay Bill By Bruce Wilson & the New Apostolic Reformation Research Group In 2008 Rick Warren declared that, following Rwanda, Uganda was the world’s second official “Purpose Driven” nation. Uganda is currently in the news because of a bill before the Ugandan legislature that would establish the death [...]...
