Yearly Archives: 2011

Pre-primary candidate forum, August 9

Posted on July 21, 2011 by David

Join the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance, Equality Fairfax, Equality Loudoun and Alexandria Gay and Lesbian Citizen’s Association for a candidate forum: Tuesday, August 9, 7:00 pm Meet and greet with refreshments at 6:30 National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) … Continue reading →

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And you think this is a virtue?

Posted on July 9, 2011 by David

It’s not online, but Leesburg Today has a piece on a recent Community Levee Association essay contest, and the winning essay is on their site. CLA president Chris Stevenson tells the Leesburg Today “we thought there were pretty good deep … Continue reading →

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The Laramie Project at Broad Run HS

Posted on May 23, 2011 by David

Download this poster Update to the press release below: We are fortunate to have living in our community two people who were present in Laramie at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder, and who became intimately involved in the unfolding … Continue reading →

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Loudoun Out Loud at St. James

Posted on May 18, 2011 by David

Sunday, May 22 at 11:00 am St. James United Church of Christ 10 East Broad Way, Lovettsville Loudoun Out Loud, the PFLAG support group, has now been meeting since January (See interview with Lori Stevens here, and Living in Loco … Continue reading →

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Right on schedule, Virginia advances

Posted on May 10, 2011 by David

Today’s Washington Post: Virginians are closely divided over whether gay marriage should be legal, according to a new Washington Post poll, a striking result in a state that overwhelmingly agreed to amend its constitution to ban gay marriage just five … Continue reading →

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The good news

Posted on April 29, 2011 by David

From the New York Times, on the growing LGBT student movement at evangelical Christian colleges: Decades after the gay rights movement swept the country’s secular schools, more gays and lesbians at Christian colleges are starting to come out of the … Continue reading →

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The inevitable result of “it”

Posted on April 23, 2011 by David

What you will see below is the result of people being told they should see other people as “it.” A woman is violently assaulted in a Baltimore McDonalds, dragged across the floor, repeatedly kicked in the head until she has … Continue reading →

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Bob Marshall chooses personal prejudice over children. Is anyone surprised?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by David

It’s not enough for Bob Marshall that same sex couples have to move outside the state temporarily in order for both to be adoptive parents – in Virginia, second parent adoption or adoption by unmarried couples is illegal, so we … Continue reading →

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Frank Wolf, wrong side of history

Posted on March 5, 2011 by David

Correction below: The New Republic is most definitely not The National Review. I was thinking of an entirely different article. My mistake. Frank Wolf thinks that the Justice Department should still be defending Section 3 of DOMA in court: “Congress … Continue reading →

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Two bills in Maryland

Posted on February 23, 2011 by David

I’m sure that everyone is aware that our neighbors across the river are about to enact marriage equality; as I write this on Wednesday, the Maryland Senate is engaged in debate on SB116, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection … Continue reading →

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