Why do anti-gay activists hate capitalism?

When we first saw this letter in the Purcellville Gazette (from “William A., age 10″) it brought to mind another western Loudoun family in which the adults use children to promote their own anti-gay proclivities. In one instance, two young siblings were dressed up as a “bride” and “groom” to illustrate their parents’ disdain for […]

Matthew Shepard Act in RTD

Today in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, guest columnists Dyana Mason (executive director of Equality Virginia) and Rick Sincere (president of Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty, and also an EV member) present pro and con arguments, respectively, regarding the Matthew Shepard Act currently before the Senate.
Here is the Rick Sincere column. He makes some philosophical arguments […]

The Easterner responds

This week’s edition of the Loudoun Easterner, one of the local newspapers that published the offensive “church” ad targeting the GLBT community, contains an editorial addressing the public outrage it generated.
The editor reveals an interesting piece of information, referring to the ad as being placed by the national AGI organization the American Family Association, rather […]

End of an era?

Jerry Falwell is dead.
I’m not going to dance on his grave. Neither am I going to engage in false sanctimony in deference to those who no doubt loved him. I am mostly sad because there is now no possibility that he will repent of his ghastly, misguided targeting of our community. That door is now […]

What’s left of decent conservatism

Well, what can one say, other than thank our lucky stars for Andrew Sullivan?
This seems all too applicable to our own local “not anti-gay” folks. It was just a joke, people (so spake the talking heads on Hannity), a “school-yard taunt” only intended to poke fun at a straight man.
Why would gays care? [Coulter] […]

Let’s make a deal

From the Department of Special Rights:
Following the offer (more than generous, in my view) of a mutual moratorium on public “face-sucking” and other bad behavior, Jim from Box Turtle Bulletin continues the negotiations:
And I also don’t want to see you holding hands, or calling your sweetheart by any pet names in public, not even “sweetheart.” […]

Kicking the vulnerable

The Roanoke Times gets it, perfectly.
This extraordinarily dishonest bill, initially killed in committee on a tie vote, has been reconsidered with substitute language that would require either express written permission or an opportunity for parents to opt their children out of individual clubs.
Claims that this bill is not intended to target Gay/Straight Alliances are […]

An unneeded, pernicious loser of an amendment

A Dangerous Amendment
Washington Post
October 27, 2006
EVEN IF YOU oppose same-sex marriage and think its prohibition should be enshrined in state laws and constitutions, there are ample compelling reasons to oppose Virginia’s Ballot Question No. 1 on Nov. 7. The amendment, intended to forbid a practice that Virginia already forbids, is vague and fraught with potential […]

Commonwealth Coalition responds to NJ ruling

No doubt anticipating desperate spinning action by proponents of Ballot Question #1, The Commonwealth Coaliiton released the following statement in response to the New Jersey Supreme Court decision. Do we really need to be reminded that Virginia is unaffected by the laws of other states? Probably. I was quite recently reminded of this excellent George […]

Have Republicans had enough yet?

The New York Times tells us that divisive anti-gay so-called “marriage amendments” have lost their power to manipulate the electorate. Pollsters are saying that “people might just be burned out on the subject of marriage and its boundaries,” and that “efforts to stir enthusiasm among conservatives have mostly fallen flat.”
In Virginia, says Republican former […]

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