The kind of monster our AG would listen to

As noted in the previous post, George “Rentboy” Rekers provided his “expertise” in the Florida case that resulted in the overturning of that state’s odious anti-gay adoption law - the law that was the model for a bill in Virginia that then-State Senator Ken Cuccinelli cast the single committee vote to move forward to become […]

The George Rekers connection

Naturally, it has to do with those peas in an odd pod Dick Black and Ken Cuccinelli. In case you’ve been under a rock:
George Rekers, who had made a lucrative career of anti-gay activism until discovered returning from a European vacation with a lovely young man he found on rentboy.com, was paid $120,000 in Florida […]

Prayers for Bobby

This film will air on Lifetime tonight at 9:00 pm ET, and again Sunday Jan. 25 at 8:00 pm and Tuesday Jan. 27 at 9:00 pm.

Based on the true story told in the 1995 book by Leroy Aarons:
“His mother was an extreme fundamentalist Christian who felt God was going to cure her son of homosexuality […]

Florida adoption ban overturned

The Florida law that states “No person eligible to adopt under this statute may adopt if that person is a homosexual” was overturned Tuesday, insuring that two young children will have a permanent home with the only family they have ever known. “There is no rational basis to prohibit gay parents from adopting,” ruled Miami-Dade […]

Way to go!

We couldn’t have asked for a better accompaniment to our letter (see below the fold) this week to the Purcellville Gazette, thanking the editors for publishing “A Boycott,” the letter by young “William A.”
We conclude by saying that if the letter “had not been published, community members would not have been informed about the increasing […]

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 […]

You lose, Mr. Marshall

The Virginia Supreme Court ruling on the Miller-Jenkins custody case was announced Friday morning. The unanimous decision upholds the right of Janet Jenkins to be part of her daughter’s life, as was originally determined by the Vermont court with jurisdiction in the matter. It also indicates that anti-gay state laws such as Virginia’s “Affirmation of […]

Protecting pedophiles

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that most of the children rescued two months ago from the fundamentalist Mormon Yearning for Zion ranch must be returned, saying that Child Protective Services failed to show that there is an “immediate danger” to the children.
Parental rights are important, of course, but can’t be treated as absolute. Children […]

Ignorance kills

So. It wasn’t newsworthy that a 15 year old boy who had been the target of relentless bullying and threats because he was “feminine” was publicly executed by a classmate - nor did the slaying of another “too feminine” teenager, barely a week later, even register a blip in the national media.
Only now, when thousands […]

End of the line for special rights seekers, Part 2

Part 1 is here.
( January 31, 2008) The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday agreed with a judge’s decision last year that a school can expose children to contrary ideas without violating their parents’ rights to exercise religious beliefs.
“Public schools,” wrote Judge Sandra L. Lynch, “are not obliged to shield individual students from ideas […]

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