Russian Orthodox Church Leader Patriarch Kirill on Gay Rights The Bilerico Project . . . . . Patriarch Kirill speaks and practices LOVE. Some other religious leaders should speak out as he has. Exactly as he has.
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Sunday, 27 December 2009
States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill - NYTimes.com
States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill - NYTimes.com - Now this here is a novel complication.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 26 December 2009
Catholic Group Supports Senate on Abortion Aid - NYTimes.com
Catholic Group Supports Senate on Abortion Aid - NYTimes.com - though at times the holy mother roman catholic church will not only come across but in actuality will be severely monolithic, contravening any and all common sense, we have here today a reality consisting of various elements of the purported monolith acting out in a common sense FOR THE BENEFIT OF the common man.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 24 December 2009
Senate Passes Health Care Overhaul Bill - NYTimes.com
Senate Passes Health Care Overhaul Bill - NYTimes.com - And now for something 'completely different': reconciliation.
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, 23 December 2009
House Dems: We won't roll over - - POLITICO.com
House Dems: We won't roll over - - POLITICO.com - - Great! Both the Senate and the House are supposed to represent the people, yet they are throwing bravado to the wind on the healthcare issue.
Sphere: Related ContentEconomic Scene - How Congress Can Compromise Sensibly on Health Care Bill - NYTimes.com
Economic Scene - How Congress Can Compromise Sensibly on Health Care Bill - NYTimes.com - perhaps some of the suggestions will find themselves in the final variation of the healthcare bill.
Sphere: Related ContentRoger Hickey: Don't Kill the Health Reform Bill - Improve It
Roger Hickey: Don't Kill the Health Reform Bill - Improve It - Interesting alternative . . . if you believe.
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 22 December 2009
Griffith's switch - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
Griffith's switch - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com - Parker Griffith has a new nickname: T R A I T O R. Don't forget it!
Sphere: Related ContentPublic option tensions linger - - POLITICO.com
Public option tensions linger - - POLITICO.com - It has now been intimated by Capitol insiders that the public option option will be considered when the proposed bill, still to be reconciled, is revisited. Let's just wait and see, especially if the option will definitely be excluded from the current proposed bill.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - A Bill Well Worth Passing - NYTimes.com
Editorial - A Bill Well Worth Passing - NYTimes.com - This op-ed from the New York Times is based on the belief that the Senate bill is workable, as a jumping off point. Well, we shall see.
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, 21 December 2009
Democrats Face Challenge in Merging Health Bills - NYTimes.com
Democrats Face Challenge in Merging Health Bills - NYTimes.com - and abortion is the issue on which falls the current debate.
Sphere: Related ContentOp-Ed Columnist - A Dangerous Dysfunction - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - A Dangerous Dysfunction - NYTimes.com - This article's title "A Dangerous Dysfunction" is an understatement of the nth degree.
Sphere: Related ContentHealth plans on collision course - - POLITICO.com
Health plans on collision course - - POLITICO.com - and here we are, the battle of the houses of legislators.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate advances landmark health bill - - POLITICO.com
Senate advances landmark health bill - - POLITICO.com - now let's get ready and see what happens in the battle of the titans.
Sphere: Related ContentSunday, 20 December 2009
Democrats Clinch Deal for Deciding Vote on Health Bill - NYTimes.com
Democrats Clinch Deal for Deciding Vote on Health Bill - NYTimes.com - Now for the formal vote, then the reconciliation with the House version.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 19 December 2009
White House Will Try To Pull Health Care Bill Closer To House's Version
White House Will Try To Pull Health Care Bill Closer To House's Version- In the same edition of the Huffington Post from which this article comes is another article regarding the distaste the general public has for this bastardised version of the healthcare bill, devoidof a public option and a buy-in. And now the white house is planning to "work" . . . please excuse me while I barf.
Sphere: Related ContentFriday, 18 December 2009
A Race to Win One More Vote for Health Bill - NYTimes.com
A Race to Win One More Vote for Health Bill - NYTimes.com - What some legislators will do to garner a single vote; what some legislators will do to be that one single vote!
Sphere: Related ContentRobert Reich: Slouching Toward Health Care Reform
Robert Reich: Slouching Toward Health Care Reform - Is slouching similar or equal to dithering?
Sphere: Related ContentBob Cesca: I'm Really Pissed Off About Health Care Reform
Bob Cesca: I'm Really Pissed Off About Health Care Reform - I recently read where at present the majority of the United States population would prefer that the healthcare issue be deferred to the next year (2010), in the hopes that something good and inclusive could then be developed. Not a bad idea, come to think about it.
Sphere: Related ContentVote by Christmas in peril - - POLITICO.com
Vote by Christmas in peril - - POLITICO.com - and that is because . . . . .
Sphere: Related ContentCatholic Gibberish from Communications Director Susan Gibbs | The Bilerico Project
Catholic Gibberish from Communications Director Susan Gibbs The Bilerico Project - The holy mother roman catholic church has now introduced the Fortunately the local citizens did not fall prey to the hubris and the arrogance of this perverse and misleading concept of the church.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 17 December 2009
Obama Health Care Meeting Aims to Rally Senators - NYTimes.com
Obama Health Care Meeting Aims to Rally Senators - NYTimes.com - Perhaps if POTUS obama had gotten off his ass earlier on there would materialise the results or near the results that he, the Democrats as a whole, and the American populace at large desired.
Sphere: Related ContentDC approves same-sex marriage | The Bilerico Project
DC approves same-sex marriage The Bilerico Project . . . They did it in Washington, D.C., so why not elsewhere. Let's not let D.C. be a symbolic winful gain.
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 15 December 2009
Your health care is being held hostage by someone you can't vote for | The Bilerico Project
Your health care is being held hostage by someone you can't vote for The Bilerico Project - and guess who it is? The infamous Joe. Lieberman.
Sphere: Related ContentPOLITICO: Lieberman aide pokes leadership leak: 'Self-serving' - Ben Smith - Lieberman aide pokes leadership leak: 'Self-serving'
Lieberman aide pokes leadership leak: 'Self-serving' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
Lieberman aide pokes leadership leak: 'Self-serving' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com - So what is it? Appearances or an outstretched hand to a solo asshole politician?
Sphere: Related ContentPOLITICO: Not loving the bill - Ben Smith - Not loving the bill
POLITICO: Not loving the bill - Ben Smith - Not loving the bill - there is such confusion on the healthcare issue, on the part of the public as well as on the part of the Congress, that it is a wonder if we get anything meaningful to and for the public.
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, 14 December 2009
Long-Term Care Stirs Health Care Debate - NYTimes.com
- Step by Step, Piece by Piece, the grand plans fall apart and are blown away.Long-Term Care Stirs Health Care Debate - NYTimes.com
Sphere: Related ContentJoe Lieberman says no to Medicare buy-in - - POLITICO.com
Joe Lieberman says no to Medicare buy-in - - POLITICO.com - - the 'Lieb-man' doesn't know whether he's coming or going, a simpleton of the politician clique. That's why, IMHO, he couldn't stay within a politicala party.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 12 December 2009
Robert Reich: How a Few Private Health Insurers Are on the Way to Controlling Health Care
Robert Reich: How a Few Private Health Insurers Are on the Way to Controlling Health Care - Give us something to be proud of, and not this shit pablum now being regurgitated.
Sphere: Related ContentArianna Huffington: Health Care Reform: Sifting Through the Suboptimal Solutions
Arianna Huffington: Health Care Reform: Sifting Through the Suboptimal Solutions - A well thought out, well deserved analysis of the state of the current packages for healthcare.
Sphere: Related ContentChildren on Medicaid Found More Likely to Get Antipsychotics - NYTimes.com
Children on Medicaid Found More Likely to Get Antipsychotics - NYTimes.com - And this is how the lawyers and the politicians practice medicine.
Sphere: Related ContentFriday, 11 December 2009
Health care loophole would allow coverage limits - Road Runner
Health care loophole would allow coverage limits - Road Runner - let's see how this is handled in the conference phase between both houses.
Sphere: Related ContentModerates uneasy with Medicare plan - - POLITICO.com
Moderates uneasy with Medicare plan - - POLITICO.com - Now Mr. Reid (D-NV) has a problem with his moderates as he strives to put together a filibuster proof 60 in the Senate. This should prove to be interesting.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Dems may change health care compromise - Road Runner
Senate Dems may change health care compromise - Road Runner - the issue is still a fluid matter for care and consideration.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 10 December 2009
Pelosi Backs Off Public Option
Pelosi Backs Off Public Option - thus, the public option is dead. The obama didn't do anything to help - our vote, our loss.
Sphere: Related ContentDespite talk of breakthrough, still no clear path to public option - - POLITICO.com
Despite talk of breakthrough, still no clear path to public option - - POLITICO.com - It's hard to understand this mysterious element of the proposed healthcare public option when so few people know what it's about, and even fewer are willing to share the contents.
Sphere: Related ContentLiberals' public option dream fading - - POLITICO.com
Liberals' public option dream fading - - POLITICO.com - After a year it took only six days to relegate the public option to the closet.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - The Non-Public Option - NYTimes.com
Editorial - The Non-Public Option - NYTimes.com - the ten senators say that the same results can be achieved this way. Let's see what the CBO comes up with in their calculations and projections.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Democrats See Hope on Health Bill - NYTimes.com
Senate Democrats See Hope on Health Bill - NYTimes.com - We the people don't know what's up yet, but we can hope.
Sphere: Related ContentWhenda ENDA? | The Bilerico Project
Whenda ENDA? The Bilerico Project - This is a good summary of the process that ENDA needs to go through to passage and enactment; read it!
Sphere: Related ContentAli Forney Center gets some help from Episcopals | The Bilerico Project#more
Ali Forney Center gets some help from Episcopals The Bilerico Project#more - there was and is a problem, for which there has been a solution, and from an unlikely source.
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, 9 December 2009
News Analysis - Public Option Keeps Toehold in Senate Deal on Health Bill - NYTimes.com
News Analysis - Public Option Keeps Toehold in Senate Deal on Health Bill - NYTimes.com - It's a watered down, through the back door accord in the attempt to garner sixty votes, hopefully including liberals and ccentrists.
Sphere: Related ContentOp-Ed Contributor - What My Amendment Won’t Do - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - What My Amendment Won’t Do - NYTimes.com - "ak" equals "id". Just as Stupid says, the amendment provides that no federal funds will be spent on abortions. Maybe he would change his mind if he was female.
Sphere: Related ContentReid Says Deal Resolves the Impasse on the Public Option - NYTimes.com
Reid Says Deal Resolves the Impasse on the Public Option - NYTimes.com - Apparently the public option is too hot a potato to handle for now.
Sphere: Related ContentSenator Ed Murray's road map towards full equality | The Bilerico Project#more
Senator Ed Murray's road map towards full equality The Bilerico Project#more - Six single, clearly annunciated steps to guide us in our trek for full equality.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Rejects Abortion Restrictions 54 To 45
Senate Rejects Abortion Restrictions 54 To 45 - but it also is compromising on the public option . . . none.
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 8 December 2009
Senators take up tricky issues - - POLITICO.com
Senators take up tricky issues - - POLITICO.com - Dueling tubas . . . bassoons . . . buffoons, i.e., those Democrats and Republicans.
Sphere: Related ContentSenators take up tricky issues - - POLITICO.com
Senators take up tricky issues - - POLITICO.com - Dueling tubas . . . bassoons . . . . . buffoons, i.e., Democrats and Republicans.
Sphere: Related ContentOp-Ed Contributor - Coverage Without Borders - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - Coverage Without Borders - NYTimes.com - Let the holy mother roman catholic bishops in the United States pay for the healthcare of the illegal aliens if they are so concerned (and are up to holding any one person responsible). I would rather not, as also a great number of people
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, 7 December 2009
An Expert Summary of the Newly Revised U.S. HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines - The Body
An Expert Summary of the Newly Revised U.S. HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines - The Body - There are some significant changes being proffered.
Sphere: Related ContentChances shrink for pure public option - - POLITICO.com
Chances shrink for pure public option - - POLITICO.com - It will be interesting to see what the final product will look like.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - A Bishop’s Words - NYTimes.com
Editorial - A Bishop’s Words - NYTimes.com - empty pablum, self-serving, conescending, arrogant, delusionary . . . the list could go on. And it does, from Egan's mouth from and to other bishop flappers, denigrating the wounded rather than the malfacients.
Sphere: Related ContentPush for Deal on Public Health Plan - NYTimes.com
Push for Deal on Public Health Plan - NYTimes.com - The obama is now trying to coax a deal out of Congress, unlike with the equality issue.
Sphere: Related ContentPush for Deal on Public Health Plan - NYTimes.com
Push for Deal on Public Health Plan - NYTimes.com - The obama is now trying to coax a deal on the healthcare issue. Hopefully this will work unlike the equality issue.
Sphere: Related ContentSunday, 6 December 2009
President Obama visits Capitol Hill to push health plan - - POLITICO.com
President Obama visits Capitol Hill to push health plan - - POLITICO.com - POTUS finally spends some political goodwill on healthcare. Here's hoping it isn't too late, as unfortunately it has been for the GLBT community.
Sphere: Related ContentObama to push health bill in talks with Democrats - Road Runner
Obama to push health bill in talks with Democrats - Road Runner - So where has Il Duce been; he's been avoiding his voting constituents as if they hasd the plague.
Sphere: Related ContentACT On Principles » Washington State Sen. Ed Murray: Toward marriage equality for lesbian and gay families
ACT On Principles » Washington State Sen. Ed Murray: Toward marriage equality for lesbian and gay families - a how-to primer for others to use comes out of the experience of Washington State.
Sphere: Related ContentACT On Principles » The Examiner: Congress ready to pass trio of LGBT equality bills, or so it seems
ACT On Principles » The Examiner: I am hopeful that this article depicts honestly what is in the making. Wouldn't it be nice.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - Senate Health Care Follies - NYTimes.com
Editorial - Senate Health Care Follies - NYTimes.com - Someone should tell the Republicans to grow up and give the people what they want ad need.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Votes for Cuts in Medicare Home Health Payments - NYTimes.com
Senate Votes for Cuts in Medicare Home Health Payments - NYTimes.com - Republicans were knocked back 53 to 41 to block cuts to home health agencies.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 5 December 2009
Senators spend weekend bickering over health bill - USATODAY.com
Senators spend weekend bickering over health bill - USATODAY.com - I wonder what they are up to, what they hope to achieve, and what the final bill prior to and after resolution will look like.
Sphere: Related ContentOp-Ed Columnist - The Lost Weekend - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - The Lost Weekend - NYTimes.com - What spiteful devils these Republications be!
Sphere: Related ContentFriday, 4 December 2009
Senate health bill inches forward - - POLITICO.com
Senate health bill inches forward - - POLITICO.com - The amendments are coming. The amendments are coming.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate health bill inches forward - - POLITICO.com
Senate health bill inches forward - - POLITICO.com - The amendments are coming. The amendments are coming.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 3 December 2009
New York Senate Rejects Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com
New York Senate Rejects Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com - Appaarently eight Democrats shifted their vote to deny marriage equality to same-six couples. Too bad!
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, 2 December 2009
The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia - I am ashamed to report that the New York State's Legislature's Senate body has rejected, in a vote that never should have had to be held, acknowledging legally the same-sex marriage equality concept. Although Governor Patterson tried to help pass the issue into law, he wasn't effective enough.
Sphere: Related ContentNew York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com
New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com - I'm ashamed to say that the New York State's Legislature's august Senate body has, in a voting process that never should have had to happen, denied the acknowledgement legally of same-sex marriage equality.
Sphere: Related ContentACT On Principles » The NYS Senate will vote on the marriage equality bill today! (Wednesday)
ACT On Principles » The NYS Senate will vote on the marriage equality bill today! (Wednesday) . . . . . There comes a time . . . will this be ours?
Sphere: Related ContentACT On Principles » The NYS Senate will vote on the marriage equality bill today! (Wednesday)
ACT On Principles » The NYS Senate will vote on the marriage equality bill today! (Wednesday) . . . . . There comes a time . . . is this to be ours?
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 1 December 2009
How To Get ENDA Moving Again | The Bilerico Project
How To Get ENDA Moving Again The Bilerico Project - Perhaps, and make that sooner rather than later.
Sphere: Related ContentEpiscopalians will now officiate same-sex marriages in church | The Bilerico Project
Episcopalians will now officiate same-sex marriages in church The Bilerico Project - Well, there you have some progress long overdue. An afterthought, when, not if, will the holy mother roman catholic church catch up with the 'trend'?
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial Observer - Roosevelt Understood the Power of a Public Option - NYTimes.com
Editorial Observer - Roosevelt Understood the Power of a Public Option - NYTimes.com - Perhaps now is a time to stop trying to reinvent the wheel.
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, 30 November 2009
Forum on Safe Sex and HIV Prevention: No cure or vaccine on the distant horizont. Really? (CURE 2009) (CURE 2009)
Forum on Safe Sex and HIV Prevention: No cure or vaccine on the distant horizont. Really? (CURE 2009) (CURE 2009) . . . . . There is HOPE! We must be patient, notwithstanding the pressures of our illnesses.
Sphere: Related ContentUsing sexual orientation as a weapon | The Bilerico Project
Using sexual orientation as a weapon The Bilerico Project - Here is another explanation regarding the negative attitude toward outing catholic priests who might happen to be gay. The operative word here is might.
Sphere: Related ContentSunday, 29 November 2009
Op-Ed Contributor - Fighting the Wrong Health Care Battle - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - Fighting the Wrong Health Care Battle - NYTimes.com - Here's one opinion, that's it, just an opinion. What do you think?
Sphere: Related ContentOp-Ed Columnist - Are We Going to Let John Die? - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - Are We Going to Let John Die? - NYTimes.com - If our legislators are too far-sighted, they will miss, viz. forget, the individuals, some of who may, nay will die, because there is no insurance for them. Is this the United States? Where is POTUS? Where is the obama?
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - A Modest Public Plan - NYTimes.com
Editorial - A Modest Public Plan - NYTimes.com - and an uproarious reaction. Read on . . . . .
Sphere: Related ContentIrish Catholic Church Apologises for Hiding Child Sex Abuse | CarnalNation
Irish Catholic Church Apologises for Hiding Child Sex Abuse CarnalNation - See, folks, it's not just the problem existing in the United States; it's also in Ireland. I would also surmise that the same problem exists in other countries where the Vatican, Rome, that is, is allowed to perpetrate its doctrine. Ergo, it's the holy mother roman catholic church that is and that causes the problem, namely, paedophilia; not homosexuality, which only causes hierarchical angst. P A E D O P H I L I A, a rite of the holy mother roman catholic church.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - New Jersey’s Marriage Moment - NYTimes.com
Editorial - New Jersey’s Marriage Moment - NYTimes.com - It is said that the legislators were not adverse to passing a marriage equality law until Corzine lost his bid for re-election. We will have to see what is blockading the Legislature decides to do, and if they have enough clout to supercede any Christie veto.
Sphere: Related ContentObama Backs Senate on Health Bills’ Disparities - NYTimes.com
Obama Backs Senate on Health Bills’ Disparities - NYTimes.com - Well, POTUS obama now has something he believes that he can not only live with but also which he is willing to enact into law. I wonder what's coming next?
Sphere: Related ContentPress Kit - Manhattan Declaration Newsroom - DeMossNews.com
Press Kit - Manhattan Declaration Newsroom - DeMossNews.com - This is it, The Manhattan Declaration (A Call of Christian Conscience). Read it and weep, i.e., weep after laughing so hard.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Reid, White House, Dems not thrilled with reconciliation option
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: Reid, White House, Dems not thrilled with reconciliation option. . . . . Well now we have come (finally) to the gates of reconciliation. This is like saying, in response to the question Is the glass half full or half empty: At least I have the glass! Let the games begin!
Sphere: Related ContentThe Horrible Truth About Gay Marriage | The Bilerico Project
The Horrible Truth About Gay Marriage The Bilerico Project - What a backlash! Perhaps there's a point in there somehow we can use and benefit from. Time will tell.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 28 November 2009
Op-Ed Columnist - The Values Question - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - The Values Question - NYTimes.com - Is it o be vitality or security. Only our congresspeople can / will decide.
Sphere: Related ContentWhy I wouldn't expect the Catholic Church to become more gay-friendly | The Bilerico Project
Why I wouldn't expect the Catholic Church to become more gay-friendly The Bilerico Project - Four thousand and counting, church soldiers newly assigned to the "one true faith" (crock of s*h*i*t). For me this is proof positive that the holy mother roman catholic church couldn't feel concern for the individuals on its roster, just the doctrine it purports to believe.
Sphere: Related ContentOuting Catholic Priests Is a Fair Game at Churchouting.org | The Bilerico Project
Outing Catholic Priests Is a Fair Game at Churchouting.org The Bilerico Project - Sorry, but as tempting as the technique might be, and its consequent circumstances, all that is being done is imposing their bias on the one(s) supposedly gay / queer. Regardless the motive(s), the end just never can justify the means, IMHO. One can no more out any person than be outed oneself. Regardless the outer being out him/herself, it is solely the outee's decision when and if he/she is to be outed. Regardless the expectations, it seems to me to be just an attitude of spite. For the record, I am an ex-seminarian, and I am also out of my closet for thirty-eight years.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 26 November 2009
Editorial - The Church and the Capital - NYTimes.com
Editorial - The Church and the Capital - NYTimes.com - See past the red herring and see an institution, the holy mother roman catholic church, determined, like the bully that it is, to get its way or else. I personally don't see why in any shape or form our government has to kiss ass. No way! No how! IMHO!
Sphere: Related ContentPressure on House Democrats Who Opposed Health Care Bill to Change Positions - NYTimes.com
Pressure on House Democrats Who Opposed Health Care Bill to Change Positions - NYTimes.com - Nothing like an external show of force and pressure.
Sphere: Related ContentDemocrats Step Up Push for Votes on Health Care - NYTimes.com
Democrats Step Up Push for Votes on Health Care - NYTimes.com . . . . . while the party tries to maintain a semblance of unity, it doesn't hurt to reach out to others, like Republican moderates.
Sphere: Related ContentHow health care reform could fall apart - Carrie Budoff Brown and Patrick O'Connor - POLITICO.com
How health care reform could fall apart - Carrie Budoff Brown and Patrick O'Connor - POLITICO.com. . . . . Reid (D-NV) has pulled the votes together to set the healthcare bill up for debate on the floor of the Senate, but cracks have appeared amongst the Democrats. There are four main issues up for resolution from the present contention: a public insurance plan, abortion, possible / probable tax hikes, and cost cutting. Time will tell. What, I don't know! Only time will tell!
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Votes to Open Health Care Debate - NYTimes.com
Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate - NYTimes.com - Well, we've come a long way, with still a long way to go. Of course we are not privy to the outcome of the debate, but I think that at a minimum obama will have something to sign . . . . . something.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Senate DADT hearing postponed indefinitely
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Senate DADT hearing postponed indefinitely, and ENDA too !?! I see the hand, absent, that is, of obama in these situations. Lying and machinations, broken words and promises, these are intrinsic to politics, and that is highly endemic in this world where some of us have been forced, consciously so, to live as second-class citizens. Well, he will NOT get my vote ever again. And I will remember that.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Votes to Open Health Care Debate - NYTimes.com
Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate - NYTimes.com - Two sensible Republicans are voting the healthcare bill to the floor for discussions and amendments. The process continues.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - The Senate Health Reform Bill - NYTimes.com
Editorial - The Senate Health Reform Bill - NYTimes.com . . . . . An improvement? The process continues. Only time will tell.
Sphere: Related ContentTransgender Day of Remembrance | The Bilerico Project
Transgender Day of Remembrance The Bilerico Project . . . . . 117 transgender persons were killed for being themselves this year past.
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, 25 November 2009
Mike Lux: What the Passage of Health Care Legislation Means for the Future
Mike Lux: What the Passage of Health Care Legislation Means for the Future . . . . . Psst! It isn't as easy as a 'yea' or 'nay' vote. As a matter of politics it takes balancing quite a number of factors: beliefs, consequences, representation, inter alia.
Sphere: Related ContentReid, Dems stay cautiously optimistic - Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com
Reid, Dems stay cautiously optimistic - Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com - the door is open, and the numbers keep growing, all with some nudging by Mr. Reid. Keep on keeping on!
Sphere: Related ContentNY High Court Upholds Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men
NY High Court Upholds Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men . . . . . Let the so-called christians spit and fume after having had their stand against the acknowledgement of inter-state same-sex marriages denounced asa illegal by New York's State Court of Appeals. Onward and upward! Excelsior!
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Catholic Church needs to clean its own house before it worries about others
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Catholic Church needs to clean its own house before it worries about others. . . . . . a radical (to the root) cleaning of their house is what is necessary.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Dan Savage on Catholic priests.
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Dan Savage on Catholic priests. . . . . . It will be interesting now to see what Benedict and his minions do 1) regarding gay priests, in formation and / or formed and 2) withdrawing the condemnation of gay men becoming priests.
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 24 November 2009
AMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Bill giving benefits to domestic partners of federal employees passed House Committee tonight
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Bill giving benefits to domestic partners of federal employees passed House Committee tonight . . . . . It isn't all that much (in the big picture), but every little bit counts. Here's hoping the momentum continues.
Sphere: Related ContentSunday, 22 November 2009
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Reid's bill includes public option with opt-out and tax on "cadillac" plans
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: Reid's bill includes public option with opt-out and tax on "cadillac" plans . . .with a deficit reduction of $127 billion . . The cost: $849 billion over 10 years.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Democrats Unveil Health Bill With Public Option - NYTimes.com
Senate Democrats Unveil Health Bill With Public Option - NYTimes.com - Mr. Reid will now guide the Senate version through its paces and conference it with that of the House of Representatives.
Sphere: Related ContentLambda Legal sues because health care isn't a luxury | The Bilerico Project
Lambda Legal sues because health care isn't a luxury The Bilerico Project . . . . . I am not a second class citizen. We are not second class citizens. DO NOT TRY to balance any budget on my back, on our backs.
Sphere: Related ContentHow to pass a health bill fast - Chris Frates and Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com
How to pass a health bill fast - Chris Frates and Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com - there are ways, and then there are other ways. Notwithstanding, the goal is to give the obama a bill that he can sign into law by year's end. The POTUS has spoken; the minions have listened.
Sphere: Related ContentDems alarmed as independents bolt - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com
Dems alarmed as independents bolt - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com - Right here, right now, if we don't need them for the current batch of legislation, let them be. Later, when and if needed, embrace them into the fold. Wow! I sound like a politician.
Sphere: Related ContentAbortion causes family feud for Democrats - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com
Abortion causes family feud for Democrats - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com - The Reverend Stupak and his priestly minions again want to dictate what a woman should do with her body. Do we live in a theocracy?
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Catholic Bishops will kill health insurance reform over abortion issue
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: Catholic Bishops will kill health insurance reform over abortion issue. In writing this post Joe Sudbay mentioned Vatican representative Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich) overwriting Mich with Vatican City. To be consistent shouldn't he have used the appropriate honourific Rev. Bart Stupak?
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Reid "cautiously optimistic" about getting health insurance bill to the Senate floor
AMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Colbert on gay marriage -- and gay funerals
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Colbert on gay marriage -- and gay funerals . . . . . to quote the opening:"Like many of us Colbert was raised Catholic. He skewers the [c]hurch."
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: D.C. won't allow referendum "that authorizes discrimination." So, no public vote on marriage equality
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: D.C. won't allow referendum "that authorizes discrimination." So, no public vote on marriage equality. . . . . An interesting posting, a neat turn of the cards this time in our favour. But make sure to read the ending of the post, where we see the potential of the holy mother roman catholic church once again being allowed to stick its nose in and where it is both not wanted nor has the right to be involved.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Equality California wants Obama's support in lawsuit against Prop. 8
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Equality California wants Obama's support in lawsuit against Prop. 8 . . . . . It's time for the Obama to fulfill his campaign promises and stand up for the oppressed minorities, as another great POTUS - Abraham Lincoln - once did for the black minority. Our time has come. It is our just right to be treated as the majority treats itself.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Legal issues delayed ENDA mark-up pushing back final vote possibly until February
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Legal issues delayed ENDA mark-up pushing back final vote possibly until February . . . . . Read the article and get the scoop.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 21 November 2009
DavidMixner.com - Live From Hell's Kitchen
DavidMixner.com - Live From Hell's Kitchen - David France: "Another Kind of AIDS Crisis".
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Drug makers are raising prices in anticipation of health care reform
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: Drug makers are raising prices in anticipation of health care reform . . . . . Gotta inflate the prices now in anticipation of the deflation of costs later. PHARMA = scumbag profiteers.
Sphere: Related ContentFriday, 20 November 2009
Anglican Leader Defends Faith as Vatican Welcomes His Members - NYTimes.com
Anglican Leader Defends Faith as Vatican Welcomes His Members - NYTimes.com . . . . . Once again, and in a totally arrogant manoeuvre, the holy mother roman catholic church has poked its nose where IT HAS NO RIGHT and DOESN'T BELONG. Its flagrant creation of an Anglican rite within its wield is an egregious slap in the face of another, equally valid, religion.
Sphere: Related ContentAnother Catholic Church Red Herring | The Bilerico Project
Another Catholic Church Red Herring The Bilerico Project . . . . . It is fitting, just band right that the analogy of 'red herring' is part of this posting, whereas something smells fishy here with the holy mother roman catholic church and marriage equality in the District of Columbia.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 19 November 2009
BREAKING: ENDA Postponed | The Bilerico Project
BREAKING: ENDA Postponed The Bilerico Project . . . . . 'til when? 2010, 2011 0r . . . if ever?
Sphere: Related ContentMike Lux: Winning the 2010 Elections
Mike Lux: Winning the 2010 Elections . . . . . It'a a good attitude to exude whether within and / or without. But, it's no guarantee. Sorry!
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 17 November 2009
ACT On Principles » ENDA Postponed
ACT On Principles » ENDA Postponed - but will it rise, like some say Christ did?
Sphere: Related ContentTest vote may come before holiday - Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com
Test vote may come before holiday - Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com - It's all a political game, an exercise in oneupmanship. God, how I loathe politics and the politicians and the games they play.
Sphere: Related ContentBishops reprise old abortion fight with higher stakes - David Rogers - POLITICO.com
Bishops reprise old abortion fight with higher stakes - David Rogers - POLITICO.com - We have got to stand together and repel the outsiders, under the cloak of 'our religious leaders", lest they cause further damage to the social fabric of this country. Remember, we are not a satrap of Roman fascism. We are our own selves. Damn the intruders! Damn! Damn! Damn!
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, 16 November 2009
Abortion deal spins a very tangled web - Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com
Abortion deal spins a very tangled web - Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com - we must hold our stand at least as to the current status, if not better the rights.
Sphere: Related ContentMSNBC Not Shy About Criticizing Obama - NYTimes.com
MSNBC Not Shy About Criticizing Obama - NYTimes.com - good. Maybe he could be considered more effective if more were to criticise him too.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: It really is sick that the Catholics are more concerned about bashing gays than helping the poor
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: It really is sick that the Catholics are more concerned about bashing gays than helping the poor . . . . . It really is perverted that the holy mother roman catholic church is more concerned with maintaining their status quo of wealth and possessions than helping the poor . . . gay-bashing and women-demeaning are just two forms of the same tactic - smoke screens.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: On the growing DC Catholic scandal: "What the Church is doing is an uncharitable and cruel maneuver."
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: On the growing DC Catholic scandal: "What the Church is doing is an uncharitable and cruel maneuver." Unless manoeuvres serve the purposes and the merits of the holy mother roman catholic church hierarchy, regardless the people that will be affected, the church will rant, rave and threaten. Almost like a spoilt little brat or an olde shrew or curmudgeon.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: "It's a dangerous thing when the Catholic Church starts writing and determining the legislation and the laws of the District of Columbia,"
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: "It's a dangerous thing when the Catholic Church starts writing and determining the legislation and the laws of the District of Columbia," . . . . . 'It's a dangeous thing when the holy mother roman catholic church even opens it mouth, sticks its feet in, and starts writing, preaching and determining the legislation, the laws and the social mores of any locality and / or people.'
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: How the Catholic Bishops took control of the health care debate
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: How the Catholic Bishops took control of the health care debate . . . . . OK, the holy mother roman catholic church knows how to express itself so that they don't lose ther tax-free exempt status. But does it know how to keep its bloody nose out of other people's business, regardless how they think that they have a 'vested' interest? And, by the way, when are they going to realise that we live in a different world than that of their precious bible, a supposedly tell-tale manual to living, which, by the way, happened in a different world, in a different time?
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: White House censored "pro-gay" video for two days while deciding whether to issue permanent gag order to college
Sunday, 15 November 2009
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Want to know how the House health insurance reform bill passed?
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: Want to know how the House health insurance reform bill passed? . . . . . This is the finale of the article by David Waldman, actually an analysis.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: DNC boycott update
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: DNC boycott update - It's a shame that wwe have to interact this way amongst our selves, but more is the fact that we must be united and precise in our explanation(s).
Sphere: Related ContentGay Blog | Towleroad: More than gay news for more gay men.
Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news for more gay men. . . . . . Ignore the blowhard Lambert . . . he's just a right-wing radio announcer. Rep. James Splaine denounced his calling Ray Buckley, the Democratic New Hampshire Party's chairperson, a "faggot".
Sphere: Related ContentIn House, Many Spoke With One Voice - Lobbyists’ - NYTimes.com
In House, Many Spoke With One Voice - Lobbyists’ - NYTimes.com - And we all know that 'lobbyists' is a dirty word and a dirty profession.
Sphere: Related ContentBob Cesca: Joe Lieberman Filibusters Health Care While Americans Suffer
Bob Cesca: Joe Lieberman Filibusters Health Care While Americans Suffer - Lieberman says his filibuster is "a matter of conscience". Hard to believe that he has a conscience with the numbers that die as a result . . . almost Nazi-like.
Sphere: Related ContentFriday, 13 November 2009
‘Mad Men,’ Maddening Times - Judith Warner Blog - NYTimes.com
‘Mad Men,’ Maddening Times - Judith Warner Blog - NYTimes.com - Unless this issue has the abortion restrictions removed, then we are going backward. And no, I don't care nor give a damn re: the holy mother roman catholic church and its opinions, values and / or stands.
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Catholics Church Threatens D.C. Council Over Marriage Equality Bill - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men
Catholics Church Threatens D.C. Council Over Marriage Equality Bill - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men - Incredible! Once again the holy mother roman catholic church is not only sticking its head(s) in where it has no right being, but also is attempting to create an ultimatum situation, i.e., it says that if it is forced to acknowledge marriage-equality (marriage for same-sex couples), which is what is being considered for the District of Columbia, then it must - will have no other choice but to - discontinue all social services therein, re: adoption, homelessness, health care, inter alia. Never mind that the ingrates take our secular funds, but want not only to run things their way, but also to spread their values overall. To hell with them, I say, and let the secular social services be run by others.
Sphere: Related ContentNY1 | 24 Hour Local News | Politics | Gay Marriage Vote May Fade On Numbers
NY1 24 Hour Local News Politics Gay Marriage Vote May Fade On Numbers - Only 21 favourable votes, 41 left to be delineated when and if those voters make up their minds.
Sphere: Related ContentRI Governor's Gay Rights Veto Called 'Heartless' by Attorney General - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men
RI Governor's Gay Rights Veto Called 'Heartless' by Attorney General - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men - Rhode Island State Attorney General Patrick Lynch criticises Governor Donald Carcieri's recent veto as " . . . cruel and heartless . . . ", which it is. No matter what political bullshit the governor uses to obfuscate the veto's maliciousness, what he has done oncce again declared that in this land GLBTQs are second, maybe third-class citizens. To quote from the Strawbs: "May he rot in his grave".
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 12 November 2009
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POLITICO%253A%2BAbortion%2Bcivil%2Bwar%2Bwidening%2B-%2BBen%2BSmith%2B-%2BAbortion%2Bcivil%2Bwar%2Bwidening . . . . . This issue, praedicated on two distinct agendas, will play a crucial role in the discussions between the two houses and the two parties (not excluding independents) therein. It still has to work its way through the Congress, hopefully in timely fashion. And, lest we forget, it is a hot-button issue.
Sphere: Related ContentHealth care offense, on both sides - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
Health care offense, on both sides - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com . . . . . It appears that the Democrats and the Republicans are going to try and clean up Houses, theirs and theirs respectively. Unless the focus is brought back to the merits of the respective bills up for consideration by both Houses, and a meaningful compromise reached in Congress that the Obama will sign, it will all be a waste of time, effort and energy.
Sphere: Related ContentYes to gay marriage means no social services, Catholic Church warns
Yes to gay marriage means no social services, Catholic Church warns. . . . . Sounds like children in a schoolyard, with one punk telling the others that he is going to take his ball away and go home, since things are not going or he is not getting his way.
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A Presbyterian Welcome: Convincing the "Movable Middle" | The Bilerico Project
A Presbyterian Welcome: Convincing the "Movable Middle" The Bilerico Project . . . . . one community at a time . . . one 'church' at a time.
Sphere: Related ContentIn-your-face base aims at Democratic, Republican cash - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com
In-your-face base aims at Democratic, Republican cash - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com - Apparently "Don't Ask, Don't Give" is proving an attractive weapon in the arsenal of the ground troops.
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, 11 November 2009
New York Senate Delays Vote on Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com
New York Senate Delays Vote on Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com - Well, there's New York State NOT going to be a leader on the marriage equality front. Too bad!
Sphere: Related ContentReid hopes to begin debate next week - Live Pulse - POLITICO.com
Reid hopes to begin debate next week - Live Pulse - POLITICO.com - Senator Reid hopes to make something out of nothing . . . no healthcare bill, no consensus on abortion, not even the sixty votes. What's a man t do?
Sphere: Related ContentDeal makers pushed limits - Jonathan Allen and Patrick O'Connor - POLITICO.com
Deal makers pushed limits - Jonathan Allen and Patrick O'Connor - POLITICO.com . . . . It will be so interesting to see all the ancillary bills, pork fat, that is, accompanying the healthcare bill coming out of the House. It even appears that the healthcare bill will come hidden behind the extras the members 'so judiciously negotiated' solely on the healthcare bill itself. Doesn't really say that much about the healthcare bill in its own stead.
Sphere: Related ContentHealth vote pits Democrat vs. Democrat - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com
Health vote pits Democrat vs. Democrat - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com - As if abortion were not an issue in and of itself, apparently a vote against the healthcare initiative is as unacceptable too.
Sphere: Related Content'No easy way out' for Democrats on abortion - Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com
'No easy way out' for Democrats on abortion - Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com - I believe that at best only the standards for abortion as currently regulated must remain in place.
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 10 November 2009
AmericaBlog Launches Donor Boycott of the DNC - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men
AmericaBlog Launches Donor Boycott of the DNC - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men . . . . .Spread the Good News; Do the Right Thing.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Don't Ask, Don't Give
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: Don't Ask, Don't Give . . . . . This is it, right from the horse's mouth, the DON'T ASK, DON'T GIVE 'campaign'. Read it; share it; do it!
Sphere: Related ContentEmma Ruby-Sachs: What the Gay Boycott of the DNC Can Do
Emma Ruby-Sachs: What the Gay Boycott of the DNC Can Do . . . . . OK! Now the cat is out of the bag. Watch its fangs? Nope! Realise that the sword of Damocles is visible, the emperor is NOT wearing new (any) clothes. For the value of this gaycott to be real now, and in the future, means that it cannot be held up as a meaningless threat over the DNC and its ilk. Follow the motto: "Don't ask! Don't give!"
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: NY State Senate should vote on marriage equality tomorrow
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: NY State Senate should vote on marriage equality tomorrow . . . . . 'should' is not as magic as it sounds. Stay tuned and keep on reading.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate faces abortion rights rift - Carrie Budoff Brown and Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com
Senate faces abortion rights rift - Carrie Budoff Brown and Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com . . . . Notwithstanding the Obama desire for looser abortion language, and the relative restrictiveness of the House's proposed healthcare bill, the Senate still has a say in the proposal of a healthcare bill. There are difficult days ahead for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, what with the explosive nature of the abortion issue and the respective non-partisan delineation of the Senators themselves. Sixty is not going to be an easily achieved number of Senators. Chances are, as expressed in a recent post, the House version is going to be as liberal as the final bill will be. However, prove me wrong. I'd love to be in this instance.
Sphere: Related ContentFor left, House bill may be as good as it gets - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com
For left, House bill may be as good as it gets - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com - you've got to be kidding . . . no, seriously, the Senate must put its imprint, then the legislation must be conferenced, after which time POTUS Obama can place his imprimatur thereon. So, there's still time and hopefully some wiggle room, until the final resolution has surfaced. But then, who am I fooling.
Sphere: Related ContentRubén Díaz Sr. Is Familiar Voice Against Gay Marriage - NYTimes.com
Rubén Díaz Sr. Is Familiar Voice Against Gay Marriage - NYTimes.com . . . . . notwithstanding his family members and friends who happen to be gay / lesbian, failure to believe in their inherent righteousness, thus, that it is right and normal to be gay, if you are gay, is nothing short of arrogant hypocrisy. And forget about the self-perceived difficulty in resolving the personal matter; that just doesn't wash. If anything, were minister Diaz, Sr. not to vote for marriage equality, as it is the only ethical position to have, he will be in denial of the intricate goodness of his family and friends aforementioned. To quote John Winston Lennon, "How do you sleep at night?"
Sphere: Related ContentObama Seeks Revision of Health Plan Abortion Limits - NYTimes.com
Obama Seeks Revision of Health Plan Abortion Limits - NYTimes.com . . . . . As if there aren't enough roadblocks appearing re: the healthcare initiative, POTUS wants a differrent set of abortion strictures, so as to promote women's right to choose.
Sphere: Related ContentDemocrats Raise Alarms Over Health Bill Costs - NYTimes.com
Democrats Raise Alarms Over Health Bill Costs - NYTimes.com - The Obama had promised that the overhaul would also minimise the rise in health care spending. Now what? The Senate doesn't appear to be interested in what the House proposed. What's up?
Sphere: Related ContentClinton urges Senate Dems to pass health care bill - Road Runner
Clinton urges Senate Dems to pass health care bill - Road Runner . . . . . LISTEN TO HIM . . . he knows of what he talks.
Sphere: Related ContentWeekly ENDA Update: What Did The Senate Hearing Accomplish? | The Bilerico Project
Weekly ENDA Update: What Did The Senate Hearing Accomplish? The Bilerico Project . . . . . I do not profess to know the ways and means of the Senate when it conducts its legislative business, but I will declare my disheartedness not from the Maine debacle, but from the apparent lack of interest in that only 5 senators showed up for the session. 95% of the Senate professed a total disregard of the initial phase of the presentation of the agenda. I do hope that this is not a foreboding of what is to come, for that is all I am left with: hope.
Sphere: Related ContentThe time to demand unequivocal Progressive support | The Bilerico Project
The time to demand unequivocal Progressive support The Bilerico Project . . . . . On a quick viewing, this is a fascinating piece of political thinking in a muddled up, shook up, messed up world. A thoughful read through Phil Reese's politically autobiographical post will cleanse your heart, your mind and your soul, allowing you to decide what and how to express yourself. I've even "shortcut-ed" it to my desktop for further thought and consideration for myself. Please do it the justice that it deserves. Please.
Sphere: Related ContentIs Violence Inevitable In Our Fight For Equality? | The Bilerico Project
Is Violence Inevitable In Our Fight For Equality? The Bilerico Project . . . . . This is a must read, as well as the comments attached thereto, prior to any and all action that may be violent in nature.
Sphere: Related ContentMarcia Angell, M.D.: Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing?
Marcia Angell, M.D.: Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing? . . . . . Dr. Angell has provided five recommendations that have more than a touch of sensibility and financial soundness regarding the current House medical legislation. Yes an overhaul is a beneficial move, but it should cover the right people, the pricing need be realistic and not a bonus to the already overpaid practitioners, and the regulations need be simplified and streamlined for manageability and expense factors. Let's see what the Senate has up its sleeve, and what the common compromise the two houses come up with.
Sphere: Related ContentGays organize DNC boycott - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
Gays organize DNC boycott - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com . . . . . Relationships are fragile, especially when it comes to politics and GLBT issues. Here surrounding the marriage equality issue they havebeen shattered. The DNC lied and abused its position. Now the results of its actions must be dealt with. I can only hope that the necessary patchwork can be applied once again.
Sphere: Related ContentAll eyes on Sen. Harry Reid - Carrie Budoff Brown and Manu Raju - POLITICO.com
All eyes on Sen. Harry Reid - Carrie Budoff Brown and Manu Raju - POLITICO.com - although initially we are told that the Senate is not pro-health, let us see what will happen.
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, 9 November 2009
Obama Presses Senate to Pass Its Health Bill - NYTimes.com
Obama Presses Senate to Pass Its Health Bill - NYTimes.com . . . . . So many complications and potential roadblocks, although none are insurmountable. Here's hoping . . .
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: NY Times on marriage equality: "The big battlegrounds now are New York and New Jersey"
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: NY Times on marriage equality: "The big battlegrounds now are New York and New Jersey". . ltimately . . . It will prove interesting to me, a gay New Yorker, to see how the marriage equality issue is handled and eventually legislated. What a shame, that I and others of my ilk have to come begging to the table for our civil rights.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Backlash grows in Maine against Bishop Malone and the Catholic Diocese
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Backlash grows in Maine against Bishop Malone and the Catholic Diocese . . . . . oh for the day when I never have to hear the name of Malone again, that hypocritical fool emblematic of the holy mother roman catholic church hierarchy. I wonder how he stands in the eyes of the german shepherd now.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Daily Politics - NY Daily News
The Daily Politics - NY Daily News - upcoming in the New York State Legislature is our version of the marriage equality legislation, with the twists and the convolutions of typical politics thrown in for good measure. Here's hoping the rights and the equality we are looking for, we are due, are not lost in the games people play (with our lives).
Sphere: Related ContentSunday, 8 November 2009
AMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: National Catholic Reporter: "Victory over same-sex marriage comes at high price"
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: National Catholic Reporter: "Victory over same-sex marriage comes at high price". This article is both well written and well read. Please do!
Sphere: Related ContentChurch of Sweden Names Lesbian as Bishop of Stockholm | CarnalNation
Church of Sweden Names Lesbian as Bishop of Stockholm CarnalNation. . . . . . This is as it should be, neither age, sex, orientation (not preference) interferes with the calling of the Lord.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Catholics News Agency brags that they beat the gays in Maine
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Catholics News Agency brags that they beat the gays in Maine. . . . . READ it; WATCH it; DISCUSS it; but DON'T BELIEVE it. Without cheating the holy mother roman catholic church isn't all that powerful.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Were any of Ft. Hood's victims gay?
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Were any of Ft. Hood's victims gay?. . . . . Really, this is not as far fetched as it seems right off the bat. Give it a read; give it a thought; give it some consideration. It speaks volumes.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Even as Dioceses file bankruptcy over sex abuse cases, Catholic Bishops threaten to undermine health insurance reform
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: Even as Dioceses file bankruptcy over sex abuse cases, Catholic Bishops threaten to undermine health insurance reform. As I've said before in other posts of mine, these bishops are, for the most part, sanctimonious hypocrites sticking their collective, and individual, nose in where it doesn't belong. But, as a friend of mine once said, what goes around comes around. According to the precepts of their religion, they will have to answer to their maker at life's end.
Sphere: Related ContentHealth Care PASSES: The Scene In The House When It Happened
Health Care PASSES: The Scene In The House When It Happened . . . . . There's still the Senate to deal with the issue, and after that the joint modification before the Obama signs the bill into law. Let's see what that law will be like.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - Equality’s Ragged March - NYTimes.com
Editorial - Equality’s Ragged March - NYTimes.com - How far we have come, how far we still have to go.
Sphere: Related ContentLabels and Gay Benefits in Health Bill - NYTimes.com
Labels and Gay Benefits in Health Bill - NYTimes.com - It would seem that not only has the health bill passed the House, but also that there are some interesting beneficial tidbits therein for the gay community too.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 7 November 2009
Why ENDA Matters: True Stories of Anti-LGBT Employment Discrimination from the ACLU | The Bilerico Project
Why ENDA Matters: True Stories of Anti-LGBT Employment Discrimination from the ACLU The Bilerico Project . . . . . This is The Bilerico Project report(s) as mentioned in the AMERICAblog Gay posting. It's real and pungent for examples of how U.S. people treat their fellow U.S. people.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: Senate holds first hearing on inclusive ENDA
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: Senate holds first hearing on inclusive ENDA . . . . . This is the AMERICAblog Gay reporting on the first Senate's ENDA hearing. Also take a look at The Bilerico Project's report.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog Gay | A great people deserve their rights: DNC Treasurer blames Aravosis for gay community anger at DNC/Obama
AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: DNC Treasurer blames Aravosis for gay community anger at DNC/Obama. . . . . Hear ye! Hear ye! The great flapper DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias spews forth his hot air.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: DNC Treasurer blames Aravosis for gay community anger at DNC/Obama
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: DNC Treasurer blames Aravosis for gay community anger at DNC/Obama. . . . . . see following from Aravosis for a more complete and detailed explanation.
Sphere: Related ContentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Obama administration officially (finally) supports House health insurance reform bill
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: Obama administration officially (finally) supports House health insurance reform bill . . . . . FINALLY and with a BUT as usual for this administration.
Sphere: Related ContentAlabama Lawmaker Wants to Cut Off Domestic Partner Benefits - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men
Alabama Lawmaker Wants to Cut Off Domestic Partner Benefits - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men . . . . . Alabama lawbreaker-maker DuWayne Bridges isn't up to building any bridges for his fellow human beings.
Sphere: Related ContentFriday, 6 November 2009
Nathaniel Frank: President Obama and Gay Rights: Forgetting the Lessons of the Campaign
Nathaniel Frank: President Obama and Gay Rights: Forgetting the Lessons of the Campaign . . . . . The Obama is a lying, abusive, manipulating gonif who either fails to see what he has done to innocent people whose only mistake was to trust in and to vote for him, or whose desperate hope was misplaced, or he is nothing more than an unethical political whore. Notwithstanding anything further he and his White House and congressional minions may do, as if it should be sufficient to throw us doggies a bone, we should shun him and them, as the Amish do to their interlopers. We no longer have any need and / or use for POTUS. We must do for ourselves whatever we need. To hell with the Obama! To hell!
Sphere: Related ContentPaterson Sets Special Session in NY Senate for November 10; Marriage Equality Bill on Agenda - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men
Paterson Sets Special Session in NY Senate for November 10; Marriage Equality Bill on Agenda - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men. . . . . It will be interesting to see if the State wherein which The Stonewall movement began will continue to uphold the rights we have so long and duly fought for, or to grant them (how I hate that phraseology).
Sphere: Related ContentReferendum 71 Approved in Washington State - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men
Referendum 71 Approved in Washington State - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men . . . What is it about Washingtonians that makes them think and act civilly and humanely and fairly, despite all the claptrap surrounding them?
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ACT On Principles » LGBT Thinking to Break Free of the Movement’s Straight Jacket. Target: UnitedENDA.org Process: A Real Strategy Dialog . . . . . A refreshing and positive response to the disheartedness and anger of the past few days. Let's go for it.
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Our Muddled Electoral Mess | The Bilerico Project
Our Muddled Electoral Mess The Bilerico Project . . . . . A muddled electoral mess; well, alright, so it is. There's no use crying over spilt milk. Heuristically arising from the analysis, so will sense from the mess, the ooze. It contains the fodder for our future efforts, the propulsion for our motivation. Here's to the next fight . . . hip, hip hooray.
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Our Muddled Electoral Mess The Bilerico Project . . . . . A muddled electoral mess; well, alright, so it is. There's no use crying over spilt milk. Heuristically arising from the analysis, so will sense from the mess, the ooze. It contains the fodder for our future efforts, the propulsion for our motivation. Here's to the next fight . . . hip, hip hooray.
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Mourn the losses... Celebrate the Victories! The Bilerico Project. . . . . I must remember that I am who I am, a first class citizen person, and not as some would have me be as a second class citizen. Oh god, when oh when are they going to get it through their thick skulls, that is, that I am as entitled to the full panoply of rights as the next Tom, Dick and/or Harry. The same! Get it?
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Democrats want to seize historic moment - David Rogers - POLITICO.com. Let's see, if they don't go after the whole pie pell-mell, then there's a chance that slowly but surely they should be able to cobble a piece of legislation upon which the movement can nag its hat. Remember, it takes one step to start a journey. One step!
Sphere: Related ContentSen. Mark Warner: 'We got walloped' - John F. Harris and Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com
Sen. Mark Warner: 'We got walloped' - John F. Harris and Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com - and the White House says they don't have to reposition itself or the party or the Obama. Seems to me that the Obama needs to position himself, never mind being repositioned.
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Reconsidering marriage in New Hampshire - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com. . . . . Part of me says "Why not?", but then it is Thursday after the fall. Part of me says "Here we go again!" Well, here we may go again, but let's get a different result. Perhaps we can even count on the Obama and his White House. Perhaps.
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AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: The Catholic Church has become an anti-gay political operation in Maine . . . Isn't it illegal to be a tax-free institution and still be politically active?
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AMERICAblog Gay A great people deserve their rights: SLOG: "Catholics are the New Mormons". In this blog posting a Dominic Holden wants to unbaptize himself . . . Doesn't he know that you can't reverse one's baptism. Just ignore it instead.
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Op-Ed Contributor - Relax, Democrats - NYTimes.com - There seems to be a silver lining to the current current.
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Op-Ed Columnist - Unhealthy America - NYTimes.com - Here's an op-ed piece for review and consideration.
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News Analysis - Gay Rights Rebuke May Change Approach - NYTimes.com - or it may not. This article casts a disheartening pallor on the fight for freedom and equality, albeit it a transitory pallor.
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Why a Number of HIV Patients Are Aging Faster -- New York Magazine . . . . . and the studies are showing that they do. My question is whether the aging is being altered by the virus, or the meds, or a combination of both?
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POLITICO Daily Digest
POLITICO Daily Digest . . . . . The day after. Disheartening hardly sums up my and my fellow believers' feelings. We lost in Maine, New Jersey and Virginia. The paedestal the Obama was on was shattered; the dream is over.
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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Why the President can't wait until conference to weigh in on health care
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Obama administration again defends DOMA in court, says gays have no "fundamental right" to marriage benefits
AMERICAblog News A great nation deserves the truth: Obama administration again defends DOMA in court, says gays have no "fundamental right" to marriage benefits . . . . . Does the right hand know what the left hand is doing? Does either side retain a semblance of knowledge of the picture viewed with a bird's eye perspective?
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Finding Happiness at Halloween: Lifting the Veil off Mental Health The Bilerico Project . . . . . Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic-depressive, is not a readily understood disorder by the common people. Kudos to David, the author of this posting, for his knowledge and sensitivity for his partner Jim. And, kudos to Jim for dealing with it notwithstanding the temptation of 'fun'.
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ACT On Principles » Weekly ENDA Update: Senate Hearings! - The originators of the blog and this posting in particular are providing an important and necessary reporting. Follow it, follow them.
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Democrats Say House Bill Would Cut Premiums for Many - NYTimes.com - It is said that confrontation and challenge can lead to a more appropriate compromise for all concerned. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this one.
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Editorial - The House Health Reform Bill - NYTimes.com
Editorial - The House Health Reform Bill - NYTimes.com . . . . . Ladies and gentlemen! A drum roll please! This is it . . . .
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Editorial - Six Tests for Equality and Fairness - NYTimes.com - the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, isn't it?
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Obama Strategy on Health Legislation Appears to Pay Off - NYTimes.com . . . . . What! There was rhyme and reason to his 'hands-off' policy? Let's see what the future holds.
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ACT On Principles » Hate Crimes Bill A Victory? . . . . . This is a fascinating 'op-ed' perspective on 'the gay agenda', 'the gay question', 'the gay movement', or lack thereof. The fact that there are extensive questions and response by the author and readers provides even more insight on the written issues. It deserves a good read and some discussion as well.
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Thursday, 29 October 2009
Democrats in House Present $894 Billion Health Package - NYTimes.com
Democrats in House Present $894 Billion Health Package - NYTimes.com - What next in the trip to the Obama for his signature? Hopefully the final version will resemble what has so far been proposed.
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Now this is the kind of help and facility of which the GLBTQ community is deserving. May she rest in peace!
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Senator Arlen Specter: Repeal DOMA, Pass ENDA, Rescind DADT - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men
Senator Arlen Specter: Repeal DOMA, Pass ENDA, Rescind DADT - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men - There, in a nutshell, Senator Specter's positions on three issues near and dear to our heart. It may have taken awhile to reach this understanding, but that is where he stands now.
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In Search of a Cure: Working to Turn on HIV - The Body - That's right, turning on the virus in order to turn it off. Sorta like politics, turning on an issue in order to turn it off. You know, there might be something to this methodology. There just might be.
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Holder doesn't know enough about Prop. One to comment - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com - OK, well then, is he just playing dumb, or is this a prime example of selective memory? Or, is this his and the administration's true feeling on the issue?
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Pelosi Unveils House Health Care Bill - Prescriptions Blog - NYTimes.com - Once again the Praescriptions blog is spot on . . . simple and rather thorough in its explanation of the subject matter at hand.
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House health debate hits crunch time - Patrick O'Connor - POLITICO.com - It will be most interesting to see how this resolution plays out on the political playing field.
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