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t r u t h o u t | Connecticut Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, October 11, 2008NYT (2): National Politics
The Supreme Court looks at whether "light" cigarettes are a fraud; and a transgender candidate wins what could be a precedent-setting case.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Has Sarah Palin been picked as the titular head of the coming police state?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, September 24, 2008New Book Examines sodomy Laws in America
go to storyMargot Canaday reviews/disusses "Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003" by William N. Eskridge Jr. in The Nation ... we were a lot more [sigh] tolerant in the 1600s - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Wednesday, September 10, 2008
AlterNet: Same Sex Marriage Affects the Whole Country
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 24, 2008NYT Op-Eds (4)
"When talk turns to Barack Obama’s possible appearance at the Brandenburg Gate, most Germans raise ironic eyebrows, because they find such symbolic events generally disconcerting" (Guest Op-Ed); "With the economy the way it is, becoming 'the Las Vegas of same-sex marriages' began to sound like a good deal for states" (Collins); "Nicolas Sarkozy has transformed French relations with the United States, NATO, Israel and Mediterranean neighbors. He’s the most important European leader of the moment" (Cohen); "Does the Constitution prohibit John McCain — who was born to two Americans in the Panama Canal Zone — from becoming president?" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, July 17, 2008
Americablog Looks Back at Jesse Helms
go to blog postTake it away boys! - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, July 4, 2008
AlterNet: The California Supreme Court Has Corrected a Monumental Injustice
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, May 22, 2008AlterNet: California Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, May 17, 2008Complicity in Iran’s Anti-Gay Jihad
from Ross MacLeanPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, March 21, 2008
NYT: Gay Muslims Pack a Dance Floor of Their Own
"Turbans, a tuxedo with tails and music known as Eklektik BerlinIstan."Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, January 1, 2008
NYT Guest Op-Ed: You Must Remember This
"The important news that most of us have forgotten from 2007."Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, December 27, 2007
NYT: Boy Scouts Lose Philadelphia Lease in Gay-Rights Fight
No comment.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, December 6, 2007
NYT Books in Review: “The Rights of Man,” “The Second Civil War,” “The Liberals’ Moment,” “Gay Artists in Modern American Culture,” “American Creation,” “Camelot and the Cultural Revolution,” “The Wall”
Hitchens on Paine; a look at "extreme partisanship"; reassessing McGovern's legacy; the rise of visible gay artists; yet another look at America's founding; the JFK assassination as death knell for liberalism; and a book about growing up behind the Iron Curtain - for kids.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, November 12, 2007
NYT: Gay Muslims Find Freedom, of a Sort, in the U.S.
"Revisiting Islamic texts that damn homosexuality."Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, November 7, 2007
AlterNet: “Dear Abby” Comes Out for Marriage Equality
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, October 11, 2007Support of Affordable High Speed Internet for America and Internet Neutrality
No issue of public governance is more critical at this time in our history than the immediate need for every level of government to pass and enforce legislation to embody the principles of this resolution. Therefore, we call upon every Democrat in America to send this resolution to every elected official across the nation and to insist that Net Neutrality and affordable high speed Internet become the law of the land.Posted by Brad Parker, Wednesday, September 26, 2007
NYT Op-Ed (Rich): Pardon Poor Larry Craig
"The Republican Party needs all the diversity it can get." Rich makes cases both comical and serious against the charges against Larry Craig.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 23, 2007
NYT: Gay Musician Skewers Candidates
Melissa Etheridge starts - and stays - off script...Brava.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 11, 2007
