Welcome to a regular Wednesday in summer. What, it’s not summer you say? It certainly feels like it. My husband and I waited until 8 PM last night to go running because we were hoping it would cool off some. It didn’t. It was still 80 when we finished the run around 9 PM. So, is something else on your mind besides summer? Share it in our open thread.
Hey, CNN is just asking a question:
California lawmakers are working to abolish an antiquated law that requires doctors to look into “the causes and cures of homosexuality.” The state adopted the law in 1950 “in response to public outcry over sex crimes in California” and added the homosexuality provision as part of a broader effort to to study the psyche of sexual predators. As Bonnie Lowenthal, the Assemblywoman who’s spearheading the repeal explained in this LA Times piece, “In 1950, homosexuality remained, officially, a mental disorder. So when the Legislature promised funding for a study into the causes and cures of sexual deviance, it was, tragically, natural to add homosexuality to the list.”
Taking homosexuality off that list should be a no-brainer, but this afternoon, CNN — which has tried to present itself as the “hard news” cable network and “the most trusted name in news” — hosted a debate between discredited “ex gay” Richard Cohen and Lowenthal to ask, “homosexuality, is it a problem in need of a cure?”
“Tell me why it’s offensive to you, tell me why you wanted to take action right away when you heard about it,” host Kyra Phillips pressed Lowenthal, while seemingly accepting Cohen’s claim that he’s a “former homosexual.” Watch it:
I sure am glad this fake counselor Richard Cohen is getting a lot time on TV. I wonder when CNN is going to learn that they aren’t going to win ratings by becoming Fox Light.
The RNC had its best fundraising month ever in a comparable mid-term election year (which could save Michael Steele’s job). Unfortunately for the, the DNC did even better.
The energy around the health care fight has produced pretty good fundraising figures for both parties in March.
The Republican National Committee — for whose Michael Steele healthy fundraising may be a lifeline — raised more than $11 million, though it was able to sock away just $2 million of that for its war chest.
But the DNC did even better, raising more than $13 million, according to communications director Brad Woodhouse.
The RNC spent $9M in March? On what?