Tag: Civil Rights
Coalition Formed Among Delaware Civil Rights Groups
The formation of a new group called the Delaware Civil Rights Coalition was announced yesterday in Dover. Delaware Public Media says “about a dozen civil rights and religious groups in Delaware banded together on the eve of President-elect Trump’s inauguration to fight discrimination.”
Are Police in Delaware Tracking You?
If you haven’t had the chance to read Sean O’Sullivan’s article in Sunday’s News Journal about the ability of the police in Delaware to track you via your cell phone, you should do so now.
Happy Birthday, Dr. King
Yesterday would have been Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s 82 birthday. He had a dream……… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs&feature=fvsr[/youtube]
The Loss of a Civil Rights Leader
The gay community lost a hero and leader yesterday with the passing of Dr. Frank Kameny. It was fitting that he passed away on National Coming Out Day.
Kameny was the first person to challenge his firing from the Federal government because he was gay in the courts. He was an astronomer with the Department of the Army and was fired in 1957 for being gay. He could have just quietly walked away and found something else to do but he stood and fought, all the way to the Supreme Court. Even though he lost his case, he persevered to fight for what he believed in, equal rights for the gay community.
What Is A Hate Group?
The Southern Poverty Law Center named 13 anti-gay groups as hate groups. Not to be outdone, the Tea Party Nation made it’s own list of hate groups: the ACLU, the NAACP, the Department of Homeland Security, SPLC and the SEIU.
He Said What?
Rep. Steve King gives his reasons for opposing the USDA settlement to African-American farmers.
DADT Vote Next Week
The Senate will take up the Defense Authorization bill next week, which contains the DADT repeal.
Terrorism At A Tennessee Mosque
Anti-mosque protests in Tennessee have led to arson and sniper fire at a proposed mosque site.
Big News: California Prop 8 Overturned
Just breaking now– A judge in California has overturned California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. Big news: According to a source who has seen the 136-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Walker has ruled Proposition 8, the California voter-approved ban on gay marriage, unconstitutional under both the due-process […]
As DADT Repeal Vote Nears Professional Homophobes Go Nuclear
The American Family Association warns us of gay Nazi deathsquads while Family Research Council warns of an outbreak of gay rape if DADT is repealed.
MLK Day Commemoration Project at WaPo
The Washington Post is running a project now asking people to share what of Martin Luther King’s words move you the most. They are looking for you to record your response and to upload it to You Tube, where they’ll post up on their website selected entries.
Watch Rachel Maddow Eviscerate A Guy Who Claims To Cure Gays
Richard Cohen, head of the International Healing Foundation, an organization that claims to “cure” gay people was interviewed by Rachel Maddow. Richard Cohen’s book Coming Out Straight has been cited by the Ugandan politicians as a reason for the harsh “kill the gays” bill currently in the Ugandan parliament. Cohen’s 2001 book Coming Out Straight […]
Military Study Recommends Ending DADT
The death knell is ringing over the DADT policy in the military. A military study is being published which will recommend ending the policy for multiple reasons. An article in the Pentagon’s top scholarly journal calls in unambiguous terms for lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces, arguing that the military […]
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