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Obama Calls Black People ‘Mongrels’ On TV

on August 10th, 2010 by B.Graff

A major criticism among the black left is that President Obama is able to get away with acts that would incur the wrath of the public if committed by a white person.
Examples include his tendency to abandon independent-minded black people for political expediency (Jeremiah Wright, Van Jones, Shirley Sherrod), publicly shaming the black community [...]

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Too Much Talking, Not Enough Action

on March 23rd, 2010 by B.Graff

At what point does complaining become a distraction from dealing with the issue at hand?
It is a valid question to ask after observing a couple of events this past weekend.
With much of the nation’s political energy focused on health care reform, I was not surprised to see Iowa Representative Steve King Davis [...]

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Anal Sex Cited As A Reason To Deny Marriage Equality?

on February 12th, 2010 by B.Graff

New Hampshire is currently debating HB1590, which would repeal the state’s marriage equality laws.
Representative Nancy Elliott, a Republican, saw this as an opportunity to go into a lengthy description of anal sex as a way of explaining why she supports the bill.
You’ll have to watch the video to get her statement in [...]

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Words From A Gay Ugandan

on February 4th, 2010 by B.Graff

For the past few months I have been writing about the horrendous proposal to criminalize LGBTs in Uganda.
President Obama and Hilary Clinton both spoke against the bill at the National Prayer Breakfast, but a gay Ugandan offered his opinion at a competing event, the American Prayer Hour. View the clip below.

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How Will Gay Republicans Spin This?

on February 3rd, 2010 by B.Graff

Since the 1990s, gay Republicans have remained loyal to their party in spite of a platform that opposes marriage equality, adoption rights, open military service, employment protections, and most other items of interest for the LGBT community.
When asked why they continued to support people who don’t support them, the rationale was that they were changing [...]

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Mia Love Is Utah’s First Black Female Mayor

on January 9th, 2010 by B.Graff

History was made on January 8 when Mia Love was sworn in as mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah before a crowd of 120 people. She is the first black woman to be elected mayor in the state’s history.
Love previously served on the Saratoga Springs city council, but her victory was still something of a [...]

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Sally Kern Wants To Control Heterosexual Marriage Too

on January 5th, 2010 by B.Graff

Oklahoma Republican legislator Sally Kern is infamous for her rabid homophobia, once stating that gays posed a bigger threat to the nation than terrorists.
She now has her sights on restricting divorce for heterosexuals.
Kern has proposed House Bill 2279, which would prohibit using incompatability or irreconcilable differences as justification for divorce under the following conditions:
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Annise Parker Is The New Mayor Of Houston

on December 13th, 2009 by B.Graff

Congratulations are definitely in order to Annise Parker, who won a run off election in the Houston mayoral race.
With the victory, Houston becomes the largest city to be governed by an openly gay person.
Some consider her election an upset. Her opponent, Gene Locke, was a former civil rights activist supported by business [...]

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Progress In Uganda

on December 10th, 2009 by B.Graff

There is an update to the heinous situation for LGBTs in Uganda.
Thanks in part to pressure, including condemnation from a leader of the Ugandan Anglican Church and Canada and Britain, and the bill has been revised to remove the death penalty and imprisonment for LGBTs.
While the White House never made a formal statement, [...]

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More Disappointment From Obama

on December 10th, 2009 by B.Graff

Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize earlier today.
His nomination for the award was shrouded in controversy from the day it was announced. What had he done to deserve such an honor? Was it an example of people being blinded by Obama’s magnetic, rock-star persona? Did the Nobel committee choose Obama to [...]

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