Category Archives: Politics

The Ten Things I Wish the Pope Could Have Observed on My Family’s Trip to Disneyland

During the last few weeks of winter holidays, Pope Benedict VXI and several of his delegates including Illinois Cardinal Francis George and the United Kingdom’s Archbishop Vincent Nichols delivered lump of coal to the world’s LGBTQ communities.  It was gift-giving … Continue reading

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I’m So Angry I Could Spit Nails!

Why am I so angry at a time when so many are mourning? Well, I too am broken; there is an ache on my heart from the unexplainable, unthinkable horror perpetrated upon Newtown, CT that has left a mark that … Continue reading

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They Permanently Sidelined “Homophobia”: The Five Reasons I Am Glad It’s Gone

 I was not happy about it at first.  It was several weeks ago when it happened.  The word “homophobia” was casually in play within  American conversations, playing its part, when YANK!  Out of nowhere, timeout was called.  It was out … Continue reading

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Take Back the Word “Christian”…It’s Time….

That’s it.   I am fed up.  I am taking back the word “Christian”. Whether you realize it or not, we are in the season, or maybe era, of who-gets-to-use-what-word.  The Conservatives of this country have been on a rampage to … Continue reading

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A Gay Dad Sounds Off on Foster Care/Adoption: The Five Reasons Why You Don’t Want to Do It, and the Five Greater Reasons Why You Do

Probably one of the most mind-numbingly obtuse excuses anti-marriage equality advocates have for opposing same sex couples getting married is that same sex couples “can’t procreate naturally”.   They say that like it’s a bad thing. They say it as if … Continue reading

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The Ten Questions You Should Answer Before Entering into Same Sex Marriage

We have turned a corner on the question of same sex marriage.  In this last year more states have extended basic civil rights to LGBT Americans, including California, thanks to a landmark SCOTUS decision, and the trend is not likely … Continue reading

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The Eight Reasons Why November 6th 2012 Was the Most Significant Day in the History of LGBT Rights Since Stonewall

Early in the morning of June 28, 1969, an event took place in New York City that transformed, no, actually gave birth to, the LGBT civil rights movement.  Police raided the Stonewall Inn, as had been their habit to do, … Continue reading

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An Important Contrast on the Men Who Would Command

Please share this. This is the contrast of the two men who would be our next President, as put together by Steve Snyder-Hill, the gay soldier who was publicly booed by Republicans. While that event was horrible, it gave a … Continue reading

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Don’t Let Romney Shake the Etch-a-sketch Next Tuesday

When I was a child, the etch-a-sketch was one of my favorite toys.  Framed in red,  it had an impressive screen where one could draw all sorts of fanciful things with the two left and right knobs at the bottom … Continue reading

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In Praise of the “Gay Issue Voter”

Today a commentator named Nolan Finley wrote an Op Ed piece in the Detroit News in which he stated, “I’ve got no problem with single issue voters. If you feel so passionately about one thing, be it gay marriage or … Continue reading

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