Posted on October 12, 2009 by ProfessorTreeFrog
The National Equality March this past Sunday highlighted a growing frustration among the LGBT community. Many in the community have begun to criticize President Obama’s unwillingness to act on his campaign promises to gay Americans, namely on those issues which lie under control of the President. For one, the President has the authority [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2009 by ProfessorTreeFrog
This is Obama’s address to the annual HRC black-tie fundraising dinner tonight in Washington. He addressed a wide variety of topics, beginning with a spate of apologetics for why he has failed to make much progress on the issues that matter to LGBTQ Americans. He addressed marriage and employment equality, HIV/AIDS, hate crimes legislation, [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2009 by ProfessorTreeFrog
This one’s pretty self-explanatory. Lowest divorce rate in the country! A godless liberal state that embraced the homos!!! Suck it, DOMA-fans!
Learn more about the demographic patterns behind the numbers here.
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Posted on May 27, 2009 by ProfessorTreeFrog
Yesterday the California Supreme Court voted to uphold Proposition 8 – at least in name. In a 6-1 vote, the Court held that it was constitutional for the State of California to limit ‘marriage’ to between a man and a woman – but that’s it. In the 135 page decision, the Court also held that [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2009 by ProfessorTreeFrog
Sorry for the month-long delay in posting, I graduated this month.
Last week the state of Maine, through legislative action, joined Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and Iowa in the legalization of same-sex marriage. Among the New England states this leaves out only New Hampshire from offering marriage equality to all citizens – and this may be [...]
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Posted on April 8, 2009 by ProfessorTreeFrog
Over the past two weeks Sweden, Iowa, and Vermont have all legalized same-sex marriage! Sweden and Vermont by legislative action, Iowa by a unanimous state supreme court ruling. The District of Columbia also voted unanimously to recognize marriages and unions from states that offer them.
It appears now that the Iowa ruling will stick, and especially strongly, as Senate Majority Leader Mike [...]
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