Submitted by JMG reader Sean Chapin.UPDATE: For those who say the above image goes too far, let's not forget the below actual sign carried by one NOM supporter.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Via JMG: A Different Kind Of Hood
Submitted by JMG reader Sean Chapin.UPDATE: For those who say the above image goes too far, let's not forget the below actual sign carried by one NOM supporter.
Via Gay Politics Report: U.S. admits "regrettable role" in discrimination against LGBT Americans
- U.S. admits "regrettable role" in discrimination against LGBT Americans
- A legal brief filed last week by the Department of Justice is being hailed by LGBT-advocates as a historic document in the legal fight for equality for LGBT Americans. The brief cites the unconstitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in arguing that a federal employee's lawsuit over partner benefits should not be dismissed, and lays out a history of discrimination against LGBT people in the U.S. The Obama administration had earlier announced it would no longer defend DOMA, but this is the first time it has sought to convince a federal court that the law is unconstitutional. "This brief represents the concrete manifestation of a complete paradigm shift in the federal government's position on anti-gay discrimination and the constitutional rights of married same-sex couples," said Tobias Barrington Wolff, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Google/The Associated Press (7/2), Metro Weekly (Washington, D.C.) (7/5)
Via JMG: AFA To Corporations: Don't Hire Gays
In an interview with hate group head Linda Harvey, the American Family Association's Gary Glenn said that corporations should not hire any homosexuals. Right Wing Watch has the quote.What ridiculous folly to suggest that only those individuals who engage in homosexual behavior given all of its severe medical consequences constitute the best and the brightest. It’s not really bright to engage in behavior that puts you at dramatically higher risk of mental illness and substance abuse and AIDS and cancer and hepatitis, and according to various sources, premature death. So to suggest that engaging in that type of behavior defines someone as the best and brightest, which seems to be the line coming out of corporate America, is just ridiculous.Harvey responded: "You’re right. And higher rates of domestic violence and unstable relationships. I would not think of a homosexual person as a good employment risk, I just wouldn’t."
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