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Faced With Video of Fear-Mongering Anti-Government Groups, a Majority Think Armed Militias Should Be Illegal -- BuzzFlash News Analysis

Greatest Healthcare? Has Anyone Tried Calling for a Nurse When Hospitalized? -- BuzzFlash Editor's Blog

Third World Women Suffer the Most from Climate Change While Bloggers Use Sex to Save the Earth -- Green Is Good

A Few Thoughts On FOX's Latest 'Apology' -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser

Jacqueline Marcus: Cheney & Rumsfeld Are Still Running the War, The Wall Street Boys Get Rich -- BuzzFlash Guest Commentary

Bill Corcoran: Do Republicans Know What It's Like in the ER? -- BuzzFlash Guest Commentary

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for November 23, 2009

BuzzFlash Mailbag for November 23, 2009

Rainbow Panthers

Wolf Mc Intosh sent a message to the members of I Support The Dallas Principles.

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Subject: Please Take A Moment To Join Our New Facebook Group

Hello,

I would like to thank you for taking the time to support the Dallas Principles.

There is exciting news tonight of the creation of a new facebook group called the "Rainbow Panthers." This group will advocate the support of our LGBTQI youth who are painfully harassed, abused, and murdered all for being SELF.

This past week, as you may have heard in the news, 2 gay teenagers were brutally murdered.

A third gay teenager in Texas was assaulted after his pleas for help to his school principal, and school bus driver, were ignored.

The goal of the Rainbow Panthers is to offer assistance and support to LGBTQI youth who are often marginalized and targets for violence.

I would like to invite you to join our group, and as it is still in the beginning stages of creation, we welcome any and all input from you.

http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=187453406851&ref=mf

Cheers,
Wolf
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LGBT Lessons for Right Wing Christians: How Hate Crime Laws Silenced the Church

The hardcore religious (they are anything but) right has become so paranoid that their twisted logic has led them to believe that they are the victims. Their solution? The Manhattan Declaration, a statement of Christian convictions on the matters of life, family, and religious liberty. Let’s go through parts of it.

The preamble to the declaration reads, “While the whole scope of Christian moral concern, including a special concern for the poor and vulnerable, claims our attention, we are especially troubled that in our nation today the lives of the unborn, the disabled, and the elderly are severely threatened; that the institution of marriage, already buffeted by promiscuity, infidelity and divorce, is in jeopardy of being redefined to accommodate fashionable ideologies; that freedom of religion and the rights of conscience are gravely jeopardized by those who would use the instruments of coercion to compel persons of faith to compromise their deepest convictions.

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Keith Olbermann: Sarah Palin's Fans Turn On Her At Book Signing

Gay Marriage Gets Boost From 9th Circuit

Dan Levine

The Recorder

November 23, 2009

Not one to be left out of a constitutional thicket, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski granted health benefits Thursday to the same-sex partners of court employees.

Kozinski's order comes a day after his colleague, Judge Stephen Reinhardt, issued his own published directive that a federal public defender be awarded back pay because his same-sex partner's benefits had been denied.

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Weekly Reader: Hugs, Honduras, & Grandma's Dress

Bil Browning sent a message to the members of The Bilerico Project.

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Subject: Weekly Reader: Hugs, Honduras, & Grandma's Dress

While this week brought news that ENDA has been delayed for a few weeks, we didn't let that stop us from bringing you a ton of popular posts about almost every aspect of our community. Here are the best from this week.

Sunday
The sexual politics of a hug
Filed by: Cassandra Keenan
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/the_sexual_politics_of_a_hug.php

The DC Catholic Church's red herring
Filed by: Nancy Polikoff
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/the_dc_catholic_churchs_red_herring.php

Monday
LGBT Resistance to the Coup in Honduras
Filed by: Jessica Hoffmann
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/lgbt_resistance_to_the_coup_in_honduras.php

Toward a better understanding of age in the gay community
Filed by: Alex Blaze
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/can_gays_talk_about_age_without_sounding_like_idio.php

Tuesday
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: "Jess, Bend, Oregon, 2009"
Filed by: Jeff Sheng
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/dont_ask_dont_tell_jess_bend_oregon_2009.php

Needed: A Better Definition of Bigotry
Filed by: Patricia Nell Warren
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/needed_a_better_definition_of_bigotry.php

Wednesday
Jorge and Will: Tragedy and Hope
Filed by: Kate Kendell
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/jorge_and_will_tragedy_and_hope.php

Simon LeVay and the Biology of Sexual Orientation
Filed by: Betty Greene Salwak
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/simon_levay_and_the_biology_of_sexual_orientation.php

Thursday
In My Grandmother's Dress
Filed by: Father Tony
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/in_my_grandmothers_dress.php

What will President Obama do about that pesky federal Prop 8 suit?
Filed by: Phil Reese
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/what_will_president_obama_do_about_that_pesky_fede.php

Friday
Irene Vilar's Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict
Filed by: Paige Schilt
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/irene_vilars_impossible_motherhood_testimony_of_an.php

Historic Declaration of Christian Conscience?
Filed by: Donna Pandori
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/historic_declaration_of_christian_conscience.php

BONUS:

BREAKING: ENDA Postponed
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
http://www.facebook.com/l/b4ac1;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/enda_postponed.php

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Statement from Judy Shepard on the Murder of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado

Statement from Judy Shepard on the Murder of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado

Dennis and I, and the entire board and staff of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, stand with all who are grieving the loss of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado in one of the most shockingly brutal hate crimes in Puerto Rico’s history.

While we are grateful to the local law enforcement officials for their swift work to apprehend the suspect in this terrible crime, we remain deeply saddened that yet another family should have to suffer the pain of such a tragedy, and that such breathtaking violence continues to be directed at gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people who are simply trying to live their lives honestly and openly.

For another young person to lose their life and be taken from their family and community due to fear, prejudice and hatred is simply unacceptable. Each of us who believe in freedom and equality must remain vocal, active, and unrelenting in calling for justice.

Our thoughts are with Mr. Lopez, all who knew and loved him, the members of his community and the millions worldwide who have been touched by his senseless death. Our family and the Foundation will continue to work to prevent similar tragedies in any way we can.

Bilerico News

Good news or bad ideas? KY, MI, OH, TX re-examine marriage amendments

Filed by: Bil Browning

November 19, 2009 7:30 PM

The marriage equality drumbeat has rumbled on with news that several states will be attempting to re-examine their state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage and/or civil unions. Surprisingly, this hasn't received as much attention as I assumed it would in the LGBT blogosphere.

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Decorating hints... via JMG

Gay-Friendly GOP San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders To Testify For Olson/Boies

Thank you JMG for sharing this...


Republican San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, who in 2007 changed his mind on same-sex marriage in a tear-filled press conference with his lesbian daughter, will testify in the federal suit to repeal Prop 8 being brought by superstar lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders will be a witness in the upcoming federal court trial over the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, according to San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera. Herrera announced Sanders’ participation today at a San Diego fundraiser for Herrera’s reelection. Herrera said he traveled to San Diego last week to meet with Sanders and that Sanders readily agreed to testify in the case, which seeks to overturn the constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage narrowly approved by California voters last year.

The City of San Francisco has been allowed to join the lawsuit, hence Herrera's involvement. In August a judge ruled in favor of Olson and Boies' request to block the ACLU, Lambda Legal, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights from joining the suit after the groups' earlier denouncement of the attempt.

FLASHBACK: Here is Sanders' beautiful 2007 speech. If you haven't seen it, get out a hankie first.

Courtesy of JMG