Thursday, September 6, 2012
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Via JMG: Will Prop 8 To Be On SCOTUS Docket?
Scottie Thomaston reports an interesting development at Prop 8 Trial Tracker:
The Supreme Court docket page for Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Prop 8 case, has a new notice that the case has been “DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.” The September 24 conference is the first time this term that the Justices will meet privately and look at petitions for certiorari to decide which cases they will accept for review.
Usually, the Court announces its orders from conferences on the Monday following the conferences, however if they do take up the Prop 8 case on September 24, they could announce as early as the next day whether the full Court will review the case. It takes four votes to grant review.
If the Court denies the petition, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision stands, and Proposition 8 will be invalidated, though the case won’t set a nationwide precedent. If they decide to review the case, they’ll reach a final decision on the merits at the end of June 2013.
The Court could also potentially ‘relist’ the case for a later conference. This would mean instead of making a decision at the September 24 conference, the case would be held and listed for a subsequent one.
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma September 6, 2012
Loving Negativity to Death
Remember
'Divide and Conquer'—if you can divide a negative reaction into its
parts (mental image, mental talk, and emotional body sensation), you can
conquer the sense of being overwhelmed. In other words, eliminate the
negative parts by loving them to death.
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- Shinzen Young, "The Power of Gone"
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Via AmericaBLog Gay:
Michelle Obama references gay marriage in convention keynote
Here's
the second gay reference, the first is more subtle:If farmers and
blacksmiths could win independence from an empire…if immigrants could
leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores…if
women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote…if a generation
could...
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Via JMG: Anti-Gay Whackjob Paul Cameron Repeats "Gays Are Inherently Diseased" Claim
"If
you look across the data sets you see that homosexuals have a host of
mental problems, disproportionate physical problems, they don't live as
long, and they are disproportionately involved in drug abuse and
criminality. That would seem to indicate that that is a lifestyle that
may reasonably be considered mentally disturbed – [a] disorder. Yet, it
isn't. It is surprising that such a wildly defective study, and one that
actually proved the exact opposite of what it claimed to have proved
has survived so long." - Discredited psychologist Paul Cameron, speaking to the Christian Post.Cameron is referring to a 1957 study that was cited when the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in 1973. Cameron's claim that gay men only live to age 42 is still frequently quoted by anti-gay hate groups, even though he came up with that figure by averaging the ages of men he found in AIDS obituaries in the 1980s. Which is like saying that the average child with a brain tumor dies at age eight, therefore all children have a life expectancy of eight years. Earlier this year Cameron called for imprisoning gay people in a statement that also accused President Obama of being secretly gay himself.
JMG Quote Of The Day - Richard Socarides
"Last
night in Charlotte, the Democratic Party made history as the first
national party to offer a platform endorsing marriage equality for all
Americans. The move followed, of course, President Obama's personal
endorsement of same-sex marriage in May. Both were important moments
for me, here as a delegate for New York, and many others at the
convention who have fought for full equality for gays and lesbians over
many years. It was a completely different scene in Tampa last week."When Ann Romney spoke about her own 'real marriage' at the Republican National Convention, I wondered if this admittedly likable woman auditioning for a role as first lady would someday try to stand in the way of my marriage. I thought: can Mitt Romney stop gay marriage? Does he even want to? [snip]
"I asked Evan Wolfson, President of the group Freedom to Marry and the founder of the marriage equality movement nationally, whether he though Mitt Romney could stop marriage equality or if he thought Romney even cared. 'He has staked out a position, whether sincerely or otherwise, to the right of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush'” said Wolfson. 'We have no reason to think he's not serious.'
So while I welcome my pro-equality friends in the GOP to the cause—they see the future—I'm happier in Charlotte than I would have been in Tampa. And I hope that the country sticks with the president it's got." - Former Clinton White House advisor Richard Socarides, writing for the Daily Beast.
Read the full article.
Labels: Barack Obama, Charlotte, Democrats, DNC, LGBT History, LGBT rights, Mitt Romney, Quote Of The Day, Richard Socarides
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma September 5, 2012
Accessing Joy
Whether
we are paying careful attention to wholesome states when they arise,
reflecting on gratitude, or feeling the delight of living with integrity
(which the Buddha called 'the bliss of blamelessness'), we can access
joy by shifting the focus of our awareness to what uplifts the heart.
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- James Baraz, "Lighten Up!"
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Via America Blog Gay: Pro-Romney ad bashes gays
Well
that didn't take long.The man who claimed to be more pro-gay than even
Ted Kennedy, now has gay-bashing ads running that warn America that "gay
marriage" will be forced upon them over their morning coffee.The ads
were produced by a pro-Romney SuperPAC tied to fey religous right
leader...
Via Freedom to Marry / FB:
History has been made. Join us in thanking the Democratic Party for becoming the first major political party to include the freedom to marry in it's platform. http://bit.ly/Q30qDh
Via JMG: HomoQuotable - Andrew Tobias
"The
Democratic Party under the leadership of Barack Obama has dramatically
improved the lives of millions of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual
Americans and at no cost to anyone else. In college, I thought I was
the only guy in the world who liked other guys. Later I found there was
someone else like me, our 26-year-old resident tutor. He and I never
talked about it at the time. No one talked about being gay back then.
People killed themselves over being gay. Tragically, some kids still do."But, the progress we have made. Eight weeks ago, I attended that young tutor's wedding! To a guy! He and I never talked about it at the time. Love that had been unspeakable 46 years ago was celebrated by hundreds of people—straight and gay, surfers and senators. In a way, it was a wedding that married my two topics—money and equality—because that young tutor had grown up to become the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank.
"Vote for equality, my friends. Vote for prosperity. Vote for Barack Obama. Vote Democrat." - Openly gay Democratic National Committee Treasurer Andrew Tobias, raising the issue of LGBT rights tonight within 30 minutes of the opening of the convention. Yeah, there's no difference between the two parties.
Via Gay Politics Report:
- Democrats’ evolution on marriage to be finalized this week
- When
the Democratic Party approves a new platform document this week
embracing full marriage rights for same-sex couples, the vote will cap a
complete transition on the issue since former President Bill Clinton
signed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. Advocates say the platform
language is a "societal cue" to those struggling with their own views
about marriage equality. Some at last week’s Republican National
Convention tried to get their party to ease its official opposition to
partnership rights for same-sex couples, but they were not successful. San Francisco Chronicle
(9/2), The Boston Globe/The Associated Press (tiered subscription model)
(9/4)
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