Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Via JMG: From Queer Nation
Activists are continuing to hijack the social media campaigns of major
Sochi Olympics marketing partners. #CheersToSochi is the hashtag.
Reposted fom Joe Jervis
Labels: activism, advertising, LGBT rights, Procter And Gamble, Queer Nation, Russia, Sochi Olympics, Vladimir Putin
Wedding fever at the Grammys: Couples say ‘I do’ to song ‘Same Love’
Wedding fever at the Grammys: Couples say ‘I do’ to song ‘Same Love’
LOS ANGELES — Couples exchanged rings in the aisle at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis performed their gay rights anthem “Same Love.”Watch: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/01/wedding-fever-at-the-grammys-couples-say-i-do-to-song-same-love/
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma
Tricycle Daily Dharma January 27, 2014
Reality Itself
Not limited /
By language,
/ It is ceaselessly expressed;
/ So, too, the way of letters /
Can display but not exhaust it.
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- Zen Master Dogen, "Non-lying"
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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Via JMG: Marriage Equality Lawsuits Map
JMG reader Jeff took a stab at creating a map that includes the states
with active marriage equality lawsuits. Embiggen the image or see it at his site.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
British Headline Of The Day
When Margaret Thatcher died last year, a social media campaign succeeded in pushing Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead to #2 on the British single charts. This week there's a similar campaign after a now-suspended member of Britain's far-right UKIP party declared that God was sending floods because of gay marriage.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
According to the Facebook group, online oddsmakers are giving It's Raining Men a 5/1 shot at being number one in Britain next week. Former Weather Girls vocalist Martha Wash finds the flap rather amusing. From an email passed along by JMG reader Wayne:
A Facebook campaign has been launched to get 80s classic ‘It’s Raining Men’ to number one in the UK charts after a UKIP councillor claimed the recent floods were a result of legalising same-sex marriage. Thousands of people have joined the social media campaign following UKIP party member David Silvester’s controversial remarks. "We believe that that show of strength to get a song to Number 1 will create a huge spotlight on our campaign for equality as a whole," explains the Facebook group. For decades now, this song has been used as a gay anthem, we thought it fitted all the better based on UKIP’s comments regarding storms and floods being caused by LGBT people and gay marriage. Let’s get It’s Raining Men to Number 1 to show the power and community of gay people pulling together is stronger than his idiotic views of us, as well as also celebrating the new laws being passed on equal marriage in the UK very soon."
First of all I don't know anything about David Silvester, but I did read the article about him and his comments and concluded that as a straight woman who supports the LGBT community, he is totally Daft (as the British would say). While he is entitled to his opinion, I feel he is out of touch with reality. To say that "storms and floods were caused by LGBT people and gay marriage".....Really? He sounds like someone living in the 80's when it was said HIV/Aids was caused by "gay people". I think some people need to buy a clue and realize that everything wrong or bad or catastrophic is not caused by gay people. I support same-sex unions or marriages (depending on where you live) and feel it should be equality for ALL!!! BTW I'm a Christian also and the God I serve is ALL LOVE for ALL People. HE knows who he created. In regards to using It's Raining Men to support this campaign, I have no problem with it. I'm flattered that after all these years, the song is still relevant (even if it is for "storms and floods")!! Lol XO Martha Wash
Labels: Britain, crackpots, dance music, marriage equality, Martha Wash, pop music, religion, UKIP
#CheersToSochi Coca-Cola ad for #LGBT Russians
HRC Head Chad Griffin On Nigeria Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin joined HuffPost Live today to talk about the situation in Nigeria and Goldie Hawn, who yesterday issued a mortified apology after posting a photo of Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan with the caption, "Met the wonderful president of Nigeria." In the clip below, Griffin blasts NOM's Brian Brown and other American Christians for exporting their hate around the world.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Via JMG: VIRGINIA: Olson & Boies Tell Court To Immediately Rule In Favor Of Marriage
The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), the sole sponsor of Bostic v. Rainey, the federal constitutional challenge to Virginia’s discriminatory Marriage Amendment, issued the following statement regarding U.S. District Court Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen’s order seeking Status Reports from all parties in the case regarding whether oral argument on the issues presented is warranted or whether the Court should rule promptly on the briefs without a hearing: “Every day these discriminatory laws remain in effect is another day gay and lesbian Virginians and their families are harmed and treated as second-class citizens,” said AFER Executive Director Adam Umhoefer. “We urge Judge Allen to proceed immediately to judgment and find Virginia’s laws banning marriage for gay and lesbian couples unconstitutional." The Judge’s order was issued following the compelling Notice from the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia that the Attorney General concluded that Virginia's laws denying the right to marry to same-sex couples violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. If a hearing is deemed necessary, oral argument will be heard at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at 9 a.m. ET on Thursday, January 30, 2014.Bolding is mine. Zoom, zoom, zoom?
Labels: AFER, David Boies, lawsuits, LGBT rights, Mark Herring, marriage equality, Ted Olson, Virginia
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Tricycle Daily Dharma January 26, 2014
The Three Marks
Rather
than seeking a sense of peaceful satisfaction with the unfolding of
experience, the goal of [preliminary] practice is to produce a state of
mind that is highly judgmental, indeed judging this world to be like a
prison. This sense of dissatisfaction is regarded as an essential
prerequisite for progress on the Buddhist path. Far from seeking to
become somehow 'nonjudgmental,' the meditator is instructed to judge all
the objects of ordinary experience as scarred by three marks:
impermanence, suffering, and no self.
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- Donald S. Lopez, "The Scientific Buddha"
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
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Tricycle Daily Dharma January 25, 2014
Life is Precious
Life is precious, for it is only life—particularly the condition of human life—in which one can attain enlightenment.
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- Allan Hunt Badiner, “Is the Buddha Winking at Extinction?”
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Friday, January 24, 2014
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Tricycle Daily Dharma January 24, 2014
The Price of Dignity
Poverty
still persists today because we have lost the moral perspective as the
polestar of public policy. Instead we follow the law of the jungle,
content to abandon the poor to their own devices, demanding that they
marshal resources they simply do not possess. And the reason we have
moved in this direction, drifting away from the high ideals of the Great
Society era, is because the vision and values of corporate capitalism
have gained ascendency over those of human solidarity and mutual
responsibility. To eliminate poverty, this trend must be reversed. The
individualistic vision must give way to one that stresses our essential
unity; competition must be balanced by mutual assistance and respect.
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- Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, "The Price of Dignity"
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Via JMG: NIGERIA: Catholic Cardinal Promoted By Pope Francis Praises Anti-Gay Laws
Labels: Africa, Catholic Church, Christian Love, gay death penalty, homosexuality, LGBT rights, Nigeria, Pope Francis, religion
Via JMG: Stoli Donates $300K To LA LGBT Center
Via PinkNews.UK: US: Two key Oregon same-sex marriage lawsuits consolidated by judge
In a move which could potentially open the door to more quickly removing a ban on same-sex marriage, a federal judge consolidated two lawsuits seeking just that.
A lawsuit filed in October 2013 on behalf of two women in a 30+ year relationship, and a December lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of one lesbian and one gay couples were merged.
Oral arguments were set for the now consolidated cases for 23 April this year by Judge Michael McShane.
An attorney for the October lawsuit opposed the combining of the two, expressing concern that it might delay the decision, however the lawyers from the December lawsuit supported the decision.
A 2004 constitutional amendment approved by 57% of voters to 43%, defined marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman.
Campaigners have just announced a petition which has over 127,000 signatures towards putting a question on the ballot to reverse the amendment.
Gay rights advocates commended the two possible channels towards achieving equal marriage, hoping for the quickest possible outcome.
The question would go on a November ballot for voters.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/01/23/us-two-key-oregon-same-sex-marriage-lawsuits-consolidated-by-judge/
Via GayStarNews: Historic ruling: Judge orders anti-gay Scott Lively to stand trial for crimes against humanity
Extremist
anti-gay US pastor is accused of engineering the Uganda 'Kill The Gays'
bill, saying LGBT people are the 'new Nazis' and recommending Russia's
'gay propaganda' laws
For the first time, a federal US judge has ruled a persecution of LGBT people is a crime against humanity.
This sets a precedent ensuring the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law.
It comes as a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization filed a lawsuit against prominent US anti-gay extremist Scott Lively.
Accused of helping to play a part in the persecution, arrest and murder of gay people in Uganda, Lively’s lawyers requested to dismiss the lawsuit.
Michael Ponsor, the US District Judge in Springfield, Massachusetts, said: ‘Widespread, systematic persecution of LGBTI people constitutes a crime against humanity that unquestionably violates international norms.’
‘The history and current existence of discrimination against LGBTI people is precisely what qualifies them as a distinct targeted group eligible for protection under international law.
‘The fact that a group continues to be vulnerable to widespread, systematic persecution in some parts of the world simply cannot shield one who commits a crime against humanity from liability.’
The lawsuit states Lively collaborated with key Ugandan government officials and religious leaders that allegedly resulted in the introduction of the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill.
The founder of Abiding Truth Ministries, Lively has made a career of stirring up anti-gay feelings in the USA and across the world.
He co-authored The Pink Swastika, which suggests ‘homosexuals were the truth inventors of Nazism and the guiding force behind many Nazi atrocities’ and the rainbow flag is a symbol of the ‘end times’.
In 2007, Lively also toured 50 cities in Russia where he is accused of recommending a ban on 'gay propaganda'.
Frank Mugisha, director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, said: ‘Today’s ruling is a significant victory for human rights everywhere but most especially for LGBTI Ugandans who are seeking accountability from those orchestrating our persecution.’
While the court battle is certainly not over, it will allow the Ugandan group to seek justice for what they believe Lively has done.
US law allows foreign citizens to sue for violations of international law in US federal courts under the Alien Tort Statute.
This sets a precedent ensuring the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law.
It comes as a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization filed a lawsuit against prominent US anti-gay extremist Scott Lively.
Accused of helping to play a part in the persecution, arrest and murder of gay people in Uganda, Lively’s lawyers requested to dismiss the lawsuit.
Michael Ponsor, the US District Judge in Springfield, Massachusetts, said: ‘Widespread, systematic persecution of LGBTI people constitutes a crime against humanity that unquestionably violates international norms.’
‘The history and current existence of discrimination against LGBTI people is precisely what qualifies them as a distinct targeted group eligible for protection under international law.
‘The fact that a group continues to be vulnerable to widespread, systematic persecution in some parts of the world simply cannot shield one who commits a crime against humanity from liability.’
The lawsuit states Lively collaborated with key Ugandan government officials and religious leaders that allegedly resulted in the introduction of the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill.
The founder of Abiding Truth Ministries, Lively has made a career of stirring up anti-gay feelings in the USA and across the world.
He co-authored The Pink Swastika, which suggests ‘homosexuals were the truth inventors of Nazism and the guiding force behind many Nazi atrocities’ and the rainbow flag is a symbol of the ‘end times’.
In 2007, Lively also toured 50 cities in Russia where he is accused of recommending a ban on 'gay propaganda'.
Frank Mugisha, director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, said: ‘Today’s ruling is a significant victory for human rights everywhere but most especially for LGBTI Ugandans who are seeking accountability from those orchestrating our persecution.’
While the court battle is certainly not over, it will allow the Ugandan group to seek justice for what they believe Lively has done.
US law allows foreign citizens to sue for violations of international law in US federal courts under the Alien Tort Statute.
Extremist
anti-gay US pastor is accused of engineering the Uganda 'Kill The Gays'
bill, saying LGBT people are the 'new Nazis' and recommending Russia's
'gay propaganda' laws
For the first time, a federal US judge has ruled a persecution of LGBT people is a crime against humanity.
This sets a precedent ensuring the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law.
It comes as a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization filed a lawsuit against prominent US anti-gay extremist Scott Lively.
Accused of helping to play a part in the persecution, arrest and murder of gay people in Uganda, Lively’s lawyers requested to dismiss the lawsuit.
Michael Ponsor, the US District Judge in Springfield, Massachusetts, said: ‘Widespread, systematic persecution of LGBTI people constitutes a crime against humanity that unquestionably violates international norms.’
‘The history and current existence of discrimination against LGBTI people is precisely what qualifies them as a distinct targeted group eligible for protection under international law.
‘The fact that a group continues to be vulnerable to widespread, systematic persecution in some parts of the world simply cannot shield one who commits a crime against humanity from liability.’
The lawsuit states Lively collaborated with key Ugandan government officials and religious leaders that allegedly resulted in the introduction of the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill.
The founder of Abiding Truth Ministries, Lively has made a career of stirring up anti-gay feelings in the USA and across the world.
He co-authored The Pink Swastika, which suggests ‘homosexuals were the truth inventors of Nazism and the guiding force behind many Nazi atrocities’ and the rainbow flag is a symbol of the ‘end times’.
In 2007, Lively also toured 50 cities in Russia where he is accused of recommending a ban on 'gay propaganda'.
Frank Mugisha, director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, said: ‘Today’s ruling is a significant victory for human rights everywhere but most especially for LGBTI Ugandans who are seeking accountability from those orchestrating our persecution.’
While the court battle is certainly not over, it will allow the Ugandan group to seek justice for what they believe Lively has done.
US law allows foreign citizens to sue for violations of international law in US federal courts under the Alien Tort Statute.
This sets a precedent ensuring the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law.
It comes as a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization filed a lawsuit against prominent US anti-gay extremist Scott Lively.
Accused of helping to play a part in the persecution, arrest and murder of gay people in Uganda, Lively’s lawyers requested to dismiss the lawsuit.
Michael Ponsor, the US District Judge in Springfield, Massachusetts, said: ‘Widespread, systematic persecution of LGBTI people constitutes a crime against humanity that unquestionably violates international norms.’
‘The history and current existence of discrimination against LGBTI people is precisely what qualifies them as a distinct targeted group eligible for protection under international law.
‘The fact that a group continues to be vulnerable to widespread, systematic persecution in some parts of the world simply cannot shield one who commits a crime against humanity from liability.’
The lawsuit states Lively collaborated with key Ugandan government officials and religious leaders that allegedly resulted in the introduction of the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill.
The founder of Abiding Truth Ministries, Lively has made a career of stirring up anti-gay feelings in the USA and across the world.
He co-authored The Pink Swastika, which suggests ‘homosexuals were the truth inventors of Nazism and the guiding force behind many Nazi atrocities’ and the rainbow flag is a symbol of the ‘end times’.
In 2007, Lively also toured 50 cities in Russia where he is accused of recommending a ban on 'gay propaganda'.
Frank Mugisha, director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, said: ‘Today’s ruling is a significant victory for human rights everywhere but most especially for LGBTI Ugandans who are seeking accountability from those orchestrating our persecution.’
While the court battle is certainly not over, it will allow the Ugandan group to seek justice for what they believe Lively has done.
US law allows foreign citizens to sue for violations of international law in US federal courts under the Alien Tort Statute.
Extremist
anti-gay US pastor is accused of engineering the Uganda 'Kill The Gays'
bill, saying LGBT people are the 'new Nazis' and recommending Russia's
'gay propaganda' laws
For the first time, a federal US judge has ruled a persecution of LGBT people is a crime against humanity.
This sets a precedent ensuring the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law.
It comes as a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization filed a lawsuit against prominent US anti-gay extremist Scott Lively.
Accused of helping to play a part in the persecution, arrest and murder of gay people in Uganda, Lively’s lawyers requested to dismiss the lawsuit.
Michael Ponsor, the US District Judge in Springfield, Massachusetts, said: ‘Widespread, systematic persecution of LGBTI people constitutes a crime against humanity that unquestionably violates international norms.’
‘The history and current existence of discrimination against LGBTI people is precisely what qualifies them as a distinct targeted group eligible for protection under international law.
‘The fact that a group continues to be vulnerable to widespread, systematic persecution in some parts of the world simply cannot shield one who commits a crime against humanity from liability.’
The lawsuit states Lively collaborated with key Ugandan government officials and religious leaders that allegedly resulted in the introduction of the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill.
The founder of Abiding Truth Ministries, Lively has made a career of stirring up anti-gay feelings in the USA and across the world.
He co-authored The Pink Swastika, which suggests ‘homosexuals were the truth inventors of Nazism and the guiding force behind many Nazi atrocities’ and the rainbow flag is a symbol of the ‘end times’.
In 2007, Lively also toured 50 cities in Russia where he is accused of recommending a ban on 'gay propaganda'.
Frank Mugisha, director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, said: ‘Today’s ruling is a significant victory for human rights everywhere but most especially for LGBTI Ugandans who are seeking accountability from those orchestrating our persecution.’
While the court battle is certainly not over, it will allow the Ugandan group to seek justice for what they believe Lively has done.
US law allows foreign citizens to sue for violations of international law in US federal courts under the Alien Tort Statute.
This sets a precedent ensuring the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law.
It comes as a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization filed a lawsuit against prominent US anti-gay extremist Scott Lively.
Accused of helping to play a part in the persecution, arrest and murder of gay people in Uganda, Lively’s lawyers requested to dismiss the lawsuit.
Michael Ponsor, the US District Judge in Springfield, Massachusetts, said: ‘Widespread, systematic persecution of LGBTI people constitutes a crime against humanity that unquestionably violates international norms.’
‘The history and current existence of discrimination against LGBTI people is precisely what qualifies them as a distinct targeted group eligible for protection under international law.
‘The fact that a group continues to be vulnerable to widespread, systematic persecution in some parts of the world simply cannot shield one who commits a crime against humanity from liability.’
The lawsuit states Lively collaborated with key Ugandan government officials and religious leaders that allegedly resulted in the introduction of the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill.
The founder of Abiding Truth Ministries, Lively has made a career of stirring up anti-gay feelings in the USA and across the world.
He co-authored The Pink Swastika, which suggests ‘homosexuals were the truth inventors of Nazism and the guiding force behind many Nazi atrocities’ and the rainbow flag is a symbol of the ‘end times’.
In 2007, Lively also toured 50 cities in Russia where he is accused of recommending a ban on 'gay propaganda'.
Frank Mugisha, director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, said: ‘Today’s ruling is a significant victory for human rights everywhere but most especially for LGBTI Ugandans who are seeking accountability from those orchestrating our persecution.’
While the court battle is certainly not over, it will allow the Ugandan group to seek justice for what they believe Lively has done.
US law allows foreign citizens to sue for violations of international law in US federal courts under the Alien Tort Statute.
Extremist anti-gay US pastor is accused of engineering the Uganda 'Kill
The Gays' bill, saying LGBT people are the 'new Nazis' and recommending
Russia's 'gay propaganda' laws
15 August
2013 | By Joe Morgan
For the first time, a federal US judge has ruled a persecution of LGBT
people is a crime against humanity.
This sets a precedent ensuring the fundamental human rights of LGBTI
people are protected under international law.
It comes as a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization filed a lawsuit
against prominent US anti-gay extremist Scott Lively.
Accused of helping to play a part in the persecution, arrest and murder
of gay people in Uganda, Lively’s lawyers requested to dismiss the lawsuit.
Michael Ponsor, the US District Judge in Springfield, Massachusetts,
said: ‘Widespread, systematic persecution of LGBTI people constitutes a crime
against humanity that unquestionably violates international norms.’
Make the jump here to read the full article at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/historic-ruling-judge-orders-anti-gay-scott-lively-stand-trial-crimes-against-humanity150813#sthash.gokU4BqR.dpuf
Extremist
anti-gay US pastor is accused of engineering the Uganda 'Kill The Gays'
bill, saying LGBT people are the 'new Nazis' and recommending Russia's
'gay propaganda' laws - See more at:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/historic-ruling-judge-orders-anti-gay-scott-lively-stand-trial-crimes-against-humanity150813#sthash.96KeOT8J.dpuf
Extremist
anti-gay US pastor is accused of engineering the Uganda 'Kill The Gays'
bill, saying LGBT people are the 'new Nazis' and recommending Russia's
'gay propaganda' laws - See more at:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/historic-ruling-judge-orders-anti-gay-scott-lively-stand-trial-crimes-against-humanity150813#sthash.96KeOT8J.dpuf
Historic
ruling: Judge orders anti-gay Scott Lively to stand trial for crimes
against humanity - See more at:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/historic-ruling-judge-orders-anti-gay-scott-lively-stand-trial-crimes-against-humanity150813#sthash.96KeOT8J.dpuf
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