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By Mystro, on April 26, 2013, at 8:01 am The last week or so my view of humanity world over has been severely soured. I’ve often expressed an attitude that Alberta is the ‘Texas of Canada’ when it comes to issues of equality and progressive society. Hidden in that stance is the inference that other places aren’t as backward, that in other civilized areas these issues are all but resolved. This inference, it turns out, is ill-founded. Hillbilly homophobia is running rampant even in “high culture” nations.
The French government in pushing through a bill that will legalize same sex marriage and allow same sex couples to adopt. It (Read more…)
By Song of the Watermelon, on December 15, 2012, at 1:23 pm
Assuming that the world survives this coming December 21, the United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases in June which could result in the nation-wide legalization of gay marriage.
I cannot forecast with certainty how the court will decide, but supposing for a moment that it rules in favour of marriage equality, the short-term results are easy to predict: conservative commentators across the country will complain of judicial activism, despite having in many cases urged precisely such an overreach one short year before when Obamacare hung in the balance. Right on cue, public support for same-sex
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By gay person of character, on November 14, 2012, at 11:46 am
I find it sad that the above video relies on ridiculous stereotypes to promote gay rights and marriage equality in the United States (where same-sex nuptials are now a legal reality in nine states and the District of Columbia). Even sadder perhaps is that the video has gone viral thus perpetuating at an accelerated rate a monolithic image of gay men as effeminate, musical-loving, ultimatum-slinging, gym bunnies, among other cringe-worthy clichés. And all this in addition to the one-dimensional portrayal of girlfriends as actually wanting to be with the aforementioned type of man. Created by the folks at College Humor
By Shawn Whitney, on November 8, 2012, at 11:42 am I was in a bar/restaurant near my house on election night, trying to get some work done and watching the results come in. At first it seemed like a nail-biter (though I was convinced that it would be a fairly easy sweep for Obama) and people were texting and Facebooking their fear that Romney the snake might win. Of course, he didn’t.
I must say that there was a palpable sense of relief.
By Joseph Uranowski, on November 6, 2012, at 9:10 am Tonight President Barack Obama will be re-elected, Democrats will keep the Senate and for no apparent reason the Republicans will keep the House of Representatives for another 2 years. More awesomely, Wisconsin is going to elect America’s first openly gay … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: The Equivocator: 10 Ballot measures to Watch in Tonight’s U.S. election
By Mark, on November 4, 2012, at 10:36 am If you speak French, you’re in for a real treat from this group of protestors in France. And if you don’t, I think you’ll find that the clip transcends language into something that is universally mockable.
By gay person of character, on October 16, 2012, at 12:00 pm All kinds of awesomeness from Macklemore, a.k.a. Ben Haggerty.
By Mark, on September 24, 2012, at 6:00 am
I’ve always thought that Canada and Australia are similar in a lot of ways. It’s kind of like a parallel Canada with a warmer climate, more poisonous animals, and a superior electoral system. And now, like Canada once did, it’s going through some setbacks in its transition on the path to equal marriage rights.
Australia’s parliament voted down an equal marriage bill last week in a vote of 98 to 42. It’s a big disappointment for a lot of same-sex couples who will now have to wait before getting the same civil benefits that opposite-sex couples have.
Canada had some
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By Song of the Watermelon, on August 3, 2012, at 8:41 pm
In honour of Pride Week here in Vancouver, I can think of no better time to wade into the growing Chick-fil-A row currently ruffling the feathers of our southern neighbours.
For those who don’t follow American news (it’s not like we’re a different country or anything), Chick-fil-A is a US-based fast-food chain whose President, Dan Cathy, is known for supporting anti-gay Christian groups. The controversy boiled over in recent weeks with a couple of high-profile interviews in which Cathy expressed his opposition to gay marriage: “We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the
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By Mark, on July 9, 2012, at 6:00 am
An anti-gay group calling themselves New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms filed a lawsuit late last year to reverse the state’s equal marriage law. Like most attempts to get same-sex marriage overturned, they gave themselves a delightfully ironic name; unlike other groups, however, they didn’t seem to rely on the usual arguments about how families would be instantly vaporized or how children would now be used for cattle feed, etc. Instead they suggested that same-sex marriage is invalid in New York because two meetings of the Republican Senate’s majority should have been held in public instead of privately leading up to
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By Obert Madondo, on July 2, 2012, at 8:14 pm A couple of years ago, a friend swore to me that the CNN’s Anderson Cooper was gay. And that it was a matter of time before he came out. I argued that Cooper would be gay only after he’d publicly confirmed that he was gay. The essence of the conversation is that my friend I wanted the TV host and reporter to say it. It bothered us that his journalism revealed very little about his personal life. But now that he’s come out, it should matter to us all.
The world is still so full of prejudice that even a high profile
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By bigcitylib, on May 12, 2012, at 1:15 pm Or has he been diagnosed with a deadly Cancer and is trying to get right with Jesus? (or whoever Jewish folk try to get right with when they realize their time is nigh ). Seriously, the guy could almost be described as “compassionate” these days. Not at all like the heartless prick I used to know. Something has changed.
Mind you, his mom’s still a bitch. Which is a good thing, IMHO. You can’t have ‘t have everything changing all at once. That would lead to anarchy.
By Song of the Watermelon, on May 10, 2012, at 6:44 pm
First thing’s first. Barack Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage yesterday should be celebrated. On the heels of similar pronouncements by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, this marks the first time that a sitting US President has taken such a bold stance in favour of marriage equality.
However, just as light can be considered both a wave and a particle in quantum mechanics, every announcement by an elected official exhibits a similar duality. Was Obama’s decision motivated by principle or by politics?
I believe there were elements of both. On the surface, a stronger case can
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By Scott Tribe, on May 10, 2012, at 7:07 am You might have heard that President Obama came out publicly and announced his support for same-sex marriage:
“It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.”
As expected, that set off a right-wing talk-radio torrent. The funniest rebuttal to that so far is this:
To my American friends, I say same-sex marriage has been legal in Canada for several years now. There has been no moral or social collapse because of it. I also ask what’s worse for the destruction of the “traditional” family – allowing same
By Mark, on May 9, 2012, at 11:58 am North Carolina conducted a statewide study yesterday to resolve the question once and for all: Are most North Carolinians narrow-minded bigots? The answer, of course, was yes.
By gay person of character, on April 3, 2012, at 9:15 am Source: http://www.facebook.com/stonewalluk
Well this is neat. Throughout April, 1,000 buses in London, England, are carrying ads from the British charity, Stonewall, to promote marriage equality. Bearing the tagline, “Some People Are Gay. Get Over It!” the ads link to Stonewall’s equal marriage campaign website, which includes details of the charity’s response to the British government’s consultation on the issue and explains how people in support of marriage equality can have their voices heard.
By Mark, on April 2, 2012, at 6:00 am
The United States’ Department of Homeland Security has proposed finally lifting restrictions requiring same-sex couples to fill out separate customs declarations.
Currently, heterosexual families are allowed to fill out one customs declaration per household, while same-sex couples are treated as if they were strangers that happen to be on the same flight. This discrepancy is a direct result of the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act, which forbids any federal recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Treating same-sex families as, well, families is estimated to save two million dollars as the procedure is streamlined.
There’s no word yet on whether this new
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By Mark, on March 27, 2012, at 10:41 am Ice cream maker Ben and Jerry’s has renamed a flavour of their signature frozen treat from Oh! My! Apple Pie! to Apple-y Ever After last week as a way of showing their support for same-sex marriage in the UK. Opponents of equality are now reportedly lobbying for their own flavour introduction: Living in Sinnamon.
By gay person of character, on March 19, 2012, at 1:28 pm This is one of those feel great moments (via Jezebel), not only for the lesbian couple in the video, but also for all who believe in equality in professional sports. Hats off to the folks with the Ottawa Senators organization who helped to make this happen during Saturday night’s game between the Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs!
By Mark, on March 15, 2012, at 9:46 am An anti-gay lobby group called Scotland for Marriage is publishing the results of an in-house poll which claims that a majority of Scotspersons opposes equal marriage rights, a deviation from what reputable polling companies suggest. Perhaps this difference can be explained by the wording of the question, which asks if you agree with the following statement: “Since gay and lesbian couples already have the same rights as married couples available to them under civil partnership, they should not be allowed to redefine marriage for everyone else.” Uhh…
By Mark, on March 7, 2012, at 11:01 pm Slate investigates the claims that same-sex marriage will have all sorts of negative effects on society, finding that facts simply don’t support this claim. Then, again, facts aren’t exactly an occupation if the anti-gay lobby.
By Mark, on March 6, 2012, at 3:38 pm Even in jurisdictions where same-sex marriage is legal, gay couples in the United States are paying a lot more in taxes because the federal marriage benefits available for straight couples aren’t available to gay ones. I guess that’s one strategy for paying down the debt—tax the gays instead of the 1%!
By Jay Cables, on March 6, 2012, at 12:50 pm The leading Roman Catholic cleric in the UK, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, made the rather bizarre statement recently that acceptance of same-sex marriage would be like legalizing slavery.
The Cardinal has been railing against what he rather derisively refers to as “progress” in British society. He clearly doesn’t mind being in a minority position. Even high-profile conservatives differ with him on the marriage issue. Not long ago British PM, David Cameron, told his party that he supported same-sex marriage because “I am a conservative.”
No matter what your views of same-sex marriage happen to be, most reasonable people would
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By Jay Cables, on March 6, 2012, at 12:40 pm
By Mark, on February 24, 2012, at 2:48 pm You’re on a roll, United States! The Maryland senate passed, yesterday afternoon, a bill granting equal marriage rights to all state residents. The governor said she will sign it into law as soon as it reaches her desk. For celebratory measure, she’ll also change the state name to Marryland, why not?
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