As expected, and via the live feed at The Uptake, this afternoon the Minnesota Senate (37-30) joined the House (75 to 59) in approving marriage equality. Governor Mark Dayton has said he’ll sign tomorrow. Minnesota thus becomes the 12th state, plus the District of Columbia, to provide marriage equality. Same-sex couples can begin marrying in [...]
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Queer Talk: Full Equality is the Goal
Marriage equality is the current enormous focus of the bigger goal of full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and via TPM, one response from Thursday’s pro-marriage equality vote in Minnesota reveals something about why the goal of equality is broader than marriage. After the bill passed, state Rep. Peggy Scott (R) said: [...]
Queer Talk: Minnesota One Step Closer to Marriage Equality
The Minnesota House just passed a bill which brings the state one step closer to marriage equality. Expectations are that the Senate will vote by Saturday, where passage is anticipated. Gov. Mark Dayton says he’ll sign it. If that happens, marriage equality will go into effect August 1. The vote was 75 to 59. One [...]
Queer Talk: More Steps Toward Marriage Equality in Minnesota
In Minnesota, two more steps toward marriage equality have been taken. Today, the Minnesota Senate Finance Committee voted to advance the legislation. That followed last night’s affirmative vote by the Minnesota House Ways & Means Committee. The votes, both by voice, mean that the Senate and House are ready for a floor vote. From Zack [...]
Why Obama Can Safely Support KXL: PEW Poll Shows Broad Public Support (VIDEO)
It would be more accurate to talk about why Obama, and Electeds at every level, can very frequently and very safely support Big Petroleum in general, but at this moment, the focus is largely on TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline. It will carry “tar sands” petroleum from Canada to the Texas Gulf coast. Yesterday PEW released a [...]
Another Tar Sands Spill
This time the spill was from the Exxon/Mobile Pegasus Pipeline, carrying heavy crude from the Canadian tar sands region. It occurred last Friday in Mayflower, Arkansas (about 20 miles north of Little Rock). On March 27, it was a train operated by Canadian Pacific Railway, which derailed near Parkers Prairie, Minnesota (about 150 miles northwest [...]
Queer Talk: Historic LGBT Wins
For now, these highlights, with one comment: these really do fit the “historic” language. Tammy Baldwin was elected to the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, the first openly lesbian or gay person to be so elected. Maryland passed Question Six and Maine Question One, both affirming marriage equality by popular vote, the first times states have [...]
David Axelrod Bets his Moustache on Obama Winning MN, PA, MI
@davidaxelrod “I’m so confident of that I’ve put my mustache on the line.” Talking about Romney SUPER Pac ads running in MI, MN of PA — Taylor Marsh (@taylormarsh) October 31, 2012 ON A CONFERENCE call this morning Team Obama pulled all the political quips and sports metaphors out of their Halloween grab bag, making [...]
Queer Talk: Obama Campaign Issues Statement Supporting Marriage Equality in State Ballot Measures
The announcement was quickly and widely spread. From Freedom To Marry: President Obama supports marriage, opposes discrimination in ballot campaigns In May, President Barack Obama made history by becoming the first sitting U.S. president ever to support the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. Today, a spokesperson for the Obama campaign issued a statement about [...]
Guns, ‘God’s Plan,’ and Leadership
“With that drum magazine, he could have gotten off 50, 60 rounds, even if it was semiautomatic, within one minute,” Chief Oates said. [New York Times] IN THE GAPING MAW of our leadership vacuum stands Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, whose resolve, vulnerability and humility inside the vortex of a man made hell revealed what [...]
Queer Talk: He was gay. He was a soldier. He was a son.
Joyce Arnold is a liberal Independent activist whose column “Queer Talk” appears regularly on Saturdays, and occasionally on other days of the week. On this past Saturday, CNN ran a story under the headline: “Soldier leaves legacy much larger than ‘he was gay.’” It was widely picked up by blogs and other media, and so [...]
Queer Talk: Don’t Say Gay, Do Say Discrimination
Joyce L. Arnold is a liberal Independent whose weekly column “Queer Talk” appears on Saturday. The current edition of a familiar story is playing out in Tennessee. But the Volunteer State is not alone. For example (and notably, not in “the South”), the Minnesota House and Senate have passed the referendum bill which will put [...]
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