Yearly Archives: 2007

Writing the Next Chapter

The wishful thinking from Victoria Cobb, Bob “Virginia’s chief homophobe” Marshall, et al, continues. One almost feels embarrassed for them. “This issue is dead in Virginia,” Cobb told the Richmond Post-Dispatch, speaking of civil unions. “People in Virginia stated very … Continue reading

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Tired of riding in the back of the bus

An excellent letter in response to this one, in which the apparently self-centered and uninformed author suggests that our community should willingly accept second-class citizenship so that people like him don’t have to question their comfy beliefs. Wtf? Thank you, … Continue reading

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Thanks for the clarification

One of our candidates for Supervisor may have said more than he intended in a supposedly offhand remark… From the online Leesburg Today: March 28, 2007 At first I was shocked; then angry; then, after meditating on the comment, I … Continue reading

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What a tangled web we weave

Hat tip to Mason Conservative both for this story, and a visceral example of the quandary that anti-equality folks find themselves in when they try to define marriage according to the gender of the participants. “I don’t even know what … Continue reading

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Welcoming the stranger

Acts 20:29-30 – “I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples … Continue reading

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More identity confusion?

Michelle Turner, vice president of Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, tells Metro Weekly that the revised sexuality curriculum being introduced in Montgomery County is “one-sided,” saying that “if there is information for people who ‘choose to be’ gay, there should … Continue reading

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Equality Ride at Baylor

Some observations following the Equality Riders as they make their way through Texas and Mississippi: A great idea from the town of Waco, home of Baylor University (and apparently also many large billboards erected by the “ex-gay” industry): A “Board … Continue reading

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