Tag Archives: Public opinion

Virginia is for denial

Posted on September 4, 2008 by David

When you’re in the mood for some bizarre anti-gay behavior to marvel at, the Virginia fringe never disappoints. According to AJ Kiefer, advertising director for the Minneapolis/St.Paul magazine The Rake, the Bill Bolling campaign cancelled its order of a guide … Continue reading →

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How many ways are there to say we’re winning?

Posted on November 26, 2007 by David

I don’t know why, but this just made me chuckle. Blogger Phil Chroniger is posting a series of presidential candidate analyses in which he discusses the appeal of each candidate to both their own and the other party. In his … Continue reading →

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Sky not falling; tape at 11

Posted on July 6, 2007 by David

Ah, nostalgia. This post, from immediately after last year’s passage of the Virginia so-called “marriage amendment,” generated the following comment from occasional reader Sophrosyne (she of the relentless posting of gauzy heterosexual wedding photos): If the tide was turning your … Continue reading →

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Thanks for everything

Posted on May 19, 2007 by David

This is the best take on Falwell’s legacy I’ve seen yet. In his way, he helped create the conditions for our community to make the advances toward equality that are accelerating so rapidly today. The vicious things Falwell said about … Continue reading →

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Writing the Next Chapter

Posted on April 9, 2007 by David

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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Mr. Marshall and the Gay Agenda

Posted on October 31, 2006 by David

Thank you, Mr. Marshall, for openly admitting that your amendment is not really about marriage, but in fact is intended to discourage GLBT people from living lives of honesty and integrity. It’s actually very clever. It also ultimately will fail. … Continue reading →

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New Polling results on Marshall-Newman Amendment

Posted on July 27, 2006 by David

Breaking news from the Commonwealth Coalition… This does not mean defeating the amendment will be a cakewalk, folks. What it does mean is that if we educate the voters and get them to read the whole thing, we can win. … Continue reading →

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