Category Archives: GLBT Activities & Organizations

$$$$: Focus on the Family v. Human Rights Campaign

There’s always something interesting to read at the Box Turtle Bulletin. In this latest article they examine the financing of HRC’s gay agenda and compare it to the financing of Focus on the Family’s social conservative agenda. Very interesting.
FotF has three times the funds of HRC! It just goes to show that most of the […]

The Radical Strain Among Gay Activists

Here’s an excellent post from Average Gay Joe (as well as Gay Patriot):
http://averagegayjoe.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
He’s really captured the way I’ve felt for a while about a lot of gay activism.

When I was first discharged from the Army, I felt a little lost and had to get back on track. I made a donation to the Human Rights […]

Some Thoughts on the 60 Minutes Interview

I didn’t get to watch the 60 Minutes segment on Don’t ask, Don’t tell, yesterday. So I DVR’ed it and watched it a little bit ago. Here are some of my thoughts…….
1.) It’s great to have another story about Don’t ask, Don’t tell. It’s great to hear how the policy is a.) ineffective at keeping […]

Line in the Sand.

As someone standing on the so-called ‘fringe’ of political thought, I have noticed a few striking things.

1) There are many people who fight for “Freedom.”
2) Most of these people have their ‘pet issues.’ (ie- Mine are generally ‘Second Amendment’(pro) and ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ (anti). )
3) All of these people claim to believe in truth, […]

CBS Newsmagazine 60 Minutes to Feature

NOTE: This is a repost of an announcement from Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

Washington, DC -  This Sunday’s edition of the award-winning CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes will include a story by correspondent Lesley Stahl about reports from Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) of a growing number of openly lesbian and gay troops in the United States […]