Gay Rights
The Bullies’ Pulpit
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights, Uncategorized on March 17th, 2012
A few statistics: 9 out of 10 LGBT students experience harassment at school, and LGBT teens are bullied 2 to 3 times as much as straight teens. More than 1/3 of LGBT kids have attempted suicide. LGBT kids are 4 times as likely to attempt suicide than are their straight peers. For every lesbian, gay, and [...]
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And the Beat-em-up Goes On….
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on March 12th, 2012
What is it with the homophobia? It’s one thing to believe–based upon a (highly selective) version of the bible–that gay people are immoral. You want to think that, fine. It’s a free country. As I used to say, if you don’t like gay folks, don’t invite any of them to dinner. Your loss. Of course, [...]
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Lock Up Your 12-Year-Olds!
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on February 24th, 2012
Sometimes, I’m so distracted by how batshit crazy the right-wingers have become that I forget how utterly despicable they can be. To appropriate an old Henny Youngman joke (google him), “Take Eric Miller. Please. Take him.” Miller–who makes a comfortable living pretending that bigotry is religion–has a new “Urgent Legislative Alert” that will be distributed [...]
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What Governor Christie Doesn’t Get
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on February 14th, 2012
Yesterday, the New Jersey Senate voted to recognize same-sex marriage. Indications are that the Assembly (the lower house) will do likewise. Meanwhile, an equal-protection lawsuit is working its way through the New Jersey courts; it would be mooted by this legislation. Governor Christie has vowed to veto the measure–no surprise. But his professed reason means [...]
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Another Year (Almost) Over
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on December 9th, 2011
The coming year is going to be ugly. The economy is still in the toilet, environmental degradation is edging dangerously close to the point of no return, our infrastructure is crumbling, and Republicans in Congress remain committed to one thing and one thing only—defeating Barack Obama—even if they have to take the country down to [...]
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