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Nearing the Point of No Return

May 3, 2005

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The backlash against gay rights is in full steam, powered by the hysteria and homophobia of people in power at all levels of government.

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The Great State of Texas

May 3, 2005

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Texas is a strange place. It produces more executions (and more murders) than any other state. More of its citizens died from gunshots than highway accidents until, as Molly Ivins memorably recounts, the legislature decided to do something about that and raised the speed limits.
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Single Issue

May 3, 2005

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Now that Republicans are firmly in charge of both houses of Congress, they intend to enact laws further restricting a woman?s right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
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Word Column #3

May 3, 2005

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Recently, the publisher of the Word shared with me a “critique” of this paper, and my column, from a national gay paper. The writer had evidently come across a copy, and professed amazement upon learning that my “earnest” efforts were not in the…

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Word Column #4

May 3, 2005

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One of the things Executive Directors of ACLU affiliates do is make speeches. I probably make ten a month, of one sort or another. Last week, I spoke to a Republican women’s group, many members of which were old friends from my more active…
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