 | lorenzo, Gay and lesbian people want the freedom to marry for a mix of reasons similar to straight people. Gay people, like straight people, make a commitment to the person they love and care deeply about protecting their families. Marriage matters. That's why I founded Freedom to Marry seven years ago and why, today, I'm excited to announce the launch of Why Marriage Matters -- the largest national persuasion, education campaign in support of marriage for gay and lesbian couples. Over the next three years, Freedom to Marry has pledged to raise and spend $10 million to increase majority support. Why Marriage Matters will include a variety of mixed media content like TV, radio and internet campaigns, aimed at spurring conversations that change hearts and minds. Take a look at the Why Marriage Matters website and share it with friends and family: http://WhyMarriageMatters.org
Does .gay stand a chance?
When ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, came up with the .com its original purpose was for corporations. But new proposed ICANN rules could put future gTLD's, like .gay, into the trash bin.
| British health worker barred for mistreating gay patients
A British health worker has been found guilty of misconduct for mistreating patients he believed to be gay.
| First up for Indiana legislature: Ban gay marriage
Indiana Republicans hadn't warmed their new seats before a resolution was introduced to ban gay marriage in the state.
| Orthodox find home at gay Shabbaton
While much of the news about religious-based organization aims negatively at anything gay; it's refreshing to hear news of inclusive services. At the end of last month over 140 Orthodox Jews attended a weekend Shabbaton for gay and questioning Orthodox, the first ever of its kind.
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With Why Marriage Matters, we've "cracked the code" on how to move the next swath of Americans from undecided, or not quite there, to solid supporters for ending marriage discrimination. By engaging friends, families, and neighbors in personal conversations about why marriage matters, each of us can change the hearts and minds of people wrestling with uncertainty and a lack of information. This week, marriage advocacy groups have organized Freedom to Marry Week events to extend those conversations into local communities across the country through rallies, house parties, film screenings, and lobby days. You have an opportunity to be part of these conversations and help win the freedom to marry in more states, build the majority for marriage, and end federal marriage discrimination. Find a Freedom to Marry Week event near you and RSVP now: http://freedomtomarry.org/FindAnEvent
Fwd: The Queer Chronicle (TQC) - February 2011 issue now available o From: Aditya Bondyopadhyay
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- Re: Homosexuals Seek Greater Acceptance in India From: geldmann281@yahoo.com
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- Re: [gb] Wednesday's woe From: Sanjay Lulla
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- Re: GB Special Sunday Meet on Relationships on 6 February 2011 From: Deep
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- 'To be or not to be' From: Abe
Thanks for all you do,
Evan Wolfson
Founder and President, Freedom to Marry
With more than one million young people unemployed, what challenges are Britain's youth facing?
Does .gay stand a chance?
When ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, came up with the .com its original purpose was for corporations. But new proposed ICANN rules could put future gTLD's, like .gay, into the trash bin.
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| First up for Indiana legislature: Ban gay marriage
Indiana Republicans hadn't warmed their new seats before a resolution was introduced to ban gay marriage in the state. . Mitch Daniels
The current governor smoked pot in college and is cool with that being public knowledge. He was arrested for possession of marijuana while at Princeton in 1970 and spent two nights in jail. If that’s the worst skeleton in his closet, I’d say he’s good.
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Mitch Daniels: No, seriously, we need a “truce” on social issues
A follow-up to last week’s culture-war extravaganza, but with a twist. This time he’s emphasizing that it’s not just on social issues where he wants a truce. He wants one on every issue that’s unrelated to solving the fiscal crisis (and terrorism). Good enough?
Daniels called me to say that he’s dead serious about the need for the next president to declare a truce. “It wasn’t something I just blurted out,” he told me. “It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while.”
He’s emphasized the need to focus like a laser beam on the existential threats facing the country — the two big issues he’s previously identified being the war on terror and the country’s precarious fiscal position. “We’re going to need a lot more than 50.1 percent of the country to come together to keep from becoming Greece,” he said.
He did, however, want to clarify that he’s not just singling out controversial social issues. “I’m talking about all divisive issues,” he said. Clear and unified priorities are the only way he sees the country rallying around common purposes.
Still no word on what a “truce” will mean in practical terms but Mark Hemingway insists that MD will have something concrete in mind if/when he finally announces his candidacy. Question: Isn’t this really just a canny way for a dark horse to get some attention among a Republican field that’s dominated by big names like Palin and Romney? He probably figures, and rightly so, that he’ll be a niche figure next year unless he can somehow reshape the debate so that he’s in the middle of it. The “truce” idea does that for him, casting Daniels as the Great Centrist/Libertarian Hope against an array of opponents who, he hopes, will split “values voters” among themselves. How he plans to win with that strategy once the field starts to thin after the first few primaries, I don’t know; presumably he’ll become so reviled by social conservatives that they’ll unite behind whoever emerges from the Palin/Romney/Huckabee/Gingrich scrum. (Maybe he’s counting on big delegate gains in blue states like California?) But then, being a dark horse means not having to think too far ahead: The first, most important challenge is simply to get in the game, and this helps. The more Daniels can get his would-be opponents to take the bait — and mind you, Huckabee’s already fundraising off of this skirmish — the more “in the game” he is.
Speaking of Huck, he’s pushing a line that I expect Daniels himself will end up pushing when the time comes for him to throw social cons a bone: Namely, that you can’t have a sound public fisc without sound public morals. And yes, of course there’s a donation button at the link.
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