The Church of Sweden - a sister church to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - has elected Eva Brunne, 55 (pictured at left), as the world's first openly lesbian bishop this past week thereby demonstrating that some within the Lutheran Church have embraced modern knowledge on sexual orientation and grasp that LGBT individuals are fully human and entitled to full membership in the Church. Here are some highlights from Metro.US:*Yesterday was a historic one for the church: Eva Brunne, 5... Read Full Story
I for one hope that former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean's 15 seconds of fame are over now that her xxx-rated sex tape escapades are known to the knuckle draggers of the Christian Right. I do have to wonder, however, why it took the homophobes so long to figure out that they were being played by Ms. Fake Boobs. Not surprisingly, the New Jersey Family Policy Council never responded to my e-mail asking for a comment on Ms. Prejean's now aborted appearance. Here are some highlights from the... Read Full Story
Yet again a reminder has popped up that not all Christian clergy and religious leaders of other faiths are the enemies of LGBT equality and marriage equality. This time, the reminder stems from a statement sent to the New York State Senate urging the passage of the pending marriage bill that would give full marriage rights to same sex couples in New York State. The list of supporters was released by Empire State Pride Agenda and includes religious leaders from all over New York State, includi... Read Full Story
I - and many others in the LGBT blogger world - have been advocating for some time that members of the LGBT community stop slavishly aiding and abetting President Obama and Congressional Democrats by making money donations even as the LGBT community is being thrown once again under the bus by these people. Now, John Aravois and Joe Sudbay at AmericaBlog (with others named below) have called for a boycott of LGBT donations to the Democratic party over the failures of the Obama administration a... Read Full Story
As the recent lost on marriage equality in Maine demonstrates, the GLBT community will never achieve full equality under the civil laws without the help of our "straight allies" who may in some cases be better able to open hearts and minds in the larger society than we in the GLBT community. This past weekend's Legends Gala honored Cindy Cutler (pictured at left), one such straight ally, who has worked tirelessly in this part of Virginia for the equality of all citizens and has shown no fear ... Read Full Story
While many pundits and GOP talking heads are crowing that the GOP win in Virginia somehow represents a commentary on the Obama administration, Governor elect Bob McDonnell (at left) himself attributes his win to Virginia issues, not those on the national scene. Yes, Obama's failure to deliver on campaign promises suppressed Democrat enthusiasm and likely lowered Democrat turnout, but the main reason for the GOP victory is that the Democrats picked the worse possible candidate for governor bac... Read Full Story
Having campaigned as a "fierce advocate" for LGBT Americans and having promised legislative action on a number of issues impacting our lives, Obama and the DNC are now in a snit and blaming others for the increasing displeasure the grassroots of the LGBT community are directing at President Obama and Congressional Democrats. They'd do better to look in a mirror and list the campaign promises that they have failed to deliver upon rather than assign blame to bloggers and others. Somehow Obama a... Read Full Story
