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Eva Young is President of Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota and lives in Minneapolis with her cat, Kiddleleewink. You can also read her other blog here.
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January 16, 2005

Hat Tip: Gay Patriot....

Well personally, I think the legislature had the responsibility to repeal these stupid laws - but they avoided their responsibility.

Log Cabin Republicans in Virginia were major pushers of repealing the sodomy law in Virginia.

How about it, Gay Patriot - why not call for the Legislature to repeal both these stupid laws. Does Government really belong in the bedroom?

Will there now be calls for a Federal No-Fornication Amendment? (FNFA) Will there be screeching and whining about "Activist Judges"?

October 07, 2004

UPDATED:
I could swear I saw both Mary Cheney and partner Heather Poe go up on stage to join Dick Cheney after the debate.

John Aravosis mentions this. He's furious.

My speculation: Mary and Heather didn't show up on stage when Cheney spoke at the Republican convention - because it would have meant giving credibility to the anti-gay message coming from the party. But they went up on stage to support Dick Cheney - Mary's father. That's family values in my view.

Did HRC advise Edwards to mention Mary Cheney during the debate? All the while mentioning at least twice: "John Kerry and I oppose Gay Marriage". Ya think?

Then the statement by Cheryl Jacques:

Tonight we saw the worst kind of flip flop. Vice President Cheney said he supported his daughter, but then said he supported President Bush’s effort to discriminate against her. John Edwards affirmed his and Senator Kerry’s support for protections for same-sex couples and chastised President Bush for using the Constitution to divide the American people.

Don't even go there on flip flops on this issue. Log Cabin notably put no press release out to defend Bush. Why should they? They didn't endorse him.

October 04, 2004

Stephanie Herseth (D, South Dakota) was one of the Democrats who voted for the so called marriage protection act. However it seems that while she is willing to blame gays for undermining the institution of marriage, in her own personal life, she is shacking up.

From Roll Call on Herseth's romance with Texas congressman

The Capitol Hill publication Roll Call has an item in today's edition headlined "Sitting in a Tree," regarding Stephanie Herseth's relationship with Rep. Max Sandlin, a Democrat from Texas:

Sorry, guys. The newest, most eligible bachelorette in Congress appears to be off the market.

Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D), who just won the special South Dakota election, had a boyfriend waiting for her on Capitol Hill when she arrived last week.

He's Democratic Rep. Max Sandlin, a four-term Texan.

The couple met during Herseth's failed 2002 election bid against then- Rep. Bill Janklow (R-S.D.), who recently was released from prison for his second-degree manslaughter conviction. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which has its own version of a "big buddy" program, appointed Sandlin to be Herseth's mentor during that campaign.

Maybe the DCCC should have a match-making business on the side?

"Representative Herseth and Representative Sandlin met during the last election cycle. They remained friends after the 2002 election and have had a relationship for approximately a year," her spokesman, Russ Levsen, told HOH.

Sandlin, who is divorced with four children, also worked hard to campaign and raise money for his girlfriend during her winning campaign against GOP state Sen. Larry Diedrich in the June 1 special election.

He said having just arrived in Washington, the new Congresswoman has not found permanent housing yet. For now, he said, she's staying at the Capitol Suites.

But Herseth, 33, and Sandlin, 52, were seen Wednesday morning in front of Sandlin's apartment building near D and First streets Southeast.

Yup, Family Values..... Where's Mike Rogers when you need him? I thought that heterosexual hypocrites were going to be Outed also.

Update:
See also Wonkette: Sex and Power, South Dakota Style

September 26, 2004

Craig Crain writes a hard hitting editorial condemning Kerry's Flip-Flops on the issue of anti-family state constitutional amendments.

Recently, including in February on National Public Radio and in last week’s gay press interview, Kerry cited the institution of marriage as religious and “sacramental.”

But when faced with pressure from Catholic leaders to change his stance on another hot-button issue, abortion, Kerry has made clear that private religious beliefs should not influence public policy. On abortion, Kerry has said he personally believes abortion is a sin, but is devoted to protect a woman’s right to choose.

How can he draw the line so clearly on abortion but not on marriage? Would political polling have anything to do with that? Or maybe the acquiescence of left-leaning gay rights groups?

It's seemed rather clear to me that Kerry has gotten worse on gay issues since the Human Rights Campaign endorsed him. The problem is, HRC is VERY good at raising money, and holding glitzy black tie dinners but are less effective at grass roots organizing. Endorsement from the HRC doesn't translate into GLBT votes all the time. Too often the Kerry campaign has used them to take flack when he supports anti-gay amendments like the one in Missouri. That in turn undermines their credibility further.