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May 13, 2005
Michele Bachmann is Minnesota's Answer to Colorado's Marilyn Musgrave. She is obsessed with gays at the expense of representing her district. She is running for congress in an open seat. I have a blog dedicated to ending her political career: Dump Michele Bachmann.
I was invited to be a guest on the christian radio station, KKMS to debate Senator Michele Bachmann about her efforts to pass a Minnesota anti-gay amendment.
I'd be interested in hearing people's comments.
filed under: Gay Marriage
November 07, 2004
The FMA as introduced says this:
Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any State, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.
The Alliance for Marriage claims this amendment will not bar state legislators passing laws that allow for civil unions or domestic partner benefits.
Robert George from Princeton University, one of the drafters of the amendment disputes this in an email to Larry Frost, who chaired the 3rd congressional district Bush campaign in Minnesota.
The FMA does not bar legislatures from granting the incidents of marriage to anyone they choose. (It does bar courts from doing so.)
However as he continues, it is clear that the amendment would overturn Vermont and California laws that allow for civil unions - which were passed in the legislature. If Massachusetts voters vote down a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, this amendment will overturn the will of the Massachusetts people in Massachusetts.
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filed under: Gay Marriage
October 02, 2004
I've been meaning to write the RNC to let them know how I feel about the bible ban flyer. Here's a copy of the letter.
to: dgurley@rnchq.org, chairman@gop.com, kewarner@aol.com, administration@gop.com, rncommunications@gop.com, counsel@gop.com, memberrelations@gop.com, finance@gop.com, political@gop.com, jbanning@rnchq.org, mcino@rnchq.org, shogenson@rnchq.org, tjosefiak@rnchq.org, cspies@rnchq.org, mduncan@rnchq.org, lsigler@rnchq.org, info@georgewbush.com, opinion@coleman.senate.gov, chair@mngop.com, mbb@mngop.com, mn-logcabin@yahoogroups.com, mbrunswick@startribune.com, editor@lavendermagazine.com, press@glbtpress.com, dthompson@am1500.com, sjanesek@aol.com, linda.koblick@co.hennepin.mn.us, randy.johnson@co.hennepin.mn.us, penny.steele@co.hennepin.mn.us, chuckmuth@earthlink.net, gaypatriot2004@aol.com, pvarnell@aol.com, culturewatch@indegayforum.org From: "Eva Young" Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 08:40:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Please Apoligise for the RNC Mailer that Insults People of Faith and Gays
Maria Cino
Vice Chair
Republican National CommitteeRon Eibensteiner, Chair
Republican Party of MinnesotaDear Maria:
I am very disappointed to read the Republican
National Committee is behind the attrocious flyer
claimed that "liberals" would ban the bible and allow gay marriage. Does this flyer mean that conservatives will replace the constitution with the bible?Minnesota Republican Party Chair, Ron Eibensteiner, RNC Committee Members Jack Meek and Evie Axdahl, have the obligation to publically commit to deep sixing this mailing in Minnesota (if it hasn't already gone out). If it has, they should apologise for insulting the intelligence of Minnesota voters - especially conservative christians. This mailing suggests that the Republican Party thinks people of faith are
ignorant bigots.When I met you at the Log Cabin Republicans Washington Flyin in May of 2000, I had thought you were genuinely committed to inclusion within the Republican Party. I am very disappointed that the voices of inclusion within the Republican National Committee failed to
stop this mailer.I also would like to call on President Bush and Vice President Cheney to explicitly repudiate this mailer. In 2000 the NAACP did a horrendous ad claiming that Bush was responsible for the horrendous murder of James Byrd because Bush opposed hate crimes legislation. That ad was demogoguery of the worst sort - but it was put out by the NAACP - NOT the Democratic National Committee. This ad was put out by the Republican National Committee. Now the RNC has the obligation to condemn this ad and to fire the
staffers responsible for putting it out.The question is: is the Republican Party the party of the people that graced the podium in New York: Rudy Giuliani, Arnold Schwarzenegger and John McCain, or the party of Jerry "gays caused America to be attacked on 911" Falwell, Senator Rick "man on dog sex" Santorum, Alan "gays are selfish hedonists" Keyes. Pandering to bigotry is a double edged sword. I encourage you to take the high road in this campaign.
Eva Young
President
Log Cabin Republicans of Minnesota
I posted this letter on Republicannationalcommittee@yahoogroups.com, and I've already been banned from posting on that list.
filed under: Bigots
, Gay Marriage
, Presidential Politics
, Republican Politics
October 01, 2004
Here....
Correction: Emily's List did NOT delete my comment. I found the comment.
After the hate amendment vote, I dropped by Emily's List to let the readers there know about Stephanie Herseth's vote in favor of the Hate Amendment.
Stonewall Democrats Trail Mix has let my comment stand.
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filed under: Gay Marriage
September 19, 2004
Here:
What will John Kerry say?
UPDATE: Andrew Sullivan comments....
Here's the text:Marriage in the state of Louisiana shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman. No official or court of the state of Louisiana shall construe this constitution or any state law to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any member of a union other than the union of one man and one woman. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized. No official or court of the state of Louisiana shall recognize any marriage contracted in any other jurisdiction which is not the union of one man and one woman.
This is a radical denial of any civil protections for gay couples at all - the most radical attack on an American minority since Jim Crow. Even the mildest protections for a gay couple that are integral to any meaningful bond - visitation rights in hospital, inheritance rights, the right not to testify against one another in court, and so on - will now be vulnerable to legal challenge or flat-out denied gay couples under the law. And the margin of victory is stunning: a full 80 percent want to keep gay people permanently without any protections for their relationships or any incentives to get together and settle down. It's too depressing for words.
Hopefully the Kerry staff will brief him about this one. (He said he had been unbriefed about the Missouri amendment - and that is why he had said he supported it).
filed under: Gay Marriage
, Gay Politics
, Presidential Politics
September 17, 2004
While reading this, check out the Daily Show on the Senate Debate here....
From the American Family Association
THIS SUNDAY IS PROTECT MARRIAGE SUNDAY; MONDAY IS CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE DAY
Dear Eva,On September 28, the House of Representatives will vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment. If you favor traditional marriage, and oppose homosexual marriage, please get involved.
This coming Sunday, September 19, is Protect Marriage Sunday. Next Monday, September 20, is Call your Representative Day.
I'd like to urge readers who live in South Dakota to contact Stephanie Herseth to urge her to vote AGAINST the FMA.... She voted for the anti-gay bill to strip the courts of jurisdiction on DOMA related cases. Here is the contact information for her campaign.
Email Stephanie: stephanie@hersethforcongress.org
Media Inquiries: tessa@hersethforcongress.org
Fundraising Inquiries: jessica@hersethforcongress.org
Questions about volunteering: nick@hersethforcongress.org... Back to the AFA alert....
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filed under: Gay Marriage
September 14, 2004
From the Village Voice....
Watch FRC's Peter Sprigg and Tony Perkins go after Dick Cheney big time.
Money quote:
The reason we allow childless couples to marry is because the easiest way of drawing the line is to define marriage as being open to the entire class of couples that are even theoretically capable in a structural sense of engaging in reproduction and excluding an entire class of couples that are intrinsically infertile.Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council
Listen to the whole thing, it's bizarre.
filed under: Bigots
, Gay Marriage
