A Must Read Article for All Who Oppose Gay Marriage

What is the basis of decision-making, I ask, that was used by the vast majority of individuals who voted in favor of Proposition 8? The answer can be summarized in one word: religion. While this approach is the prerogative of the individual, I thought that the separation of church (and I use the term broadly) and state had already been established in the annals of ancient history. Letting religious beliefs influence the law and letting the basic rights of some citizens be determined by the religious convictions of other citizens is not in the spirit of democracy or justice. And yes, ladies and gentlemen, as much Proposition 8 supporters would like to disagree, marriage is very much a legal right. Regardless of its cultural or religious roots, marriage has become a legal institution that caters to people of all religious affiliations, as well as atheists, that is recognized by the law and given certain privileges and that has been practiced as such for centuries now. Hence, civil marriage is very much a legal institution, and therefore, has an identity separate from religion, which ought to be upheld.

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Silverton Oregon’s Transgender Mayor

Silverton, Oregon has elected the first ever transgender mayor in the nation.

Stu Rasmussen didn’t have any problem winning his post. He actually won over a state senator who also ran for the position.

Rasmussen actually says he is straight and has a girlfriend. He is just partially a woman. He has no plans to change his gender, but he does have breasts. Stu says he identifies most with heterosexual men, but adds “I just like to look like a female.”

Taking a Risk, But Calling for Obama!

I know it’s a risk, it’s only 9:55 p.m. EST, but GayAgenda.com is calling it for Obama! I hope more than anything ever hoped for I’m right, but I believe Obama is the next President of the United States.

The Gay Mafia That’s Redefining Liberal Politics

From Time:

A few weeks before Virginia’s legislative elections in 2005, a researcher working on behalf of a clandestine group of wealthy, gay political donors telephoned a Virginia legislator named Adam Ebbin.

Then, as now, Ebbin was the only openly gay member of the state’s general assembly. The researcher wanted Ebbin’s advice on how the men he represented could spend their considerable funds to help defeat anti-gay Virginia politicians.Ebbin, a Democrat who is now 44, was happy to oblige. (Full disclosure: in the mid-’90s, Ebbin and I knew each other briefly as colleagues; he sold ads for Washington City Paper, a weekly where I was a reporter.) Using Ebbin’s expertise, the gay donors — none of whom live in Virginia — began contributing to certain candidates in the state. There were five benefactors: David Bohnett of Beverly Hills, Calif., who in 1999 sold the company he had co-founded, Geo-Cities, to Yahoo! in a deal worth $5 billion on the day it was announced; Timothy Gill of Denver, another tech multimillionaire; James Hormel of San Francisco, grandson of George, who founded the famous meat company; Jon Stryker of Kalamazoo, Mich., the billionaire grandson of the founder of medical-technology giant Stryker Corp.; and Henry van Ameringen, whose father Arnold Louis van Ameringen started a Manhattan-based import company that later became the mammoth International Flavors & Fragrances.

The five men spent $138,000 in Virginia that autumn, according to state records compiled by the nonprofit Virginia Public Access Project. Of that, $48,000 went directly to the candidates Ebbin recommended. Ebbin got $45,000 for his PAC, the Virginia Progress Fund, so he could give to the candidates himself. Another $45,000 went to Equality Virginia, a gay-rights group that was putting money into many of the same races.

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Florida Sheriff Candidates Pitch for GLBT Vote

From The Sun-Sentinel:

Both candidates for Broward sheriff are making a pitch for votes from Broward’s large population of gay and lesbian voters.

In a half-page ad in the South Florida Blade, a weekly gay newspaper formerly known as the Express, Democrat Scott Israel has a picture of himself with openly gay County Commissioner Ken Keechl and a list of 17 other Democratic Party endorsements. Many are from the county’s top elected officials.

Israel also touts the recommendation of the political action committee affiliated with the Florida State Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Caucus.

In his full-age Blade ad, Republican Sheriff Al Lamberti lists 53 endorsements, mostly from Democratic and Republican elected officials and police groups - including openly gay city commissioners Bryan Caletka of Davie and Larry Gierer of Oakland Park.

He also includes a portion of the Voter Guide from Equality Florida, the state gay rights organization. It shows check marks indicating Lamberti support for issues the group considers important and that Equality Florida received no response from Israel.

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