Red Hot & Blue Politics

And Red Hot and Blue does too. From the State Department, Hillary issued the following statement recognizing LGBT Pride month:
In Recognition of Gay and Lesbian Pride Month 2009
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
June 1, 2009
Forty years ago this month, the gay rights movement began with the Stonewall riots in New York City, as gays and [...]

Do you remember way back (in the 90’s) when Hawaii was a gay marriage proving ground? Ok, yeah I know, we had disappointing set backs. How much things change in a decade. The Aloha State is back on the battlefield with a bill establishing civil unions. A Senate committee met on Tuesday, February 24 to [...]

Hillary continues to lead from the State Department, Obama stumbles with the economic stimulus and trips over lobbyists and tax dodging cabinet picks, Eric Holder, Michael Steele, and Iceland break barriers, states pursue domestic partnerships, and more odds and ends archived from our “Red Hot News” section. There’s no new news here unless you are [...]

Put the Obama product’s image on anything and you, too, can sell, sell, sell it. For the love of Obama, does the silliness ever end? Even though I’m a week behind on the Ms. cover, I had to add my two cents.

(Ms. winter cover)

Men most certainly can be feminist. I know a few myself; however, [...]

Oh, and in case you missed this on the blogs over the weekend, sit down and take a look at this vid. Gross sexism is alive and well in this series of product marketing images depicting violence against women. Are you buying it?

(Burn It Down was produced by GABNet NYNJ commemorating International Human Rights Day)
Puts [...]

Gay rights victory in Florida, Dems fall short on 60-seat supermajority, panhandlers, prostitution, and more bailout odds and ends to archive from our “Red Hot News” section. No new news here unless you are a new visitor.
Sen. Norm Coleman R-MN withdraws 650 ballot challenges in Minnesota recount … Senator Saxby Chambliss R-GA wins run-off, thwarting [...]

I moved to Florida about 15 months ago and only recently started reading our local newspaper, Florida Today. I’m proud of our paper. The editorial staff weighed in on the recent gay adoption ruling and fully supports ending the Florida ban on gay adoptions in a strongly worded editorial. Here are a few snips:
Discrimination against [...]

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled on Tuesday that a 31-year-old Florida law that bans gays and lesbians from adopting children is unconstitutional, allowing Martin Gill and his partner to adopt their two foster children that they have raised since 2004. The Orlando Sentinel reports that:
“…these children are thriving. These words we don’t often hear [...]

More general election odds and ends to archive from our “Red Hot News” section. Nothing new here, unless you are a new visitor.
“Reprehensible” is an understatement — uproar in Maine over Obama assassination sign and betting pool.

The fight over marriage equality in California continues as an online blacklist posts personal information on people who donated to support California’s Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage. Check out the video from CBS 5 in the Bay Area. I have no problem with boycotting businesses that supported Prop 8 and boycotting Utah and the Sundance [...]