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:Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
Moments ago, the Illinois State House passed a law legalizing civil unions for same sex couples by a vote of 61-52. Congratulations and well done! The bill now moves on to the Senate. Openly gay Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), who co-sponsored SB 1716, started his opening statement at 5:17 p.m on Tuesday. “Once in every [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
The always amazing David Badash over at The New Civil Rights Movement points out that the Pentagon met with several anti-gay hate groups while working on the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell study. Including the Family Research Council and Focus On The Family. Oooh.. I bet little Tony Perkins’ head is just buzzing with homophobic fury [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
President Barack Obama has just released a statement regarding the newly-available Pentagon Don’t Ask Don’t Tell study. He says this confirms what we have already known. The troops will not be negatively impacted by, and we must repeal DADT now. See the full Pentagon DADT study HERE via towleroad: As Commander in Chief, I have [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows that not only the majority of Americans, but also the majority of religious Americans favor a repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. So… when is McShame McCain going to catch on? This new poll shows that as of November 2010, 73% of Americans either support or [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
Rachel Maddow just released a video on the Pentagon’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell study, calling it unequivocal evidence. She also discusses what Republicans should and will do, as well as McShame McCain.
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
Leading experts and professors are saying that legalizing same sex marriage will drastically reduce the rate of HIV and AIDS by creating stable relationships more of a possibility in the LGBT community. I had this conversation with Utah State Representative Greg Hughes last year. He said he opposes legalizing same gay marriage because so many same sex [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
The full copy of the Pentagon’s study on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell has finally been released. See it below! DADT Survey Findings
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
In a press conference today, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Admiral Mullen said that McShame McCain’s claim that the Pentagon Study on DADT was inadequate is crazy. This study provides exactly the kind of data he’s asked for. Senator McShame McCain has made headlines in the past few weeks, saying that the Pentagon Study [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
Tony Perkins, head of the hate group Family Research Council, was soundly spanked last night on Hardball by the Southern Poverty Law Center. They were discussing why the FRC has been labeled a hate group and Perkins tries some desperate moves, including fake poll numbers. Make sure you notice that Perkins uses some fake numbers [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | November 30, 2010
The Washington Post has just leaked the full results of the much anticipated Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Study hours ahead of schedule. The results are actually better than what was leaked a few weeks ago! The official release is scheduled for this afternoon, and testimony from the Pentagon, service chiefs and other military officials is [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.