Gay Men To That!!

The GOP did their best to try and make us all forget about the man who almost destroyed the economy, George W. Bush.  We should also make the point that "W", along with Karl Rove and former closet case Ken Mehlman demonized the gay community, with several state anti gay marriage initiatives to win the 2004 election.   Via Talking Points Memo: Two days before their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, Democrats are gearing up to present the election as a choice between President Obama’s vision for the future and a return to Bush era policies of the last decade. Democrats made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows to preview their re-election pitch to Americans, emphasizing that it would be a choice between going forward — their campaign slogan — and letting Mitt Romney double down on the policies of President George W. Bush that caused the economic downturn. “What you’re going to hear this week in Charlotte is a president who is going to present a clear agenda for...

As Joe Biden would say, "This is a big fucking deal"!  Slowly, but surely, we are working our way towards equality.  Slowly, but SURELY!! Via The Washington Blade: The Democratic Party platform drafting committee approved on Sunday language endorsing same-sex marriage in addition to other pro-LGBT positions as part of the Democratic Party platform, according to two sources familiar with the drafting process. Retiring gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who sits on the committee, told the Washington Blade on Monday that the 15-member panel unanimously backed the inclusion of a marriage equality plank after a national hearing over the weekend in Minneapolis, in which several witnesses testified in favor of such language. “I was part of a unanimous decision to include it,” Frank said. “There was a unanimous decision in the drafting committee to include it in the platform, which I supported, but everybody was for it.” Frank emphasized that support for marriage equality...