Proposition 8: Reading the Tea Leaves

Sara Robinson at Orcinus speculates on what might happen if California’s Supreme Court overturns Proposition 8 tomorrow: Nobody has a clue which way they’re likely to rule. Activists on both sides have been scrying the tea leaves and chicken bones on this ever since the court heard the case back in...

The media’s inept coverage of all issues related to race.

The thing about the dead monkey cartoon that really stuck with me — is the fact that I was not surprised. I kind of expected it. I certainly expected the reaction from the right wing, who automatically began denying it had anything at all to do with race, was just another example of Rev. Al Sharpton...

Wehner to Frank: You Are Being Unfair to Warren

Peter Wehner has a particularly nauseating piece in Commentary in which he tells Barney Frank that it was very unfair of him to say that it’s unfair of Rick Warren to liken gay marriage to incest: What has Frank and other gay rights advocates riled up is that Warren backed a California ballot...

Itzhak Perlman on Proposition 8

Via Andrew Sullivan, I just learned of the existence of this video, in which Itzhak Perlman speaks out against Proposition 8 (before the election) on behalf of his daughter, who is gay. Obviously, the election is over, but I just thought the way Perlman presented himself on this issue was very...

I’m late, I’m late: Critiquing No on 8

Apologies if this entry reads more like a disjointed legal treatise than a blog post; I’m three days out of finals and I haven’t decolonized my writing yet. No on Proposition 8 failed strategically as a political campaign, and Rolling Stone is the first mainstream publication to make the obvious...

‘No’ on Prop 8 — and ‘No’ on Race-Baiting UPDATE: TAKE ACTION!

UPDATE: More below the fold on what you can do to take action against Proposition 8 I would like to sign on to the following statement from Truth Wins Out: Truth Wins Out today expressed its grave disappointment in those in the LGBT community who have emulated our bigoted opponents by scapegoating...