Colin Powell favors gay marriage. Indeed. In this May 23, 2012 interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Powell says he has many friends who are not only gay "… but are in partnerships with loved ones and they are as stable a family as my family is and they raise children.[Read More…]
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George Michael’s ‘Faith’ Performed in a Van – Nicki Bluhm and The Gramb (Video)
George Michael’s Faith performed in a van. Not a van down by the river. Just a moving van. Enjoy. Credit: Official Website: http://www.nickibluhm.com Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/NBGs_FB Music on iTunes: http://bit.ly/NBluhm_iTunes About the "Van Sessions": Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers are a rock/country/soul band from San Francisco with a busy touring schedule.[Read More…]
BREAKING: NAACP Passes Resolution Supporting Gay Marriage
Decision Affirms Opposition to Government Efforts to Codify Discrimination Miami, FL-(ENEWSPF)- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People today released a resolution supporting marriage equality. At a meeting of the 103-year old civil rights group’s board of directors, the organization voted to support marriage equality as a continuation[Read More…]
Leading Psychiatrist Apologizes for Study Supporting Gay ‘Cure’
Story updated at 3:24 p.m. on May 18, 2012, to include an early draft of Dr. Spitzer’s letter. From the New York Times: Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modernpsychiatry, who turns 80 next week, lay awake at 4 o’clock on a recent morning[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Weekly Alert, May 18, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2012. Alliance Members in Northeast Round out the 2012 Regional Meetings Over 150 Alliance members from northeastern states gathered this week in Philadelphia for workshops and presentations to help educate and mobilize retirees for the 2012 elections. Retiree activists participated in training sessions to learn the latest[Read More…]
Free Movie and Discussion of ‘Forks Over Knives’ on Saturday, May 26 at UUCC
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWPSF)—May 17, 2012. ‘Forks Over Knives’ will be screened on Saturday, May 26 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest. A discussion will follow the movie screening. The event is free and open to the public. ‘Forks Over Knives’ examines[Read More…]
On Anti-homophobia Day, UN Officials Call for Repeal of Discriminatory Laws
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–17 May 2012. Marking International Day against Homophobia, senior United Nations officials today drew attention to laws around the world which discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and called for equality and the repeal of such laws. “When I raise these issues, some complain that I’m pushing[Read More…]
The Advocate: House Passes Violence Against Women Act Without LGBT Protections
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- From our friends at The Advocate: The House of Representatives approved reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, but did not approve of the portion that would have explicitly included LGBT victims of violence. The bill passed 222-205 on Wednesday. According to the Human Rights Campaign, Republican representative[Read More…]
Catholic Bishops Biting the Hand that Actually Feeds the Poor
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Donald Cardinal Wuerl. (Photo: Catholics for Equality) Will Cardinal Wuerl’s Partisan Politics Jeopardize Catholic Charity? Editor’s Note: When I first met Donald Cardinal Wuerl, he was Father Wuerl, rector of St. Paul’s Seminary in Crafton, PA. I was considering the priesthood and,[Read More…]
Romney Economics: Bankruptcy and Bailouts at GST Steel (Video)
"What Bain Capital did was not capitalism. It was bad management." "[Bain Capital] issued $125 million of bonds, and out of that $125 million debt, they paid themselves almost $40 million." "They made as much money off it as they could, and they closed it down, they filed for bankruptcy,[Read More…]
