Published: mic (November 3, 2013)
It is perhaps fortuitous that Ender’s Game is being released as the Senate is preparing to vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Not only does this offer me this fantastic opportunity at punny wordplay, but it draws attention to how America’s present social debate is severely inhibited by stigmas — both against homosexuals and against those who are prejudiced toward homosexuals.
Published: mic (October 19, 2013)
You may not have realized it, but October has been a portentous month in the fight for gay marriage rights. Let’s go through the list:
-Most pressingly, the Supreme Court of New Jersey rejected Governor Chris Christie’s effort to block same-sex marriages, thereby affirming a ruling by a state Superior Court judge last month that declared a civil-union law to be an unconstitutional infringement of the rights of the state’s gay couples.
Published: mic (March 21, 2013)
I was reluctant to use the same Thomas Jefferson quote twice in less than two weeks, but because the governor of Mississippi missed his golden opportunity to mention it, I simply had to post it again:
“The error seems not sufficiently eradicated, that the operations of the mind, as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws.
Published: mic (February 4, 2013), The Morning Call (February 4, 2013)
When Barack Obama mentioned the Stonewall protests in his inaugural address last week, he did more than place gay rights in the same breath as the struggles for women’s equality (his mention of the Seneca Falls convention) and desegregation (his mention of the Selma marches).
Published: mic (January 31, 2013)
A dog in Tennessee is going to lose his life today because of suspicions that he is gay.
As explained by Examiner.com, “According to the prior owner, the dog was seen ‘hunched over,’ another male dog, therefore, in this owner’s mind, the dog must be gay.”