Never before has the House of Representatives voted to protect transgender people in any way. |
Our discussion was straightforward and direct. We made progress, and it is worth giving them more time to respond. |
Pryor has repeatedly proven he is an ideological tyrant of the highest order. Pryor's extremist views may resonate with the outer fringes, but they have no place on the federal bench. This is an American travesty. |
Public sentiment is moving very quickly on this. I think this could actually backfire. Most people are worried about the war, the economy, jobs, the environment. We have real issues to deal with and these people are running around demonizing minorities. |
shore up the principle that gay people are entitled to equal protection. |
The ball is in Ford's court to set the record straight. We expressed our view. Now it's up to Ford. |
The burden is really on them to make this right and set the record straight. |
The church hierarchy is attempting to scapegoat gay people for its own failure to address the sexual abuse of children and young people that it alone created and covered up. The evil in this is that they are trying to equate being gay with sex abuse, which is appalling. |
The data show that under any scenario you use, people are going to get more money from the current system than risking any of it in the [stock] market, ... Fundamentally privatization is bad for gay people and straight people alike. |
The statement released today is representative of the Ford Motor Co. that we've known and respected for years, not the company that was alleged to exist over the last two weeks. |
The Task Force thanks the International Lesbian and Gay Association, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Watch for their efforts to promote pro-gay policies at the United Nations. It is repugnant that the self-proclaimed 'leader of the free world' will align itself with bigots and tyrants at the drop of a hat to advance the right wing's virulently anti-gay agenda. |
The thing about him, he's really just scratching the surface of what he can jump. The jumps he's putting together right now are good and they're exciting, but it's nothing compared to what he's got in him. |
These tremendous leaders advance Dr. King's vision of the 'beloved community' -- activism that moves beyond securing individual rights to a broader understanding of building a just and compassionate society for all people. |
This has extraordinary significance in its own right: Chris will be the second most powerful person in the largest city in America. In terms of raw political power, the size of the city budget and the Council's powers, she will become the most powerful openly lesbian or gay official in the country. |
This is a much-needed win for a national movement, ... because we have experienced so many losses at the polls over the last year. |