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In a 136 page opinion, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker declared the California Ballot initiative Proposition 8 unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the US Constitution.

While Judge Vaughn’s decision is welcome, it is yet one more step in the long journey towards equal rights for the nation’s LGBT community.  Supporters of Proposition 8 will appeal his decision to the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and regardless of their decision, this case is most likely destined for the US Supreme Court.

All supporters of Equal Rights for the LGBT Community should continue writing their representatives in Congress.  Also, please be sure to write President Obama—who supports Civil Unions, but is not in favor of Gay Marriage.  Their is no place in the United States for Separate But Equal—not in the 1950’s & 1960’s and not now!

Sorry if you have had any problems with the site.  As I type this posting, the rest of the images are finishing their uploads and all should be good—switched hosts and think this will be a better fit for the site.  Hope you continue to enjoy the content.

Wow!!  This YouTube contributor continues to provide content that is real, germane and thought provoking. 

A great video about diversity and how a family is defined.

This is a great video discussing the issue of sexuality, specifically gay and lesbian sexuality in the schools.  It’s hard to believe how enlightened some of these children are. 

The Honorable Edward Moore Kennedy, US Senator from Massachusetts died after a long battle with brain cancer, just before midnight August 25, 2009 at his home in Hyannis Port.  The Senator was the last living son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy.  Senator Kennedy was the brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Senator Kennedy was a flawed human, like most of us.  However, he dedicated his life to the service of the people of Massachusetts and the rest of the nation.  At the time of his death, he was the third longest serving member of the United States Senate.

Kennedy was the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Due to his long history and influence in the legislature, he became known as "The Lion of the Senate". More than 300 bills that Kennedy wrote have been enacted into law, and he was known for his ability to work with Republicans and to find compromises among Senate members with disparate views. Kennedy played a major role in passing many pieces of legislation that have affected the lives of all Americans, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, the COBRA Act of 1985, the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Ryan White AIDS Care Act in 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Mental Health Parity Act in 1996 and 2008, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program in 1997, the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, and the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in 2009. During the 2000s, he was a leader of several failed efforts at immigration reform. Over the course of decades, Kennedy’s major legislative goal had been enactment of universal health care, which he continued to work toward during the Obama administration.  President Obama selected Senator Kennedy to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

President Barack Obama has named Harvey Milk and Billie Jean King to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

 

Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk became the first openly gay elected official from a major city in the United States when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Milk encouraged lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) citizens to live their lives openly and believed coming out was the only way they could change society and achieve social equality. Milk, alongside San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, was shot and killed in 1978 by Dan White, a former city supervisor.  Milk is revered nationally and globally as a pioneer of the LGBT civil rights movement for his exceptional leadership and dedication to equal rights. (WhiteHouse.gov)

 

 

Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King was an acclaimed professional tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s, and has helped champion gender equality issues not only in sports, but in all areas of public life.  King beat Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, then the most viewed tennis match in history.  King became one of the first openly lesbian major sports figures in America when she came out in 1981.  Following her professional tennis career, King became the first woman commissioner in professional sports when she co-founded and led the World Team Tennis (WTT) League.  The U.S. Tennis Association named the National Tennis Center, where the US Open is played, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in 2006. (WhiteHouse.gov)

Farrah Fawcett   February 22, 1947 – June 25, 2009 Like many other teenage boys my age growing up, I had the famous Farrah poster on my bedroom wall.  The difference between myself and my friends, is that I loved Farrah for a very different reason—it wasn’t her famous tresses or the megawatt smile.  I loved her  vitality and the beauty of the person she was.  I loved to hear her speak—her voice was so soft and you could sense her great humility and humanity.  She was truly a good person, and her kindness manifested itself in many ways and she touched many lives. Lee Majors, her ex-husband, said it best, “She fought a tremendous battle against a terrible disease. She was an angel on earth and now an angel forever.” Rest in Peace, Farrah