From Right Wing Watch:
Conservative group the Liberty Counsel is “totally APPALLED that certain conservative leaders are backing down in their defense of marriage while making major concessions to the views of the pro-homosexual community.”
Obviously, “certain conservative leaders” means “Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, and others who waffle to take a strong public stand for the protection of marriage,” which is why LC has started a petition demanding that conservatives:
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Losing his youthful touch? Obama speaks to college students during campaign
According to the New York Times (NYT) though many students are liberals on social issues, the economic reality of a weak job market has taken a toll on their loyalties: far fewer 18- to 29-year-olds now identify themselves as Democrats compared with 2008.
“Is the recession, which is hitting young people very hard, doing lasting or permanent damage to what looked like a good Democratic advantage with this age group?” asked Scott Keeter, the director of survey research at the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan group. “The jury is still out.”
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The Army has created a online inbox for personnel to submit comments and opinions on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. According to the Army’s Website the inbox will remain open until Sept. 30, 2010, or until leadership decides the inbox has fulfilled its purpose. The intent behind the inbox says the site, is to help the Army assess and consider the impacts, if any, a change in Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law would have on operations, readiness, effectiveness, unit cohesion, recruiting and retention, and family readiness.
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Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro told La Jornada the persecution of gays, who were rounded up at the time as supposed counterrevolutionaries and placed in forced labor camps, was a “great injustice” that arose from the island’s history of discrimination against homosexuals, according to Reuters.
This is what the former Cuban president had to say:
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Watch these two meat heads Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese and Log Cabin Republican executive director R. Clarke Cooper chitty chat on gay marriage with Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball. And no, they didn’t trade recipes.
It was a cute conversation, actually. Matthews is always entertaining when it comes to the subject of gayness. Highlights were what Steve Schmidt said about their being “strong conservative case for gay marriage” and Ken Mehlman’s coming out. Solomnese ends any speculation of HRC having any issue with welcoming Mehlman into the gay marriage game. Check out the following:
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