We won a rare legislative victory in Vermont. Though the issue is on the agenda in many state legislatures, I expect most victories to follow the Iowa model of court action. To sum up the last couple days in civil rights history, some pictures:
Wanda Sykes, the hilarious and now out of the closet comadian is going to be personally in charge of roasting Obama at the May 9th White House Correspondents' Dinner. Why is this so exciting? Well for one thing, the Obama team is doing this knowing full well that Sykes will roast the crap out of Obama for his anti-gay marriage stance and Rick Warren controversy. To get a preview of the fabulous Sykes doing her thing, check out this Leno clip:
The Obama team can't easily make amends for Rick Warren, but this is awesome! This major televised event could have had nearly any comedian, but the Obama team deliberately reached out to the LGBTQI community on this one! Could this be a subtle show of support for the community from the Obama administration? Let's hope it's a sign of positive things to come!
For more great Wanda Sykes LGBTQI media check out Prince Gomolvilas' excellent post at "The Bilerico Project"
I'll leave you with this awesome speech from Wanda at the Las Vegas "No on 8" rally! Moving stuff:
Thanks to Prince Gomolvilas at Bamboo Nation for the media links.
It is absolutely unacceptable that the international Gay conspiracy has taken advantage of Iceland's newly acquired bankruptcy to lead an insurrection and send one of their own to the top! The new lesbian PM Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is now the world's first openly gay head of government in the history of the world. How dare the selfish Gays take advantage of the suffering Icelanders to get one of their own democratically elected! The nerve!
This is a blog started by Isaac Hale for the 2008 election. It morphed in 2008 into a blog on LGBT rights under the Obama administration. Power to the Pundits in 2010 was scrutinizing and aggregating mass media commentary on the torture "debate" and its ongoing legacy. Power to the Pundits is now set to be a long-term politics and opinion blog. Thanks for dropping by!