Politics and Law

Online Activism in Parent Time

If there’s one thing almost all parents will agree on, it’s that parenting takes time. No matter how well-behaved our children, and how accommodating our partners, there is hardly a mom or dad around who would say she or he has more time now than before becoming a parent. One of the effects of this, […]

What Do You Care About?

Comedian Roseanne Barr said yesterday that: Never once in my 54 years have I ever once heard a gay or lesbian person who’s politically active say one thing about anything that was not about them. They don’t care about minimum wage, they don’t care about any other group other than their own self because you

LGBT Families Roll Eggs, Go Home

Sometimes the best news is no news. The party of LGBT families attending the White House Egg Roll yesterday showed up, rolled eggs, took photos, and went home. No one protested their attendance. The Politico has an interview with Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director of Family Pride, in which she says the lack of protest is

Blog Against Theocracy

Today is the last day of the three-day Blog Against Theocracy event, for which we are asked to post about the separation of church and state. As a sometime graduate student in medieval history, I know me some theocracy. I also know that what worked in Western Europe 800 years ago might not be the

Non-Bio Lesbian Mom Wins Visitation Rights

Some good news for the holiday weekend: A Vermont court has given non-bio mom Janet Miller-Jenkins the right to visit her five-year-old daughter Isabella, whom she hasn’t been able to see or contact in over two years. Her former partner, Lisa Miller-Jenkins, kept their daughter from her in a headline case that bounced between the

Weekly Political Roundup

Presidential candidate and Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd told students in New Hampshire that people debating gay marriage should ask themselves what they would do if their child was gay. He added that if his daughters were lesbians he would want them to have “marriage-like rights” through civil unions. He stopped short of supporting same-sex marriage,

Mary Cheney Is Having a Boy

Mary Cheney will be having a boy when she gives birth next month, said her father, Vice President Dick Cheney. He also said he’s “delighted” to be a grandparent for the sixth time, but reiterated that he thought same-sex relationship recognition should remain a state matter. “I obviously think it’s important for us as a

Bacon and Eggs: Update from the Family Pride Coalition

Over the last week or so, I asked you to help the Family Pride Coalition meet a charity challenge from actor Kevin Bacon. I’m pleased to report they met the challenge, and will receive $10,000 from Bacon’s Sixdegrees organization. They also exceeded their goal of 1,138 donations, racking up $30,000 on top of Bacon’s $10,000.

Weekly Political Roundup

Presidential candidate John McCain learned how important it is to hire good technical help. A staffer didn’t swap out the default images in the MySpace template he was using for the candidate, and didn’t credit the template’s creator. When the designer learned of this, he uploaded new default images to his own server, which were

Final Days to Help Family Pride Bring Home the Bacon

I wrote earlier this month about a charitable challenge offered by actor Kevin Bacon. Bacon’s Six Degrees organization (in conjunction with Network for Good) will give a matching grant of $10,000 to the six non-profits with the highest number of unique donors before March 31st at 11:59pm ET. The Family Pride Coalition is battling for

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