HTTP://FIERTH.COM – The New York state Assembly approved same-sex marriage on Wednesday and the bill is likely to face a vote in the Senate on Friday, where it only needs support from one more senator to pass.
The Democrat-dominated Assembly voted 80 to 63 in favor of the marriage equality bill introduced by Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat in his first year in office.
HTTP://FIERTH.COM – President Obama commemorated June as the month of Pride on Tuesday by issuing a two-page presidential proclamation celebrating the event and recounting his achievements for the LGBT community.
“Each June, we commemorate the courageous individuals who have fought to achieve this promise for LGBT Americans, and we rededicate ourselves to the pursuit of equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity,” Obama wrote.
HTTP://FIERTH.COM – Watch Newt Gingrich get covered in glitter at a book signing. Things aren’t looking all that good for you, Newt.
http://fierth.com – Activist Fred Karger, who is exploring a run for president, gets a big profile in the Washington Post:
He wants young gay people to see him run for president. He’d be the first-ever openly gay presidential candidate for a major party if he formally declares. He can see himself as the moderate voice in a debate crowded with hard-liners.
HTTP://FIERTH.COM “I will stand against you and so will millions of others. We believe in something. You in the media and most in Washington don’t. The radicals that you and Washington have co-opted and brought in wearing sheep’s clothing — change the pose. You will get the ends.
http://fierth.com/ Beware of pop culture demons.
http://fierth.com – Jon Stewart presented the damning case that although Republicans have used 9/11 as their lead marketing product for the past 10 years, When it came time to step up to the plate to help the individuals who risked their lives in the days after the attack, Would cowardly no-show the vote and leave these heros to suffer for longer. There is no shame.
HTTP://FIERTH.COM – Reporters Judith Miller and Liz Trotta were recorded trashing Sarah Palin during a commercial break on Fox News. You can tell the three dudes at the news desk know the cameras are still running. They don’t say a word.
http://fierth.com – Be part of a literary movement. Literally. They did this to Tony Blair’s book and I think we should do the same here. Subversively move George W. Bush’s memoir “Decision Points” to the crime section in book shops
It was released NOVEMBER 9TH
http://fierth.com What The Media Won’t Show You About Teabagger Racism
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http://fierth.com – Perhaps using a reverse echo of MSNBC’s new slogan (“Lean Forward”), Keith Olbermann launched into the tea party on Wednesday night during a special comment that included a bumper-sticker-ready catch phrase: “Vote Backward, Vote Tea Party.”
http://fierth.com – An ugly scene took place outside the Kentucky Senatorial debate Monday night as what appeared to be a supporter of Republican candidate Rand Paul was captured by a local news affiliate literally stomping the head of a member of the progressive-activist organization MoveOn.org.
http://fierth.com – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Thursday signed into law a bill that decriminalizes the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana. The bill reduces simple possession from a misdemeanor to an infraction.
http://fierth.com – Sen. McCain has said he would support repealing DADT if the military leadership supported the policy. They now do, and he now doesn’t. Also, Mr. McCain was a co-sponsor of the Dream Act, but never mind that, either.
On the night that the repeal for D.A.D.T. was repealed we think back to Lt Dans Powerful speech given during the NYC Pride Rally earlier this summer .
LOVE IS WORTH IT
I dabbled into witchcraft. I hung around people who were doing these things. I’m not making this stuff up. I know what they told me they do. One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar and I didn’t know it. I mean, there was a little blood there and stuff like that.
We went to a movie and then had a little picnic on a satanic altar.
http://fierth.com – Jon Stewart announces “Rally to restore Sanity”
http://fierth.com – Simply put , the Best Produced Boycott target Ad that we have seen yet . Please SHARE , OR RETWEET
http://fierth.com – The New Left Media took to the National Mall in Washington D.C. to interview the participants on Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally. As always, the responses from Beck’s minions prove to be as entertaining as they are horrifying.
Jon Stewart continued his coverage of the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ debate last night, focusing on Fox News’ incongruities harder than he ever has. In a segment called “The Parent Company Trap,” Stewart shared with his viewers how Fox News’ plan to “follow the money” from mosque builder Imam Rauf to terrorists will be a tricky one because it leads right back to Fox News.
HTTP://FIERTH.COM > Taking full advantage of a new Supreme Court ruling allowing corporations UNLIMITED financial contributionto political candidates, on July 6th, 2010, Target Corporation, under CEO Gregg Steinhafel, made a $150,000donation to Minnesota Forward (MNF), which endorses and financially contributes to conservative Minnesotagubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer. Emmer has direct ties of support to, and has participated in fundraisingfor, a radical Christian rock band “You Can Run But You Canʼt Hide,” whose leader, Bradlee Dean, has “spokenwith some approval of Muslim attacks on homosexuals,”* bringing into our classrooms the belief that Gay menand women should be KILLED for their sexual orientation. It is a direct chain of money, belief, and hatre
In the long-awaited ruling Perry v Schwarzenegger, 9th Circuit District Court Judge Vaughn Walker is expected to hand down a doozy of a ruling: The voter-approved law known as Prop 8, which stripped California’s same-sex…
http://fierth.com – LT. Dan Choi delivers a powerful message of love and empowerment at the NYC Pride Rally June 19 2010
Keith Olbermann Special Comment On Gabrielle Giffords Shooting
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http://fierth.com -“Violence, or the threat of violence, has no place in our democracy, and I apologize for and repudiate any act or anything in my past that may have even inadvertently encouraged violence, because for whatever else each of us may be, we all are Americans.”
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