Politics

Dear friends, We did it!! I just got off the phone with Petty Officer Derek Morado, the servicemember who was facing discharge today in California despite “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” having been repealed 100 days ago. In short, I have great news to report — by a vote of 3-0, Derek was recommended for retention.

  UPDATE: The soldier referenced in this issue is from Lemoore… Dear friends, In December, when President Obama signed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010,” I breathed a sigh of relief. Although there is still work to do to make repeal fully inclusive and get it implemented, my hope was that at

With all the chaos around DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) it’s helpful to understand exactly what the law does and how it might effect you as a couple. You can get details about the law and the following article, courtesy of the Huffington Post and written by Bill Donius, explains more… In case you don’t

The seventh circuit court of appeals in Illinois has ruled that the wearing of anti-gay t-shirts in school is okay. Students, protesting the Day Of Silence, an annual event which highlights the bullying of kids at school, wore shirts to school that proclaimed BE HAPPY NOT GAY, which was then changed to BE HAPPY BE

  Despite the urgings of the American Foundation for Equal Rights and the Courage Campaign for an expedited trial in the appeal of the overturning of Proposition 8, the California Supreme Court has stated it will not move the hearings up from the current date of September of this year. The American Foundation for Equal