It’s been a big gay week at the U.S. Supreme Court! So it seemed time to call on my friend Mike Rogers of RawStory.com to join me on the KPFK BradCast to talk about it all.
Rogers has joined me over the years for various ‘Big Gay Hours’ on the radio — going all the way back to the darkest anti-gay years of 2004 and 2005 when the campaign against marriage equality had first been weaponized by the Republican Party. So it is with some joy that we were able to mark the extraordinary victories, and speed with which they have happened, for the gay community, as well as for those of us in the constitutional conservative community who believe in things like Equal Protection under the Law, etc.
We discussed both the CA Prop 8 and DOMA hearings this week at SCOTUS, how we all got here, and what has become of some of those closeted gay politicians who fought against gay rights and inspired Rogers to become an investigative blogger, open his old BlogActive.com site and begin reporting (and outing) the hypocrites standing in the way of equality for all. His work, outing folks such as Sen. Larry Craig and others, eventually helped to inspire Kirby Dick’s 2009 documentary Outrage (in which he is featured).
We played and discussed some of the clips from this week’s hearings, including some of the shameful performances from Justice Antonin “Just Makin’ Shit Up Again” Scalia, Prop 8 proponent attorney Charles Cooper and the Obama Administration’s horrible Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.
I also covered a bit of the mysterious Florida Election cyberhack story out of Miami-Dade (and a new clue to the mystery), and Desi Doyen joined me to have a laugh at the Tennessee “conservatives” who’ve suddenly found an amusing reason to finally give a damn about mountaintop removal mining, and for the latest Green News Report…
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As soon as I see “RawStory” I find it bitter just to complete reading the sentenct. I’ve avoided reading RawStory.com ever since they unjustly banned me after I had the audacity to question the honesty of someone who slandered me by email cc to several members of RawStoryc.om staff, making bogus associations with other identities via some software they use. They never unbanned me. I was even nice about it, initially, but they — namely Roxanne Cooper — took a hardline against me. Hardliners of whatever ideological stance are the cause of the world’s problems, not the solution. When they do that to me, it really does put their credibility and objectivity into question. How else do they slant things, if that’s how they conduct affairs?
Regards,
Adam Fulford
Not to minimize your article and the continuing struggle…but I gotta print it as it comes, so for lack of having anywhere else to put this…
Growing up as a ballet dancer I learned physical balance-counter-balance, but as a student of life I have learned mental balance-counter-balance…now I see that more as right left brain integration and balance. So, the next time some imbalanced asshole tries to tell you what to do, take a moment to check your balance (emotional included) before you speak or act. But if warranted act fast, my friend, self defense is still legal, even in those halls that try to keep our change slow.
I think somebody read my message about doing history in the movies,cuz LINCOLN was brilliant. Watched it last night! Bravo ALL.
It is a balancing of the male and female, and don’t you want to graduate?
I thank and am geateful to both of my beautiful parents for helping to make me who I am. And who the fuck’s business is it what sexual orientation of your parents are? Oh, scuse me… it’s the lord’s of the lands…almost.