Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Today's Headlines From LGBTQNation

Top enlisted Marine on the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ — ‘Get over it’

June 21 — The Command Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, the top non-commissioned officer, addressing Marines regarding the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:” Read more »

Linda Harvey calls ‘It Gets Better Project’ evil, Dan Savage ‘vicious and vulgar’

June 21 — Linda Harvey, founder of Columbus, Ohio-based Mission America -- whose sole purpose is to denounce homosexuals -- has called the "It Gets Better Project" "wrong," "evil" and "dark," and it's creator Dan Savage "a radical and vicious, vicious, vulgar, profane, anti-Christian."Read more »

NJ lawmaker: Voting against marriage equality ‘biggest mistake of my career’

June 21 — New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney (D) on Monday apologized in a speech on the Senate floor for casting a vote against marriage equality in January 2010. Read more »

Wisconsin judge rules domestic partner registry is constitutional

June 21 — A judge in Wisconsin on Monday ruled that domestic partnerships are not substantially similar to marriages, and that such partnerships do not violate the state’s 2006 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Read more »

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