Providence Equality Action Committee (PEAC)

07/09/2010

The National Organization for Marriage shares it contempt for the U.S. Constitution. In its view, the constitutional rights of all should be constantly subject to reconsideration by Christian Right voters.

A federal judge in Boston struck down DOMA this afternoon. They are determined to overturn the will of the people, and Obama's Justice Department is sabotaging

07/09/2010

President Obama and attorney general Eric Holder likely to fight AGAINST gay couples' right to marry. The DOJ believes it must defend acts of Congress, no matter how blatantly unconstitutional they are.

When asked if the Obama administration has to appeal the decision, Buseck stated that it's expected that the Executive Branch would appeal since it has a responsibility to defend acts of Congress. And, he added, it would be "highly unusual not to appeal."

07/08/2010

Please thank Gay & Le***an Advocates & Defenders for achieving victory for equal protection under the law, for LGBT couples.

Today, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional with respect to claims brought by seven married same-sex couples and three widowers from Massachusetts. Under the ruling, the plaintiffs are entitled to the same federal sp...

07/04/2010

Focus on the Family affirms violence against transgender Americans and encourages the nation's police not to enforce laws against violent crimes in which transgender persons are the victims.

'Those who struggle with gender confusion deserve our compassion and understanding – not laws that cement them into an identity which denies biological and objective reality.'

07/01/2010

The #2 enemy of marriage equality in Rhode Island ratchets up its paranoia and possibly its externalized self-hatred

Brian Brown’s hair is apparently on fire today. According to NOM’s normally-perky president: “The stark reality? A vote for Elena Kagan is a vote to force same-sex marriage on the entire nation.”

06/30/2010

The choice of the Grammy-winning McClurkin for the free concert puts Menino in a bind, says local activist and Bay Windows columnist Reverend Irene Monroe.

"Our mayor is pro-gay and pro-same-sex marriage," she says. Yet at the same time, McClurkin appeals to "the black Christian conservative commun...

06/30/2010

Grammy Award winning gospel singer and evangelist Donnie McClurkin will headline the City of Boston's Tenth Annual GospelFest on July 18. The free concert will be produced with taxpayer funds and will take place at City Hall.

06/29/2010

NOM forms an affiliation with deathstyle extremist.

The video is absolute nuttery that you'd think even Brian Brown, Maggie Gallagher, Robert George, and the whole NOM team would repudiate, right? Right? RIGHT?!

Well, wrong.

06/28/2010

Is it enough to condemn Carcieri for vetoing the hate-crimes law expansion? Or should pro-equality Rhode Islanders do more to educate and pressure the state's conservative churches?

06/28/2010

FRC praises Rhode Island governor for protecting violent criminals, provided that they attack those untouchable transgender persons.

FRC Praises Rhode Island Governor for Vetoing Homosexual Agenda.

06/25/2010

Unreformed "ex-gay" Donnie McClurkin to headline GospelFest, produced by the city of Boston and held on City Hall Plaza. Look for antigay self-hate sermons, audible from Beacon Hill to Faneuil Hall, on July 18. Thank you, Mayor Menino.

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06/25/2010

via GHETTO PLAINSMAN, by Jarid Manos -- an excellent book about urban poverty, rural environmental destruction, the future of our youth, the warped spirituality of so many churches, and the health of our planet. --Mike

Jarid Manos is a gay/bisexual writer about the environmental devastation that is engulfing our urban youth, our rural communities, and our "sacred shattered Earth."