http://www.thequotablequeer.com Gay Life, Gay Culture, Gay Philosophy, Gay Politics Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:44:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gay marriage is definitely an issue our entire world community is debating. Even communities and countries where one side has claimed victory still debate the issue heatedly. Recently, South Africa joined the four other countries that have legalized homosexual marriage. The Netherlands was the first to ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/136 Here is my letter to the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council on an update of the Human Rights Ordinance. May right win over bigotry today! And you can Quote me on that. The Quotable Queer I am writing you to urge your support of Proposition 622. Proposition 622 will update the ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/135 There is currently an ongoing war within the media and within American society on how we celebrate and acknowlege this time of year. Although this war seems ridiculous at first glance, a closer examination reveals a much more disturbing nature as to why this particular war is being waged ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/132 There is some glimmer of hope within this most recent discourse on homosexuality by the Catholic Church. There is far more concern though. “These people must be received with respect and delicacy; one will avoid every mark of unjust discrimination with respect to them.â€? The Catholic Church appears ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/130 With the re-emergence of an updated Human Rights Ordinance for Marion County and the City of Indianapolis, I thought it a poignant time to focus back on my initial comments after the defeat of these changes. I stand behind these words now as I did then. It seems ridiculous to ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/129 It seems pretty clear to me that the current traffic control systems, i.e. traffic lights, are in grave need of a modernatization that maximizes gas mileage for all drivers on the roads. How many times have you found yourself sitting at a red stop light when no traffic is ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/128 There is a stubborn quality to our lives that oftentimes appears as a roadblock to everything we want, we desire and sometimes even what we need. Although stubbornness comes from within, it is no simple problem that can be easily solved with a few words. In fact, managing ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/127 As I begin to delve into the extensive case history of Judge Samuel Alito, the first case involving the GBLT community directly is Saxe v. State College. This is a case involving anti-harassment policies in K-12 public schools involving harassment due to sexual orientation. Ultimately, Alito ruled that ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/126 At just a meer glimpse at Judge Samuel Alito’s judicial career, it seems apparent that the judicial restraint that President George W Bush always refers to does not apply to conservative judges. The conservative base is surely quite impressed with this pick to the nation’s highest court. This ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/125 It seems unfathomable to me that Indiana Republicans are actually ahead of Democrats on issues of discrimination on basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity. Since Governor Mitch Daniels took office, he has made his anti-discrimination policies public. Now, Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has also made ... http://www.thequotablequeer.com/the-quotable-queer/124