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The Best of the Best... well the most popular or controversial

Friday, August 19, 2005
Some of the most popular posts in the past month or so. You all made them popular - why not repost the links to rehash all the good times/not so good times we've had together here at Gay Rights Watch. The following are in no particular order.

It was MASSIVE.

Karen Minnis, I'll just say it: A bitch is a bitch.

Don't Blame Oregonians; Blame Speaker of the House Karen Minnis

Karen Minnis: The Full Page Ad in Gresham Outlook

Tootie Smith: An Unethical Mess of a Lobbyist

The phone call came a little after 6am...

Please don't talk to me while I pee.


Posted by The Boys of Gay Rights Watch

 

Gay Rights Advocate Coretta Scott King Suffers Stroke

Thursday, August 18, 2005
This is just awful news.

(Atlanta, Georgia) Coretta Scott King, the 78-year-old widow of Martin Luther King Jr., and an outspoken supporter of LGBT civil rights, is listed in fair condition in an Atlanta hospital after reportedly suffering a stroke.

A spokesperson for Piedmont Hospital said her vital signs were stable but family friend the Rev. Joseph Lowery said she was having difficulty speaking.

Family members have made no public statements on King's health or her prospects for recovery. In a statement Martin Luther King III said "expressions of love and concern" have been pouring in for his mother and the family.

King has for a number of years spoken out in favor of LGBT issues - especially in support of same-sex marriage and against the proposed federal amendment to ban gay marriage in the Constitution.

In March 2004 King in a speech at Richard Stockton College in New Jersey affirmed her belief that same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue.

"Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union," King said.

"A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages."

She has frequently denounced other black leaders who support amending the Constitution.

King has frequently said that her late husband also supported gay rights and saw it as a civil rights issue.

Last December she distanced herself from an Atlanta march organized by a prominent local black preacher who said Martin Luther King would have opposed gay marriage. King's daughter, Bernice King, attended the rally - speaking out against gays and same-sex marriage.

via: 365gay.com

Posted by Bryan Harding

 

Mom. Dad. Your daughter is pregnant.

Yesterday there was a ballot initative filed with the Secretary of States office for parental notification when it comes to minors getting abortions. (View the complete wording here).

So I want to open up a discussion about this topic. What do you all think about parental notification when it comes to abortion? I have some thoughts about it - but would love to hear what others have to say. Keep the discussion friendly.

Post by Bryan Harding