Not a Bad Month

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July was a fairly quiet month, but still among other developments:

  • President Bush signed a law ending the exclusion of HIV-positive immigrants and visitors.
  • Massachusetts repealed a state law banning nonresident same-sex marriages.
  • A popular GOP congresswoman in Florida, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, spoke out against that state's ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage.
  • Congressional hearings on the U.S. military's gay ban exposed the weakness of the anti-gay side.

Onward to August!

More. And then, of course, there was the horrific shooting and deaths at the Unitarian Universalist church in Knoxville, Tennesssee, by an anti-gay lunatic. Media reports have underscored his hatred of liberals, but he was also, more generally, anti-Christian (although you have to go to the blogs to find that angle explored).

In any event, let's hope this tragedy can result in greater general awareness about the potential consequences of anti-gay animus.

5 Comments for “Not a Bad Month”

  1. posted by Casey on

    Adding to the list of good things that happened in July, we had the first hearing on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in 15 years, we’re seeing great polling in CA on marriage, and down in Florida, we’ve got GOP Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announcing her opposition to the other coast’s marriage amendment. All in all, not bad at all.

  2. posted by Casey on

    Apparently I’m blind, or just too tired. Disregard previous comment.

  3. posted by Jim on

    Conspicuously absent from this list is that for the first time in history, one of the major party candidates for President voiced opposition to a state ballot initiative to ban gay marriage. This development is all the more remarkable given that the state in question is California, where gay people can currently wed, and the nominee in question is the one with the better chances of actually being elected President of the United States.

    I’m surprised you missed that one (especially since you remembered to credit the laudatory but considerably less significant fact that GOP congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen this month opposed a similar ballot initiative in Florida). Does it have something to do with the fact that every time Obama is mentioned in this blog, invariably it is to be criticized for opposing gay marriage (which John McCain also opposes, along with gay adoption), for the effect his black supporters may have on Prop 8’s chances (even though the latest poll shows blacks opposed to the initiative), or for how long it took him to come out against Prop 8 (even though John McCain will never ever ever do the same)?

    Under normal circumstances, I would assume it’s because Obama’s announcement actually occurred on June 29, but in two previous posts (“Gays Remain Cheap Date” and “It’s Called Playing Hardball”) you mistakenly dated to July 1, so it doesn’t seem like that can be the explanation.

  4. posted by Bobby on

    “let’s hope this tragedy can result in greater general awareness about the potential consequences of anti-gay animus.”

    —No, it’s not anti-gay animus that kills gays. It’s gun control and the gay community’s willingness to embrace it. Unitarians and other liberals choose to be unarmed, thus they are choosing to be victims.

    Think about it, when was the last time you heard of a gun man killing people at a gun range, or at a gun show? The killer wasn’t stupid, he knew liberals don’t carry guns. They might as well be walking with targets on their shirts.

  5. posted by Richard on

    If more guns was always the solution to stop violence, then their would probably be no more wars, because just about every nation has gots arms…

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