LGBTQ news and entertainment
Matt Baume for the American Foundation for Equal Rights:
• Oral argument is done, and now we can make a few predictions about how the Supreme Court might rule in June.
• Texas lawmakers have a plan to stop marriage equality, and they don’t seem to care that their plan isn’t actually legal.
• And the National Organization for Marriage is insisting that they’ll still exist a year from now.
From Matt Buame:
What is the Supreme Court thinking about marriage?
They just heard oral argument from gay couples, from the states that want to preserve their bans, and from the US Government.
And we can make a couple guesses about what’s going through their heads.
Matt Baume does an excellent job of breaking down just about every lie and untruth anti-gay Tony Perkins has put out to the public in this short video.
Perkins is about to distribute a DVD to hundreds of church (for the low, low price of just $20) that primes the hate factor against same-sex marriage just in time for the oral arguments at SCOTUS next week.
With just the tiniest bit of snark, Matt breaks down all the homophobia and untruths for you. Hit play and see all the “arguments” disintegrate.
Must see.
Matt Baume has rounded up the weirdest Supreme Court briefs that argue in favor of preventing gays and lesbians from marrying.
Some are full of mistakes, others have baffling arguments.
And at least one is incredibly sexist, and signed by a member of Congress.
Folks vote in a presidential elections based on a multitude of issues. Or, sometimes, it’s whether or not they think they like a particular candidate.
But for LGBT folks, the next election could see the progress on our rights continue, or be rolled back. It depends on the winner.
Matt Baume looks into his crystal ball to explain what’s at stake, and what we could stand to lose if the next president doesn’t support the civil rights gains of the last 8 years.
Matt Baume (of Marriage News Watch fame) has launched a new podcast about entertainment that has changed the lives of gay men.
We all have a story to tell about the book, the show, the song, the film that made us who we are. And that’s what this podcast is about. Each week, my guest plucks a piece of entertainment from their past, and answers the question: how did it change your life?
Matt Baume explains why so many “religious freedoms” laws are actually “license to discriminate” dressed up in sheep’s clothing.
Last week, Senator James Lankford (Oklahoma) and Representative Randy Forbes (Virginia) jumped on the fact that Chipotle suspended a pork supplier for failing to provide proper animal care.
Then they twisted that news through a tangle of logic until it was sly justification for businesses to refuse service to LGBTs.
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights:
It’s been nearly two months since marriage was supposed to start in Alabama, and the state still doesn’t have its act together.
Texas just filed a lawsuit to prevent gays and lesbians from taking family medical leave.
And it’s going to take at least five different bills to overturn Michigan’s marriage ban.
Matt Baume takes a moment (in his newly “Downton Abbey-ized” office) to explain the LGBT uproar regarding the rise and meteoric crash of Congressman Aaron Schock:
So long! After denying gay rumors for years, Aaron Schock’s leaving Congress due to a financial scandal.
But whether he’s straight or gay, Schock has used the closet to further his own interests at the expense of his LGBT constituents.
Matt Baume chats with his “roommates” about all those anti-gay politicians who always seem to have “gay friends.”
No politician who says “but I have gay friends!” actually has any. So why do they keep saying it? Join four friends as they gather around the cheesecake to gab and gossip about the nature of friendship, sneaky lawmakers, and a certain notorious retirement community.