Hillary Clinton is such a disappointment.  From Towleroad, Uganda: 'Kill Gays' Bill 'Likely to Pass:

"Activists and political observers expect the private members' bill, which proscribes the death penalty for 'serial offenders' and is still in the committee stage, to pass with little opposition and some minor changes."

Clinton's response?

She refuses to discuss removing US taxpayer funded foreign aid to Uganda, as dozens of other countries are threatening to do if the bill passes.  But she gave us some nice talking points on World AIDS Day.  I guess she thinks she's still campaigning, where she can get away with lots of words and no action.

From James Oaksun at Liberty for Maine:

Today, Liberty For Maine released a proprietary study and report regarding marriage equality votes in California, Maine and Washington state.

Town-level vote totals in Maine, and county-level results in California and Washington, were merged with 21 demographic variables to assess whether there was a consistent explanation for the results in the three states.  The study found, in all three states, higher levels of wealth and education were strong predictors of support for the equality position.

In addition, a predictive model was constructed to calculate the probability of marriage equality being passed in all states within the next 5-10 years.  The model predicts that Hawaii, Colorado, New Jersey, Maryland and Alaska are the states most likely to pass marriage equality next.  California ranked tenth, and New York fifteenth.  Maine – where marriage equality lost at the polls last month – ranked twenty-fourth.

The study and analysis was conducted by James Oaksun, chair of Liberty For Maine and president of Virtual Galt Corporation.  Oaksun stated that, “Marriage equality is getting strong support from educational and economic elites, across multiple states.  The problem is getting the next tier of support.  Until the issue gains more traction with middle class voters, marriage equality will face tough sledding in the political process.”

In the report, Oaksun also offers five reasons why marriage equality lost in Maine, and suggests a strategy for the marriage equality movement going forward.

The report is available in .pdf form.

I can almost forgive some of the gay rights groups when they attack the Constitutionally-protected First Amendment freedom of association, in their quest to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).  They're just asking for the same special status as several other minority groups in this country, which in their minds translates to "equality."

But the ACLU should know better.  If we can't trust the ACLU to defend the First Amendment, who can we trust to do it?

Our friends at Pink Pistols got some favorable coverage recently in the wake of the Hate Crime bill being signed into law.

"That law was designed to make gays and lesbians feel good. It won’t protect them. If they want protection, they’ll have to sign up with a group formed for precisely that purpose. I’m talking about my favorite gay rights group in the entire country, the Pink Pistols."

From our friends at Queerty:

"Hate crimes laws should not give LGBTs a sense of safety.

They do not prevent anti-gay attacks. You think harsher punishments and federal funding for investigations factor into the mind of an attacker? They don't. So don't go around thinking Obama signing the Matthew Shepard Act makes you safer walking down the street. And nobody should be sending that message. Especially the gays."

Okay, so hate crime laws don't make us any safer, but they do endanger Constitutional protections for accused criminals.  And don't even get me started on the death penalty mandate in this doozy of a bill.  We can't even rely on death penalty opponents like the ACLU to speak out against it!  There's more than enough shame to spread around.  And we thought nobody could ignore the Constitution's protections of individual liberty better than Bush had.

[Insert here the apocryphal Benjamin Franklin quote about trading liberty for safety resulting in neither.]

So this all really was just a smokescreen to deal with the fact that a bunch of LGBT people who voted and contributed campaign money to Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and their cronies, thinking they'd repeal DOMA, DADT, the gay adoption ban in DC, etc., have finally realized the Democrats have no intention of keeping their campaign promises.  Fantastic.  It's like 1993 all over again.  How many times will our community fall for this trick from the Democrats?

Both of these states are polling at about 50% and the election is a few weeks away. I just sent both Washington and Maine some money and ask that you do to. Even if it is just $5.00. Please join me in fighting for equality! Thanks!

http://mainefreedomtomarry.com/

http://www.upwardstech.net/approvereferendum71