A Demonstration for Full LGBT Equality

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, GetEQUAL -- a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization -- and Queer Rising -- a New York based grassroots queer equality organization -- and Join the Impact -- a national LGBT civil rights organization -- announced plans to demonstrate for full LGBT equality, scheduled to take place at 5:30 pm (ET) tomorrow, Thursday, June 23rd, 2011.  The event, “”, was called by the organizations in order to give the LGBT community and their allies an opportunity to gather together in unity as they raise the urgency for full LGBT equality now.  As we've seen from one of the hardest fought legislative sessions for LGBT equality in New York history, freedom isn't free and the work for full LGBT equality will continue.

“A Demonstration for Full LGBT Equality” will take place just outside of the perimeter of the largest LGBT fundraising event this election season with proceeds going to assist the re-election campaign of the “still-evolving on marriage equality candidate,” President Barack Obama.

For more information on the demonstration, visit A Demonstration for Full LGBT Equality on Facebook.

WHAT:       “A Demonstration for Full LGBT Equality”

WHO:        GetEQUAL, Queer Rising, Join The Impact:

GetEQUAL, a national LGBT civil rights organization,

Queer Rising, a New York-based grassroots queer equality group

Join the Impact, a national LGBT civil rights organization

WHEN:          5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2011

WHERE:       Sheraton New York

811 7th Ave On 53rd Street

(New York City)

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~ SCAM ALERT!!! > Watch out for calls from “Federal State Bureau of NC”

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Why Don’t we Do This in our NCGA Building

AT our very own NCGA building where many protest and rallies happen out side of the building, when those people go inside, they have to leave their signs and banners at the door. Well, actually they have them at the steps of the building..

Why don’t we do this in our NCGA???

(photo credit: Julie Bolcer at The Advocate.com)

Why can’t we line the halls while carrying our signs???

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Obama seek money for A-List Gays and Lesbians

Via Back2Stonewall.com

Tomorrow night President Obama will be holding a $1,250 per plate “Gala with the Gay Community,” hosted by Doogie Houser (NPH) at The Sheraton Hotel in New York City. 

"The LGBT Leadership Gala" (some leadership) is the first fundraising event with the LGBT community held by a sitting president to ask the LGBT Community's help to get him elected in 2012.  Also tomorrow night President Obama IS NOT expected to endorse same sex marriage.

The nerve, the gall, the utter balls this man has coming to us for support when he delivered a mere fraction of the promises he made while writing pretty proclamations and throwing LGBT cocktail parties and crumbs to FOUR YEARS without putting any REAL PRESSURE or taking any REAL ISSUES

Now nice, what about all those you can’t dish up the dough? These Gala only serve to keep those with less means out of the Political scene. It’s the same in every state, every elections, they only want the A-listers with money to attend and minge with them.

For one the LGBT Community hasn’t seem much change in our status since he got office, well, yes DADT, but it’s fully done yet is it.

You want the money?  You want the LGBT Community's full support and backing.  Then do your fucking job and keep your fucking promises and "evolve" already because we may not have much of a choice in voting for you.  But we DON'T have to "support" you.

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Voter ID is Voter Suppression

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Tillis on Manning Budget Hearing

just posted: Tillis says if Judge Manning wants a vote on the budget, he should run for the #ncga. http://bit.ly/j6KxPB #ncpol

Manning is trying to ascertain whether the budget cuts will violate Leandro, a state Supreme Court ruling that holds the state responsible for ensuring low-income students have the same access as wealthier students to a "sound, basic education" under the state constitution. 

House Speaker Thom Tillis issued the following statement in response to today's proceedings:

“If Judge Manning wants to vote on the budget, he should run for office as a legislator. While I respect his opinion on judicial matters, it appears that this is an attempt to literally legislate from the bench. I respectfully disagree with his conclusions; our education budget is only 0.5% different from the Governor’s, and it protects classroom funding, including every teacher and teacher assistant position in the state.”

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WTF: GOP AD, Depicts a Chinese takeover

A campaign advertisement for a Republican congressional candidate from Nevada that depicts the Chinese army marching on the U.S. Capitol has upset an Asian-American group.

In the ad, a fake Chinese news anchor explains that the Chinese empire was able to rise again thanks to President Barack Obama raising the federal debt limit.

"When President Obama was sworn into office the debt was $10.6 Trillion. This month it's $14.3 Trillion. The American debt crisis threatens our future. Join with me in telling Washington that the madness ends now and the Obama debt limit must not be increased." - Mark Amodei

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Judge Howard Manning Jr. is holding a hearing on the budget

School cuts hurt young and at-risk kids, official tells judge http://sns.mx/Z4cMy9

The testimony came in Wake County Superior Court, where Judge Howard Manning Jr. is holding a hearing on whether state budget cuts endanger children's constitutional right to a sound basic education under the landmark Leandro school quality case.

The plaintiffs in the long-running case -- five poor school districts -- claim that the changes and cuts by the legislature will undo the educational progress made in the state since the initial Supreme Court ruling in Leandro in 1997. And, they argue, the budget violates children's right to a sound basic education as established by the Supreme Court.

I hope the judge find that budget cut violates the children’s constitutional rights to a full balance education.. and I hope he declares if full unconstitutional, forcing the NCGA get do a complete new budget..

We have money for war but no money for Education,  Why?? better yet NC Rep Tillis has money for raises, yet NC schools don’t for books and school supplies, why??

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