Democratic Diva

Kudos to Judge Vaughn Walker for his outstanding decision declaring Prop 8 (and presumably every other state law banning gay marriage) un-Constitutional. You can read the decision here and see how he thoroughly dismantles and demolishes the defendants’ argument. But like I said, while I’m very happy for my LGBT brothers and sisters today, this [...]

1. Pride Festival Was a blast as always and I was working it getting signatures for Dem candidates. You don’t usually get much resistance while collecting petition signatures in this crowd. “Hi, I’m collecting signatures to get (Dem candidate) on the ballot to run against (Republican incumbent)…” The words are no sooner out of your [...]

That’s what you’d think from reading the Republic piece on the Center for Arizona Policy today. “There was concern about how public policy impacts families,” said Cathi Herrod, who joined the group a couple of years later and is now president. “We were seeing a need to have someone on-site at the Legislature on behalf [...]

By now I’m sure y’all are aware of his recent comment: FRANK: In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look back on it and we say “How brave were they? What was the matter with them? You know, I can’t believe, you know, four million slaves. This is [...]

H/T to Joe.My.God. The photo on the left is the one that a Florida Christian group used to illustrate their objection to a lesbian couple adopting a child in an alert to members. The photo on the right is the actual couple. Sigh. But wait, there’s more! Scott Maxwell, editorialist for the Orlando Sentinel, couldn’t [...]

Remember how Republicans, including Arizona’s own Tom Horne, got their knickers all in a twist last September over President Obama addressing American students about the importance of staying in school and being a good citizen? Hyperventilated Horne back then: “The White House materials call for a worshipful, rather than critical approach to this speech.” Won’t [...]