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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Some Good News for the Gays

posted by on March 28 at 9:26 AM

The proposed ban on gay foster parents in Arkansas—which would have banned placing foster children in the homes of their fit-to-parent gay and lesbians relatives (so much better to ship those kids off to strangers!)—dies in committee.

Iowa State Senate approves gay and lesbian civil rights bill.

Georgia Supreme Court rejects lawsuit brought by the America’s Least Favorite Lesbian.

Staten Island has its first openly-gay elected official.

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now wtf is going on with the washington dp bill?

Posted by something else | March 28, 2007 10:08 AM
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Wow. All this good homo news in one day? I don't think I can handle it.

In all seriousness, thanks. As a middle aged homo, watching state after state enact DOMA laws or amend their constitutions over the last few years has been really depressing. The general state of gay rights has largely seemed to be slipping backwards to me. It is a relief to get good news every now and then.

Posted by SDA in SEA | March 28, 2007 11:57 AM
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Oh noes! T3h gheys are getting rights!!!1

Seriously, I'm very, very happy. I really hope this trend continues.

Posted by Shea | March 28, 2007 12:22 PM
4

Staten Island? That is progress.

Posted by E. Steven | March 28, 2007 12:36 PM
5

Thank you for some good news regarding us. We have received so little in the last couple of years.

Posted by lawrence clark | March 28, 2007 7:55 PM
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Some of us straights are absolutely thrilled to read such an abundant amount of good news as well. Now we need to turn our efforts to obtaining nationally recognized domestic partnerships.

Posted by ChillyMama | March 29, 2007 2:59 PM

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