Bilerico Post on ENDA from Congressman Barney Frank

This guest post comes to us from Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA). Congressman Frank is one of two openly gay Hous members, is the Chair of the Financial Services Committee, an has been a leader in the development of the Employmen NonDiscrimination Act

Being in the legislative minority is easy – pulling together to block bad things does not require a lot of agonizing over tough decisions. Being in the majority is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, we have the ability to move forward in a positive way on important public policy goals. Detracting from that is the fact that it is never possible for us at any given time to get everything that we would like, and so we have to make difficult choices. But it is important to remember that the good part of this greatly outweighs the bad. Going from a situation in which all we can do is to prevent bad things from happening to one in which we have to decide exactly how much good is achievable and what strategic choices we must make to get there is a great advance. (READ)

No Child Left...with insurance

Bush Readies Veto Pen As Senate Passes Children's Health Bill

9/27/07 (The Politico) The stage is set for one of the most significant domestic policy showdowns of the Bush presidency.

The Senate on Thursday night cleared a massive children's health insurance bill by a veto-proof margin, 67-29, but House approval earlier this week of the same bill was not enough for a veto override, leaving President Bush with the upper hand for now. (more)

The Last Supper?

from Bilerico.com

This Folsom Street Fair ad has been making its rounds, and the Religious Right, of course, is all up in arms about this one. If you haven't seen it, here it is: It's a re-enactment of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper with leather men and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Catholic League has called for Miller Brewing to pull their sponsorship of the event (more)

And the hipocracy continues... what a dick.

Senate Passes Hate Crimes Bill; Larry Craig Opposes

September 27, 2007 12:33 PM

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Moments ago, the Senate voted 60-39 to end debate on the Matthew Shepard Act, which expands federal hate crimes laws to include violence based on a victim's sexual orientation, gender, disability, and other factors. The AP reports:

Let's see if Christiane can clean up this "no gays in Iran" thing

Tonight: CNN's Christiane Amanpour sits down with the man behind the controversy -- Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. A CNN exclusive -- only on '360°'.

Run, Al, Run

If Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize, will he run for president?
By Christopher Hitchens, Slate.com
Posted Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at 12:00 PM ET

I am occasionally asked why it is that so many Europeans display reflexive anti-Americanism, and I force myself to choose from a salad of possible answers. One of these is the resentment that I can remember feeling myself when I lived in England in the 1970s: the sheer brute fact that American voters who knew nothing about Europe (and cared less) could pick a president who had more clout than any of our elected prime ministers could exert. America could change our economic climate by means of the Federal Reserve, could use bases in Britain to forward its policies in Asia or the Middle East, and all the rest of it. Americans could also choose a complete crook like Richard Nixon, or a complete moron like Jimmy Carter, and we still had to watch our local politicians genuflect to the so-called Atlantic alliance. (more)