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Zach Wahls' Iowa Speech for Gay Marriage Goes Viral [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsThe Iowa House of Representatives approved a resolution on Tuesday that proposes a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in the state. Hundreds of people packed the Iowa State House to debate the issue -- known as House Joint Resolution 6 -- which passed by a 62-37 vote. One of the individuals who spoke was Zach Wahls, a University of Iowa engineering student and the child of a same-sex couple. His three-minute speech against the resolution is going viral across the Internet, much like Fort Worth, Texas, City Councilman Joel Burns' "It Gets Better" speech did during ...
No Sex for Gays at Qatar World Cup? Was FIFA Chief Joking?
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Dec. 15) -- Gay soccer fans unsure about attending the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal, should rest assured that they can attend the games ... as long as they refrain from sex, that is. That's according to FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, who stuck his foot in his mouth at a press conference in Johannesburg when he suggested jokingly that gays would be welcome at the games but should "refrain from any sexual activities" while in Qatar. Blatter did say that he wanted the World Cup to be inclusive. "We don't want racism, we don't want any discrimination. What we want to do is ...
Gay Veteran, 81, Awaits Repeal of 'Don't Ask' Policy
By Andrea Stone - AOL News
(Nov. 10) -- Garrison Phillips hasn't worn the uniform of the United States Army since he returned from Korea more than half a century ago. He calls his time in the military "a very prideful period of my life, and I can't imagine not having gone to do it." To show his pride, Phillips has marched for years in New York's Veterans Day parade. He also is a regular at another annual event: New York City's gay pride parade. Now, at 81, the former actor is watching from the sidelines as gay rights advocates fight legislative and legal battles to repeal the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy ...
Juan Williams Has Company: 11 Famous Politically Correct Firings
By David Knowles - AOL NewsCorrection: The original version of this article incorrectly identified Joe Jervis as the aide to Saxby Chambliss who was fired over a comment left on the blog JoeMyGod.com. In fact, Mr. Jervis is the author of the blog, and the man to whom Chambliss issued an apology over the message. Surge Desk regrets the error. (Oct. 21) -- Sometimes, the freedom of speech comes with an asterisk attached. NPR's firing of veteran political commentator Juan Williams for his admission on Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's program that he gets nervous when he gets on a plane and sees people dressed in "Muslim ...
Gay Military Recruits and 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': 4 Key Points
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Oct. 19) -- Today is set to be a significant milestone in what looks like a steady march toward the end of "don't ask, don't tell," now that the military has reportedly told recruiters to start accepting openly gay applicants. But, before anyone does anything drastic like gleefully enlist and come out, below is a review of the status of the complicated case as it stands right now. Any Minute Now U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips is scheduled to announce her decision today on whether or not she will grant the government's request for a stay of her injunction against DADT. At a ...
Turn Purple on October 20 -- and Show LGBT Youth It Does 'Get Better'
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyStand up for gays on Oct. 20. Wear purple. Do it in memory of Tyler Clementi, and all the other young people we've lost. In a harsh and often hopeless world, give hope, if for no other reason than because you can. I'm no fan of silly color memes and Facebook games. I believe the amorphous thing we call "awareness" changes little in the lives of real people, and gives the public a false sense of security and satisfaction. Cancer, for instance, cannot be willed away or "awarenessed" away any more than Tinker Bell can be saved by audience members clapping. But now -- at last! -- along comes a ...
End of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'? It Depends on Obama
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 13) -- At any point during his first two years of office, President Barack Obama could have ended, unilaterally, "don't ask, don't tell," the ban on gays openly serving in the military. All it would have taken was an executive order. But he didn't. Instead, it's been ended -- at least temporarily -- by U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips, who was appointed to the federal court by Bill Clinton, the president who introduced the policy in 1993. Phillips ruled that don't ask, don't tell violated the First Amendment, which guarantees the right to free speech, and the Fifth Amendment, ...
Judge Issues Injunction Against 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': Instant Reactions
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 12) -- The day after National Coming Out Day, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. military must end enforcement of its controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, The Associated Press reports. According to the report, "Judge Virginia Phillips ordered the military 'immediately to suspend and discontinue any investigation, or discharge, separation, or other proceeding, that may have been commenced under the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' " The Department of Justice is expected to appeal the decision, according to CNN. Surge Desk gathers some initial reactions from the blogosphere and ...
Opinion: Paladino Becomes the Next 'Bigot' Thing
By David Fagin - AOL News
(Oct. 11) -- Is it me or is bigotry becoming as common as an iPod? In just the past two weeks, we've seen a garden variety of unabashed, pure hate being spewed at the gay community at the hands of everyone from Michigan's assistant attorney general, to students at prominent universities, down to idiot teenage gang members. Not to be outdone, on Sunday, New York gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino decided to throw his hat into the ring of nominees for the "Nobel Hate Prize." And, oddly enough, he decided to do it while speaking to a group of people who he must've thought would completely ...
Pentagon's 'Don't Ask' Survey: Soldiers in Afghanistan Are Just Not That Interested
By David Wood - Politics DailyCombat troops in Afghanistan had less opportunity than those at home to weigh in on the potential repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' law on gays and lesbians in the military, Defense Department officials acknowledged. The Pentagon, under pressure to repeal the law from President Barack Obama, Congress and its own top leadership, this summer launched what spokesman Geoff Morrell described as a "scientifically supported'' effort to survey "a large representative sample of our force'' to determine how they felt about allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly. That outreach included ...
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