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Why Are Liberals Winning the Culture Wars and Losing the Tax Battle?
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyDuring the memorable summer of 1969, men walked on the moon and the Stonewall Riot in Greenwich Village inspired the gay-rights movement. It was also a time when Richard Nixon, at the height of his liberal reformer phase, declared in an Oval Office address, "Abolishing poverty, putting an end to dependency – like reaching the moon a generation ago – may seem impossible. But in the spirit of Apollo, we can lift our sights and marshal our best efforts." These days, presidents no longer invoke the utopian dream of eradicating poverty. But in a stunning cultural transformation – ...
Victim in Stonewall Inn Attack Says He Fought Back
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(Oct. 5) -- A man who was beaten in an alleged bias attack in an iconic New York City gay bar says he fought back against his attackers although he had "blood streaming down my right eye." Ben Carver, the victim of an alleged gay-bashing assault, has reportedly recounted the incident that left him bloodied and bruised, in an online blog posting. Kevin Larkin, AP Two men have been charged with beating Ben Carver at the Stonewall Inn, an iconic gay bar in New York City. "While I feel a certain amount of civic responsibility to bring awareness to the fact that anti-gay violence is an ...
Stonewall Inn Anti-Gay Beating: What Constitutes a Hate Crime?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 5) -- In the early hours of Sunday morning, two presumably straight men beat up a gay man in the bathroom of the Stonewall Inn, New York's most iconic gay bar, famed for the 1969 riots against police persecution that many credit with kicking off the modern gay rights movement. As the victim, Benjamin Carver, described the incident, his two attackers were in the bathroom when Carver went to relieve himself. One said, "Don't pee next to me, f-----," and they demanded money from Carver before attacking him. Matthew Francis and Christopher Orlando were promptly arrested and have been ...
2 Arrested in Anti-Gay Attack at Famed NYC Gay Bar
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NEW YORK (Oct. 4) - A patron at the Stonewall Inn, a powerful symbol of the gay rights movement since protests over a 1969 police raid there, was tackled to the floor and beaten in an anti-gay bias attack over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images A customer at the Stonewall Inn in New York City was beaten Sunday in an anti-gay bias attack, authorities say. Two men were arrested in the early Sunday beating, which came little more than a day after a group of male friends bidding an affectionate good night to each other were attacked in another anti-gay assault ...
Crazy Costumes Come Out of the Closet for Gay Pride
By Ben Muessig - AOL News(June 28) -- Forget the holiday season; June is the time of year when people don their gayest apparel. Cities around the world celebrated gay pride parades last weekend, allowing gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer communities to come together, often in costume. Revelers marched through New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Mexico City, Berlin and Guatemala City, among other locations, dressed in elaborate get-ups in all shades of the rainbow. ...
Lessons Learned From the NYC Gay Pride Parade
By Sara Nommensen - Politics Daily"This younger generation takes itself very seriously," the announcer proclaimed over the crowd assembled at Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street in Greenwich Village to watch the annual NYC Gay Pride Parade on June 28. I wasn't sure what to make of the comment. Sure, on the one hand, I watched teenagers in Speedos with glittered hair do backflips down Fifth Avenue. But on the other, some of my friends' unexpected and thought-provoking comments from earlier that day still rang in my ears. My friends would not be attending the march, they told me. "There's no pride in that," they'd said, referring ...
Forty Years After Stonewall, That Lavender Hour Uncertain
By James Daubs - Politics DailyMonday night in the East Room of the White House, President Obama meets with gay and lesbian leaders to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. It represents the first time Stonewall has ever been officially recognized in the White House. Press secretary Robert Gibbs has said that no substantive announcements are expected at the reception. (The president will not, in other words, officially legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states; being a president and not, alas, a Supreme Leader, he has no authority to do so. Nor is he likely to apologize for his supposed foot-dragging on ...
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