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A Watershed for Equality

watershed: 2: a crucial dividing point, line, or factor: turning point Last week I framed Election Day in terms of a makeover: Before—the run-up to November 6, characterized by dread and fear of a Romney win and the ensuing turning back the tide on pieces of progress too numerous…

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November 15, 2012

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The Makeover

If I were an illustrator, I would create cartoons to represent people like me (Obama voters) before and after Tuesday’s historic election. Since I cannot draw to save my soul, however, I shall try to describe what my pictures would look like. THE “BEFORE ” CARTOON. Group A—several wealthy,…

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November 9, 2012

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A Cautionary Tale

This is a work of fiction--but not a fantasy--based on a possible outcome of the November 6 U.S. election.

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October 25, 2012

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Honor Their Memory: Re-elect Obama

October 7, 1998: Cyclist Aaron Kreifels spots what he takes for a scarecrow as he rides through a Wyoming field. When he sees the glistening blood, he realizes this is no scarecrow, and the brutally beaten University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard is rushed to a hospital, where five…

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October 11, 2012

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The All-American Flag of Homophobia

What the plaintiffs are alleging is diabolical–for a political organization to steal an image, and demonize a couple’s love and privacy, in order to peddle bigotry and hate to win votes.

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September 27, 2012

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The Censors Are Coming

And what’s more troubling is that Facebook would let a page that "prays for the death of President Obama" stand while deleting a liberally leaning political one. It makes no sense, and implies a great and deep lack of fair play and ethics on Facebook's part.

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September 13, 2012

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The Bully Versus the Bully Pulpit

In May I wrote about the troubling homophobic bullying incident in which Mitt Romney was the ringleader when but a high school lad, back in 1965. My suggestion, and many others’, was that Romney’s inability (or unwillingness) to own up to his youthful misdeeds (most of us have done…

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September 6, 2012

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The Homecoming Players Take On “8 the Play”

The Homecoming Players in Ithaca, New York, for which I serve as artistic director, won a slot in the national series of staged readings of Dustin Lance Black’s new documentary play, 8, which we performed on August 10. We were thrilled to be part of this program, and a…

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August 30, 2012

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Prop 8 Saga May End, as *8* the Play Ascends

Marriage equality is arguably the civil rights issue of our day. Since the Stonewall Riots of 1969, which opened the closet door on a history of oppression and rejection for the American LGBT community, great progress has been made, but not enough. California’s Prop 8 story epitomizes the battle…

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August 2, 2012

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Chick-Fil-A: Real Chicken, Real Hate

Advocates for equality try to take the high road, because battling hate with hate doesn't bring progress.

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July 26, 2012