Wow. Anderson Cooper refereed Lt. Dan Choi and Elaine Donnelly of the Center for Military Readiness on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), and it wasn’t even close. Good television, and a nice antidote to Rep. Gohmert’s ant-gay statements yesterday. Watch:
Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) defended the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act in Congress today against Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and other Republicans seeking to strip it from the Defense Authorization bill by sending it back to conference. Rep. Gohmert and his eloquent “rebuttals” below:
Reps. Frank, Baldwin and Nadler defending the hate crimes act below.
The wait is finally over. Kylie Minogue made her U.S. tour debut at the Fox Theatre in Oakland and it was truly amazing. I finally get why my husband is such a fan. Video teaser from the concert below…
And some stills…
The television ads may be having an impact… In a new poll published by Democracy Corps, Mainers favor marriage equality by 9 points from a sampling of 800 plus registered voters, an 11 point swing from the previous poll. Results below:
The latest ad below…
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