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		<title>I Hereby Command You&#8230; (but Will I Defend You?)</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/07/i-hereby-command-you-but-will-i-defend-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[DADT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Uniform Code of Military Justice applies to members of the armed forces.  The Code sets out the laws that each member of the services is bound to follow.  It enumerates offenses and punishments much like the Penal Code does for non-military citizens, and includes Article 92, which criminalizes the failure to obey an order or regulation.


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		<title>Texas GOP Official Platform Calls for Imprisonment of Homosexuals and Supportive Heterosexuals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm not a big fan of Democrats right now.  In fact, I'm so upset with their negotiations to be bi-partisan, I actually considered not voting for a single democrat this November and instead voting for an independent or abstaining my vote altogether.  Many LGBT people have made calls for a boycott of the democrats - no money and no votes.  But I live in Texas and that changes things for me.


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		<title>Community College District Won’t Discriminate – Except in the Bathroom</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/06/accd-discrimination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The San Antonio LGBT Community has been petitioning the Alamo Community College District, which oversees 5 community college campuses in the San Antonio area, to amend its existing policies to include sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.  After two meetings and many conversations with the Board, the ACCD has agreed to vote on a policy which would include sexual orientation, but not gender identity/expression.


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		<title>Anti-Equality Messiah, Maggie Gallagher, Wants Her Equal Protection and to Eat it Too!</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/06/mgeats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assuming yesterday’s closing arguments are any indication of which way Judge Walker will rule in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger Prop 8 case, it looks like an obvious victory for marriage equality advocates.  In a statement on the National Organization for [Heterosexual Only] Marriage's website the group’s messiah, Maggie Gallagher, seemed to admit this defeat, stating:

"Americans have a right to vote for marriage. Ted Olson doesn't seem to understand the argument, and judging from today's exchanges neither does Judge Walker. I expect Judge Walker will overrule Prop 8."


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		<title>2010 – The Year of the Lesbian Parent.</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/06/2010yearlesbianparent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (Rep-WA) voted no on the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, also more formally known as the Patrick Amendment to H.R. 5136, which would repeal the discriminatory policy banning openly gay service members from defending freedom and equality. 


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		<title>LGBT Lessons for Straight People: What Do You Tell A Seven Year Old About Homosexuality?</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/06/lgbt-lessons-7year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representative Ike Skelton from Missouri is against the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell ("DADT"), which bans service in the military by openly gay people, because he doesn't want to open a national dialogue about homosexuality. Specifically, he doesn't want to have to force families to explain homosexuality to their children. Setting aside the absurdity that repealing DADT will come up at the dinner table with our children, let's talk about the real issue here. Homo-ignorance.


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		<title>Anti-Gay, Anti-Worker Hyatt Gets Support from HRC San Antonio Chapter</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/05/sahrcloveshyatt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 03:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZONKERS!!!! Imagine my surprise when I opened my email box and discovered a tip advising me that the San Antonio Chapter of the Human Rights Campaign is holding its Gala and Silent Auction at the Grand Hyatt Riverwalk in San Antonio.  On the Facebook event page, the Chapter makes this statement:

"The Gala will be held on October 23rd at the brand new and beautiful Grand Hyatt on the RiverWalk! Your dinner co-chairs will host a Happy Hour there soon. Stay tuned for details!"


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		<title>Stupid Things People Say About Gays: Repealing Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell is &#8220;Forcible Sodomy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/05/stpsagdadt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 19:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During her testimony at the hearing, Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military readiness, invoked the argument against a repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell we hear all too often - that a repeal would result in :"exotic forms of sexual expression", "forcible sodomy" and declaring a repeal would lead to a "sexualized atmosphere."


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		<title>VIDEO: Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell Protests Interrupt Obama Fundraising &#8211; Dan Choi and Others in Chains Again</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/04/getequaldadt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GetEQUAL activists interrupted President Barack Obama during a speech designed to raise funds for California Senatory, Barbara Boxer's re-election campaign.  The group shouted for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the U.S. Military's policy prohibiting openly gay soldiers from serving this country.

President Obama attempted to regain control of the speech and stay on topic, by acknowledging the group, then returning to endorsements for Senator Boxer.  


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		<title>SAPD Admits Murder of Troy Martinez Clattenburg Was a Hate Crime (Finally).</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/04/troyboy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As previously reported here, Troy Martinez Clattenburg of San Antonio, Texas, was shot in the back of the head.  His murderer, Cody Carmichael, confessed to shooting Troy because Troy allegedly made sexual advances toward Cody.  During the investigation, Detective Cardenas of the San Antonio Police Department continually denied that Troy's murder was a hate crime and stated that it was not being investigated as such.


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