Tag: Gay Issues
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Count One Lackluster Vote for Corzine
Ex-prosecutor Christie pledges tax cuts and clean government in a corrupt, high-tax state, and I’ll count that as a silver lining if he wins. But there’s no guarantee he would actually be effective at cutting taxes and fighting corruption, whereas he undoubtedly would follow through on his anti-gay veto threat.
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Loading Up the Corruption Bus in New Jersey
(Welcome, New York Times readers. You might be interested in other posts about New Jersey and Maplewood.) My adopted home state of New Jersey has a long sordid history of political corruption. We’re not yet five years removed from Gov. Jim McGreevey’s resignation after the revelation that he had appointed his unqualified boyfriend to a […]
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How “Blue” is New Jersey — and for How Long?
I market my blog as the musings of “a red-state voter in a deep blue state.” It’s a catchy line, and it lends itself to a jazzy 125×125 logo — created by the Web Goddess, naturally. But sometimes I’ve wondered if New Jersey really is as “deep blue” as, say, Massachusetts or Vermont. (I’m sure […]
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G.W. Bush Better Than Clinton on Gay Equality
Have you heard about the (pro-) gay-rights bill our President signed right before Christmas? Probably not, if you rely on the mainstream media for news. In fact, even the blogosphere has been strangely quiet about it, although Gay Patriot launched an item about it this morning. His succinct wrapup (a reference to Don’t Ask, Don’t […]
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McCain Gets More Gay Votes Than Bush
I meant to follow up in a more timely way on an earlier post about the conservative gay vote. From that earlier post: Along the same lines, I also want to note estimates that nearly one out of every four gay voters pulled the lever for Bush in 2004 (as did I), despite Bush’s odious […]
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Gay Republicans Make Their Peace With Palin
This article is a response to gay friends who have taken issue, quite civilly, with my support of John McCain for President. (Disclaimer: there is a comment on the article from someone named “Kirk,” who is not me.) While John McCain’s “selection of the Alaska governor has energized the GOP’s socially conservative wing,†it has […]