The Supreme Court of the United States has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in a 5 to 4 decision. Justice Kennedy sided with the more liberal members of the court which will force the federal government to recognize same sex marriages in the twelve states that offer them. In another ruling, the court has…
The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) have endorsed Mitt Romney for president of the United States. LCR is a goup of LGBT people who identify with most Republican Party values. The group’s email endorsement was entitled “We are Americans first.” “The decision to endorse is the right one for our members, our community, and for the nation…
BY STAMPP CORBIN San Diego LGBT Weekly has exclusively obtained a memorandum sent from Competitive Edge, a firm that specializes in political polling, campaign voter contact and grassroots advocacy. The memo, dated October 17, 2012 and addressed to Tony Krvaric of the Republican Party of San Diego, says that the mayoral race is tied. The…
The San Diego U-T published a poll suggesting that Carl DeMaio is ahead in the mayoral race by ten points. Shocking. You mean Doug Manchester and the U-T have conducted a poll that supports his candidate, DeMaio? No other poll has shown DeMaio in the lead. So I guess the cheese stands alone, as the old…
Many are asking whether US Attorney Laura Duffy should resign amid allegations of a conflict of interest. The answer is a resounding yes. Duffy, reputedly a lesbian, organized an event for the Jewish community that had mayoral candidates Bob Filner and Carl DeMaio debating. Duffy not only organized the event, she established the parameters and…
We now have one fall guy for Lilygate, Matthew Hardick. Good ole Hardick has taken full responsibility for the water gun event in Balboa Park. He managed to include the recovery community in his Facebook post admitting responsibility for the desecration of the lily pond. “I’m in the recovery community so I’m always looking to…
As the Balboa Park lily pond scandal reaches new heights, I have advice for Councilman Carl DeMaio and his life partner, Johnathan Hale: Don’t play coy with the truth. DeMaio has vehemently denied that Hale had any involvement with the water gun fight in Balboa Park that caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of…
Headliner Kelly Rowland has cancelled her San Diego Pride appearance. This is on the heels of cancellations at Pride celebrations in Washington, D.C. and Manchester, England. Pride will announce Rowland’s replacement on Monday, June 26, 2012 at 10:30 am. The rumor mill says the replacement will be Glee-ful!
Last month, JCPenney was the focus of homophobic outrage and calls for a boycott after it featured a lesbian couple in its Mother’s Day catalog. Also when JCPenney brought on Ellen DeGeneres earlier this year as a spokesperson, the so-called One Million Moms (OMM) — a group of the homophobic American Family Association — condemned…
This morning Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher announced that he has decided to leave the republican party and will become an independent. Fletcher indicated at www.nathanfletcher.com that he has struggled with the decision but came to it in an effort to do “what was right for the city.” He decided to leave partisan politics. Fletcher says in today’s…
