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Tony
Webmaster of Gaystlouis.com. Born, raised and lives here in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Warning: Quiet Web Ahead…
Aug 24th
For those who don’t know me on Facebook or LiveJournal or in Real Life, you have missed out of my sheer terror of a trip that I have coming up.
I have a Microsoft Certification Boot Camp coming up which sends me up to the North East of the country for 10 days, 9 nights to take… 8 full classes AND tests. These are MCSA, MCSE, MCP, MCTS (3), MCITP and another to migrate the MCSE to 2008 standards.
This is a series of HELL classes and as such, while I’m there, I highly doubt I’ll be doing a lot to the website here. I will still be able to get some stuff done remotely. But it will be fairly quiet as I won’t be able to start up any projects.
And when I return I’ll let everyone know how I did. With luck, I’ll actually pass a few of these and be well on my way to a raise… or barring that, some place that WILL give me a raise. (Not getting one for three years sucks. And still having a partner trying to find a job while I’m going through credit counseling, double whammy.)
So wish me luck… and if you MUST get something posted, get it to me before Thursday. After that, I’ll be off and on again on here at odds hours whenever I can until after Labor Day. Enjoy!
While the cats are away… the mouse play. Except when the cat has an iPhone. So watch out!
St. Louis Black Pride THIS WEEKEND – Festival moved!
Aug 20th
I wanted to alert everyone that the 2010 St. Louis Black Pride weekend is upon us. Take a look in the Calendar for the individual events.
You will note that the Festival scheduled for Sunday has had the location changed. Originally it was due to be in Kiener Plaza, but due to permit issues, it has been moved to Benton Park at Arsenal & Jefferson. See below for a map.
For information on change: Facebook
Or for more information on the event itself: St-LouisBlackPride.org
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Poll: Checking In Again On Prop 8 [MayorSlay]
Aug 20th
Over at MayorSlay.com, there is a weekly pool. The poll for this week focuses on Gay Marriage.
I encourage everyone to go over and vote your opinions!
Dr. Laura to end her radio show [CNN]
Aug 18th
From CNN.com: Embattled radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced Tuesday she will not renew her contract that is up at the end of the year, telling CNN’s “Larry King Live” she wants to “regain my First Amendment rights.”
Schlessinger, 63, has been under fire for using the N-word repeatedly during an on-air conversation with a caller last week.
In announcing her decision “not to do radio anymore” after being in the business for more than 30 years, Schlessinger said, “I want to be able to say what’s on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry or some special-interest group deciding this is a time to silence a voice of dissent.”
[Webmaster Note: I admit, I didn't realize she even had a show anymore. Gaystlouis.com participated in the protests against her TV show in 2000. I need to get those pictures back online.]
Judge: Mo. funeral protest ban unconstitutional [STLToday]
Aug 18th
From STLToday.com: A federal judge Monday ruled that Missouri laws restricting protests near funerals are unconstitutional.
Missouri legislators passed two laws in 2006 in response to protests at servicemembers’ funerals by members of Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The church contends the deaths are God’s punishment for the U.S. tolerating homosexuality.
U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan ruled the laws violate the right of free speech guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
Carnahan Compaign Office Vandalized, Fire Set
Aug 18th
There’s actually a lot of links to this story, each with different viewpoints:
Rep. Carnahan’s Office Broken Into and Torched [St. Louis Activist Hub]
Carnahan Campaign Office Broken Into, Small Fire Set [FOX]
Fire hits campaign offfice of Mo. Rep. Carnahan [STLToday]
Police say suspect is in custody in arson at Carnahan office [STLToday]
I will note that I’ve seen more links to Russ Carnahan’s pictures here from Pridefest. Initially I assumed it was fans, but now I’m wondering. (They were via TinyURL posted via Facebook, so I can’t really trace it back further.)
Target Boycott: Silly Little Furor
Aug 16th
There’s a lot of press, particularly on Facebook, about boycotting Target.
I’ll do my best to explain what happened and why I think this is an utterly reckless decision and one which will harm more people than anyone anticipates.
So, let’s see what happened:
Target donated $100,000 to MN Forward. A pro-business organization. No surprise there. However, this organization then endorsed a candidate (and gave some funds) who has anti-gay virtues.
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Court halts California gay marriages pending appeal [KSDK]
Aug 16th
From KSDK.com: A federal appeals court put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely Monday while it considers the constitutionality of the state’s gay marriage ban.
The decision, issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, trumps a lower court judge’s order that would have allowed county clerks to begin issuing marriage likenses to same-sex couples on Wednesday.
Gay marriage foes may lack standing for appeal [STLToday]
Aug 15th
From STLToday.com: U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker kept same-sex marriages on hold in California for at least another week Thursday but suggested that top state officials’ support for same-sex marriage ultimately may doom any effort to revive Proposition 8.
Walker’s comments were the first public airing of a possibility that has been increasingly under discussion by legal experts — that the fight over the constitutionality of Proposition 8 might not be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, as many have expected. Instead the case could be brought to an end by the strict legal rules about who is allowed to pursue a dispute in federal court.
The defendants in the case were Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown. As the losing parties, they have authority to appeal Walker’s ruling. But Brown and Schwarzenegger have hailed Walker’s decision and said they would not appeal. A spokesman for Schwarzenegger repeated that position Thursday.
St. Louis Man Takes on Catholic Charity [Advocate]
Aug 15th
From Advocate.com: A board member of a Catholic charity in St. Louis who was told he couldn’t be president of the group because he is gay, is now petitioning for change within the organization, stltoday.com reports.
Jeffrey Goldone, who has been a vice president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. Louis board of directors for five years, was barred from running for president because he is in a 20-year gay relationship.
“I was told that I could not run for president because my living relationship goes against the Catholic moral teaching,” Goldone wrote in a letter to “fellow Vincentians.” In the letter he asks people to sign a petition saying an “injustice has been done” and asking for the group’s rules to be modified.
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