Tag Archives: Inauguration Day

MORE HISTORY: Out Gay Military Members Attend Obama’s Inauguration Ball

In yet another moment in our movement’s history, tonight openly gay members of the military attended the Commander In Chief Inaugural Ball with their partners. In the center of the above photo is Army Gen. Tammy Smith, who last summer became the first out soldier to achieve that rank. To the general’s right is her wife, Tracey Hepner. Photo by …

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Breitbart Headline Of The Day

Unsurprising.

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Divas Perform At Inauguration

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Brian Brown: President Obama Is Robbing The Nation Of Its God-Given Dignity

“It is fitting that President Obama today takes the oath of office on two bibles — one belonging to Abraham Lincoln, and the other to Dr. King. But as I reflect on the America we live in today and the society we are building for my eight children, I can’t help but be concerned. Too many of our people live …

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LGBT Groups Praise President Obama’s Inaugural Call For Full Equality

Freedom To Marry In his second Inaugural today, President Obama traced the moral arc from Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall, and rightly exalted the struggle for the freedom to marry as part of America’s moral commitment to equality, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom to Marry applauds our president and the moral leadership he has shown, the moral …

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Richard Blanco Reads Inaugural Poem

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President Obama’s Inauguration Speech

Never before has a president mentioned us in an inauguration speech. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. We, the people, declare today that the most …

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Tweets Of The Day

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LIVE VIDEO: Inauguration Day

From the official White House channel.

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Tap Tap Tap

Who’s working today? Are you watching the festivities?

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Homocon Tweet Of The Day

UPDATE: Damn me and my verbatim quoting! Guess what’s playing tonight at the Castro Theater?

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President Obama Sworn In

The public swearing-in will take place tomorrow.

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FLASHBACK: Inauguration 2009

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PBS Interviews The Inauguration Poet

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Air Force Veteran Fired Under DADT Named As Inauguration Citizen Co-Chair

Former Air Force SSgt. David Hall, who was discharged under DADT, has been named a Citizen Co-Chair of President Obama’s second inauguration celebration.  Via press release from OutServe-SLDN, where Hall is now a staffer: “This is certainly the honor of a lifetime, and I am grateful to President Obama for his leadership in repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ so that …

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Westboro To Protest At Inauguration

Via Huffington Post: The Huffington Post confirmed with the National Park Service that the Westboro Baptist Church has secured a permit to picket along Pennsylvania Avenue at the north sidewalk, southeast corner of John Marshall Park, from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 21. In the past, the Westboro Baptist Church — known for its vehement anti-gay positions — …

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Open Thread Thursday

The president’s second inauguration is almost here. What would you say is the most momentous public event you’ve attended in person?

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Obama Selects Pro-Gay Episcopal Priest To Deliver Inauguration Benediction

Pro-gay Episcopal priest Luis Leon has been selected to deliver the benediction at President Obama’s second inauguration. The choice is a contrast to Giglio, a conservative evangelical who was until last week best known for his work combating human trafficking. That work was eclipsed when reports and audio emerged of a Giglio sermon in which he spoke out against the …

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Quote Of The Day – Albert Mohler

“The imbroglio over Louie Giglio is the clearest evidence of the new Moral McCarthyism of our sexually ‘tolerant’ age. During the infamous McCarthy hearings, witnesses would be asked, ‘Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?’  In the version now to be employed by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, the question will be: ‘Are you …

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Petition For Sister Simone Campbell To Give Inauguration Benediction

Nuns On The Bus member Sister Simone Campbell spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The petition is here.

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