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Pat Buchanan: “Monogamous relationships in a marriage is a natural law.”

Joe Solmonese FTW!

HRC’s Joe Solmonese goes up against Iowa’s wingnut Rep. Steve King (who was subject of a PhoboQuotable post here recently.)

I’ve been inundated with emails from various groups denouncing the selection of Rick Warren to give the invocation at Obama’s inauguration. I’ll add to this post through the day as I get to them.Barney Frank: “I am very disappointed by President-elect Barack Obama’s decision to honor Reverend Rick Warren with a prominent role in his inauguration. Religious leaders obviously have …

Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force: “President-elect Obama campaigned on a theme of inclusivity, yet the selection of Rick Warren to give the invocation is a direct affront to that very principle. This was a divisive choice, and clearly not one that will help our country come together and heal. We urge President-elect Obama …

Last week in Atlanta, Human Rights Campaign executive director Joe Solmonese privately apologized to a group of transgender activists for “misspeaking” at a conference last year when he promised that his organization would not support a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that did not include gender identity protections. Solmonese met for more than two hours with Atlanta transgender rights …

Not as laugh-out-loud funny as Part 1, but some cute bits.

HRC head Joe Solmonese appeared on The Colbert Report last night and played “straight” man to Steve Colbert’s usual convolutedly hilarious logic. Here’s Part 1 of Solmonese’s bit. Part 2 will air tonight.

Matt Foreman – National Gay & Lesbian Task Force “We are deeply disappointed that House leadership decided to ignore the position of a vast majority of LGBT organizations, ignore the legal assessment that this bill may not even provide adequate protections for gays, lesbians and bisexuals, and ignore the fact that this vote might make it more difficult to persuade …

HRC head Joe Solomonese appeared on Michelangelo Signorile’s radio show yesterday to defend the Human Right Campaign’s decision to push for ENDA without transgender protections. It’s a tough interview. Listen below.

Despite a massive national outcry among gay activists and the work of an unprecedented coalition of progressive organizations, congressional leaders will move ahead with the version of ENDA that does not include transgender protections. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she has committed to presenting a second transgender-inclusive bill “the minute” enough votes have been secured to pass it. (In …

The current issue of The Advocate features a joint column by HRC head Joe Solmonese and activist Judy Shepard calling for immediate action on a national hate crimes law, as this may be the best year to get such a bill passed. Fear of violence remains a horrible reality for millions of GLBT Americans—even in places that many consider “tolerant” …