Tag Archives: Kansas

The New York Times is wondering what Ken Mehlman’s legacy will be regarding LGBT rights. Mr. Mehlman, 46, remains the hyper-intense, guarded strategist he was in his Bush days, with the same habit of looking past people instead of meeting their eyes. He shuns most interviews and still deflects personal questions, as he did back when rumors about his sexuality …

“It seems to me we are encouraging the behavior of purchasing food and discouraging the behavior of purchasing anything else.” – GOP Kansas state Sen. Jeff Melcher, speaking in opposition to a bill that would reduce the sales tax on groceries. According to Melcher, lower taxes on food is a form of social engineering that will only cause people to …

The Kansas legislature is expected to pass a bill that provides for quarantining people living with HIV and AIDS. This story is NOT from thirty years ago. The bill is allegedly meant to help emergency response workers (firefighters, EMTs, etc) who presently must get a court order to test the blood of patients to whom they have been exposed. Kansas …

Outside the Rainbow House, across from Westboro Baptist. Source.

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Jim)

Details.

(Via Andrew Belonksy)

“If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. They should be put to death. ‘Oh, so you’re saying we should go out and start killing them, no? I’m saying the government should. They won’t, but they …

Kansas has become the fifth state to allow pharmacists to refuse to dispense emergency contraception. Focus On The Family cheers: The Health Care Rights of Conscience Act prevents anyone from being forced to prescribe, distribute or administer drugs they “reasonably believe” could kill a preborn child. Supporters said the bill updates a 1969 law preventing people from being required to …

Only Satan is for transgender rights.

Several Kansas towns are considering adding sexual orientation and gender identity to their list of protected classes. Which means that churches will be forced to host “drag queen parties”, ladies’ locker rooms will be flooded with Spankx-wearing men, and all Christian children will be given mandatory sex change operations. Obviously! Word on the latest effort comes from Liberty Counsel Action, …

By an overwhelming vote of 89-27, tonight the GOP-dominated Kansas House voted to legalize anti-gay discrimination based on religious objections. The bill, which was sponsored by Rep. Lance Kinzer (R-Olathe), is primarily aimed at the small college town of Lawrence, the one remaining place in the entire state where gays have some legal protections. Moments after approving establishment of a …

The Romney campaign is trumpeting the endorsement of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the anti-gay evangelical who is also known as the chief architect of Arizona’s racist SB 1070. Kobach’s church has ties to the violent anti-gay fervor currently sweeping across Africa. HRC’s Backstory Blog reports: Religion Dispatch’s Lauri Lebo reported in 2010 that Kobach’s Church was a member …

Over the weekend comedian Lisa Lampanelli vowed to donate $1000 to the Gay Men’s Health Crisis for every Westboro protester that show up at her Topeka, Kansas show.

“They just sought out some people to run for office, and they ran for office and won. And they actually ran, saying before they got elected, ‘We are going to revoke this ordinance.’ This just shows you when the body of Christ finally does get alerted, they need to see that they really can make a difference — and they …

A few month ago, I made a big deal of the news that Manhattan, Kansas had voted to become only the second town in the state with LGBT anti-discrimination protections. Not so fast. The Manhattan City Commission has voted to repeal a controversial ordinance that added sexual orientation and a new definition of gender identity to its anti-discrimination policy. The …

RELATED: In Kansas, the American Family Association is working to “protect state citizens from sexually oriented businesses” because it’s a lie that titty bars “keep strippers off of welfare.” Or something.

Even though in 2003 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all anti-sodomy laws in its landmark Lawrence vs. Texas ruling, two state legislators in Kansas are fighting to keep their now unconstitutional laws on the books. The Kansas Equality Coalition reports: State Representatives Jan Pauls (D, Hutchinson), and Lance Kinzer (R, Olathe) said yesterday that being gay or lesbian should …