Tag Archives: San Diego

A group of local Catholics plans to demonstrate at next weekend’s San Diego Pride parade where they will pray the rosary against the “satanic evil” of homosexuality. Via California Catholic Daily: We’ll meet at St. John the Evangelist parish, 1638 Polk Ave. in Hillcrest, for 5:45 p.m. Mass followed by 7:00 p.m. Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and …

Via the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News: Kevin L. Faulconer today became the first mayor of San Diego to hoist rainbow flags over the city’s historic Gaslamp Quarter. Faulconer, a moderate Republican who is one of the national chairs of the Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, kicked off the 40th anniversary of San Diego Pride at noon today …

As expected, homocon Carl DeMaio finished second in yesterday’s open US House primary in San Diego and will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Scott Peters in November. NOM endorsee Kirk Jorgensen finished a distant third. “Tonight’s win sends a national message to the Republican Party: San Diegans are fed up and frustrated,” DeMaio told supporters Tuesday. “We want the party to …

Following last year’s overturn of Prop 8, San Diego County Clerk Ernie Dronenburg filed a petition with the California Supreme Court asking that most state clerks be barred from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. According to Dronenburg, the SCOTUS ruling only applied to the two counties, Alameda and Los Angeles, where the Prop 8 plaintiffs lived. Dronenburg’s action was …

The campaign office of homocon US House candidate Carl DeMaio was vandalized yesterday. NBC San Diego reports: Officers arrived at the office in the 9600 block of Black Mountain Road in Miramar around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. They discovered extensive vandalism, including smashed computer screens and cords and cables that had been cut. “Almost every cord inside the entire office – …

Homocon US House candidate Carl DeMaio says he is “mortified” after being busted for plagiarizing a political magazine’s cover story for an “exposé” on Congress that he claimed to have authored. Via the National Journal: DeMaio has claimed to have authored a “report” finding that 102 members of Congress are drawing a government pension atop their congressional salaries. He leaked …

From the 2014 primary endorsements page of the San Diego CityBeat: DeMaio is just the most hideous kind of political opportunist. Sure, most politicians do it to an extent, but DeMaio is opportunism and crazed ambition on steroid-boosted steroids. It’s been quite a show to watch him transform his narrative right before our eyes to this “new generation” Republican who’s …

The Log Cabin Republicans today demanded an apology from Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) for linking to an Americablog post which refers to homocon GOP House candidate Carl DeMaio as “Mary.” The link has since been removed from Peters’ site. Americablog founder John Aravosis responds: Apparently, Lob Cabin isn’t terribly familiar with “the gay lifestyle,” as Carl DeMaio’s friends on the …

“I’ve found more tolerance, acceptance and inclusion from social conservative groups who have to reconcile that I’m a Republican who happens to be gay versus the intolerance the LGBT leaders see me as a gay man who happens to be a Republican. Despite claims that they insist on tolerance, diversity and acceptance on all political issues, I suspect that they …

Brian Brown has written a curiously homoerotic denouncement of the US House candidacy of San Diego homocon Carl DeMaio. It begins: Dear Marriage Supporter, It’s a beautiful summer day in southern California. Throngs of people line streets as paraders march by. They include transvestite brides (men in wedding gowns) who strut their stuff. Nearby a float with bare-chested, heavily muscled …

Via the Wall Street Journal: Carl DeMaio is one of three openly gay Republicans running for Congress this year, and he would be at least the third to serve in the House if he wins. But Mr. DeMaio on Thursday will take a step that none of them has, airing a campaign ad that features a shot of him with …

Via press release: A gay military couple has released a one-of-a-kind video citing their journey of love that lead to their marriage and covers their euphoric feelings about the historic steps the LGBT military community has taken in these short three years. The video is titled Jonathan & Dwayne | A Story About Love. The video features Jonathan and Dwayne …

Lambda Legal yesterday revealed that a San Diego gay man who died last year bequeathed them almost $3M. Robert “Bob” Rushing of San Diego died in 2012. He was the longtime partner of John Eden, who died in 2005 after heart surgery. The couple were among Lambda Legal’s first members of the Guardian Society, a group of individuals who have …

From the editorial board of the San Diego Union-Times, which is owned by Tea Party nut and major Prop 8 backer Doug Manchester: It may not be necessary to destroy California in order to fix it. But it may be necessary to cut it in two, carving out a 51st state of New California where taxes are low, regulations are …

NOM has issued a money beg to stop San Diego homocon Carl DeMaio from winning a seat in the US House. Via email from Brian Brown: As you know, NOM is engaged in fights to defend marriage in Congress as well as in states all across the country. And one of the most frustrating things I repeatedly run in to …

Contrary to a report published yesterday by Politico, homocon former San Diego City Council member Carl DeMaio will not be running again for mayor and will continue his campaign for the US House. The decision by DeMaio comes after lengthy behind-the-scenes deliberations among Republican power brokers this past weekend in which they urged DeMaio to stay in the congressional race …

Politico reports that failed 2012 San Diego mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio will end his bid for the US House to run for mayor once again. DeMaio, who is openly gay, had been a top GOP recruit for next year’s midterms. After losing the 2012 San Diego mayor’s race to Democrat Bob Filner, he immediately launched a campaign to unseat freshman …

“A lie was told. A lie that is disgusting, humiliating and nothing more than a character assassination attempt and I’m not going to let that stand. I’m speaking out because I have the truth on my side. In politics, you see people make accusations all the time. And, you know, I’ve had people criticize me before and I usually let …

Filner went out denying all allegations and denouncing the “hysteria of lynch mobs.”