Author: Melanie Nathan

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reBlog from Dprosenthal: Rep Woolsey Calls For IRS Investigation of The Roman Catholic Church

November 11, 2009

I found this fascinating quote today: Rep. Woolsey stated that churches in her district are careful to keep their activities non-political. Many LGBT–Americans would wish that were completely true. The recent battle in Maine showed just how willing the Catholic Church is to get involved in political matters if it regards the social agenda that … More reBlog from Dprosenthal: Rep Woolsey Calls For IRS Investigation of The Roman Catholic Church

reBlog from lezgetreal.com: AS NY assembly shelves gay marriage vote… we must start the Great Big Gay PR Campaign

November 10, 2009

 This is what I thought after yet another big equality disappointment – the Choir has heard enough Melanie Nathan’s Comment  :  This is just too much.  I keep thinking why do they disapprove of us?  Why are we so badly thought of  by our fellow Americans-  that they would not want to give us our … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: AS NY assembly shelves gay marriage vote… we must start the Great Big Gay PR Campaign

reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Are Obama and Gay Inc planning to roll women under the bus to get a win on healthcare?

November 9, 2009

Thanks to my friend and colleague Paula Brooks for this important piece on Lezgetreal….. mel Are Obama and Gay Inc planning to roll women under the bus to get a win on healthcare?Tagged with: Barack Obama    Health care    Health insurance    Human Rights Campaign    Pro-life    United States Senatelezgetreal.com, Are Obama and Gay Inc planning to roll women under the bus to … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Are Obama and Gay Inc planning to roll women under the bus to get a win on healthcare?

Political Proctologist speaks her mind: “The Anus and the Law”

November 7, 2009

However today I awake to the reality of this Dr. Ruth Jacobs – a metaphor for the times – Maine, California, a never to be repealed DADT and DOMA – a few miserable tokenistic crumbs hailed as progress; – and what do we get Ruth Jacobs equating my right to marry to an anus and what should come out and not go in. … More Political Proctologist speaks her mind: “The Anus and the Law”

Maine and California – “BAN DIVORCE” – next obvious step for the Sanctity of Marriage

November 4, 2009

  Read my post on LEZGETREAL Blog site its serious now oh and boycott Maine Lobster – not Kosher:  Indeed the next obvious step is legislation that prohibits one’s right to divorce.  Divorce is not an inherent right; it is one that is granted by specific statute. For example in California there would be no … More Maine and California – “BAN DIVORCE” – next obvious step for the Sanctity of Marriage

reBlog from lezgetreal.com: SkyWest Treating Calfornia Same-Sex Marriages As Unequal

November 1, 2009

11/01/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Marriages stemming from the time when California accepted and recognized same-sex marriages are not being recognized as being actual marriages according to a married gay couple in California.lezgetreal.com, SkyWest Treating Calfornia Same-Sex Marriages As Unequal, Oct 2009 You should read the whole article.

reBlog from PaulaBrooks: Obama Signs Matthew Shepard Bill

October 28, 2009

 At last… In front of an East Room audience that included, Vice President Joseph Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder, Members of Congress, Department of Defense senior civilian and military officials, the Shepherd and Byrd families, Mrs. Vicki Kennedy, and members of the Kennedy family, Obama said before signing the bill, “After more than a decade … More reBlog from PaulaBrooks: Obama Signs Matthew Shepard Bill

Melanie Nathan Calls for Moratorium as US Citizen’s Brazilian

October 27, 2009

Tuesday 27th October I blogged for : Melanie Nathan Calls for Moratorium as US Citizen’s Brazilian  same-sex husband denied asylum .. Tagged with: Brazil    Brazillian    Defense of Marriage Act    DOMA    John Kerry    Junior Oliveira    Kerry    Marriage    Melanie Nathan    Obama    Same-sex marriage    Tim Coco    UAFA    United States    Uniting American Families Act    USA BOSTON — Associated Press reports today that a gay Brazilian man has been denied asylum by the Obama administration … More Melanie Nathan Calls for Moratorium as US Citizen’s Brazilian

Senator Gillibrand Tells LGBT audience to PUSH Reps for UAFA…. Must be passed by the Spring….

October 25, 2009

Today a Binational married lesbian couple (names private) attended Senator Gillibrand’s meet and greet at the LGBT Center in NYC. They went armed with a letter setting out their dire circumstances, including reference to the unconscionable detention suffered by one of the spouses. … More Senator Gillibrand Tells LGBT audience to PUSH Reps for UAFA…. Must be passed by the Spring….

So Sandra, “Whatever It Took,” you did GOOD BABY!…

October 25, 2009

By Melanie Nathan, October 29, 2009.  Before last night when did I last hit that vein?   Sheraton Universal Studios?   Somewhere around 1987– some lesbian organization fundraiser gig?  My dose – Sandra  Bernhard – slipping through my two decades of Bernhard withdrawal – from what was then to what is now! That very –always- fabulous- epoch, … More So Sandra, “Whatever It Took,” you did GOOD BABY!…

reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Senator Leahy and Rep. Nadler plea for inclusion and I SAY NOW…. NOW…

October 23, 2009

 I wrote this Article for Lezgetreal BLOG extraordinaire The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) of 2009,  would grant same-sex couples the same immigration benefits — and responsibilities — as opposite-sex couples, under the same existing legal framework.  It is cosponsored by 22 senators and 117 members of the House of Representatives and has the support … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Senator Leahy and Rep. Nadler plea for inclusion and I SAY NOW…. NOW…

Out4Immigration-like an Ever-ready Battery….

October 20, 2009

Melanie Nathan’s comment:- While some organizations focus on fundraising and remain furtive in their strategy, citing “we know best” while purporting to advance the cause of binationals in their self appointed autocracy, Out4Immigration remains consistent in its plan – a transparent one- and as always made public here is a note from OUT4Immigration posted by Amos Lim, unpaid volunteer at the helm:- Please join out4Immigration in its quest to help our gay and lesbian families in exile, in hiding or living in uncertainty. we should not have to choose between our heart or home. Also remember we are all one heart beat away from falling in love with a foreigner.

see additional commentary on this post at http://lezgetreal.com/?p=22326
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Gillibrand tweets… she is meeting with DoD officials today to discuss DADT

October 20, 2009

Gillibrand tweets… she is meeting with DoD officials today to discuss DADT Tagged with: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell    Kirsten Gillibrand    New York    Twitter    United States Senate Committee on Armed Services Gillibrand tweets… she is meeting with DoD officials today to discuss DADT, Oct 2009 You should read the whole article.

reBlog from Melanie nathan: Rep. Sestak Pulling Close To Arlen Spector In Recent Polling

October 15, 2009

 I am switching my support to Joe Sestak – the extent of my publication of my support and on going coverage shall depend on responses to questions I have regarding UAFA/ CIR and RMA – repeal of DOMA. 10/15/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire This primary election may be the swan song for Senator Arlen Spector, the … More reBlog from Melanie nathan: Rep. Sestak Pulling Close To Arlen Spector In Recent Polling

Judge refuses to throw out Prop 8 Challenge- while arraigning anti-same sex marriage Rhetoric

October 14, 2009

a Federal Judge in San Francisco asked the backers of California’s voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage to explain how allowing gay couples to wed threatens straight marriages. Much to my personal delight the lawyer for the supporters of Prop 8, Charles Cooper acknowledged he did not know. … More Judge refuses to throw out Prop 8 Challenge- while arraigning anti-same sex marriage Rhetoric

Pyjama Blogger requests an interview with Joe Solmonese

October 13, 2009

I am one of the PJ Bloggers the Whitehouse was recently referring to but do not allow that to give me any credit nothwithstanding the 24,000 that have read my blogs since February 2009, when I first started writing. Then I am a lesbian, but just a plebian one- so that may not work either. … More Pyjama Blogger requests an interview with Joe Solmonese

I AM HERE WITH YOU IN THAT FIGHT and yet I give as much as the law allows?

October 10, 2009

I was skeptical about President Obama’s speech and yet hopeful. The short version of this post is that I was generally pleased. Of course I could highlight what was left out and the uncertainties that remain for our full equality, yet my ‘glass half full’ beckons and I succumb! Admittedly, the strongest language yet from … More I AM HERE WITH YOU IN THAT FIGHT and yet I give as much as the law allows?

AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

October 7, 2009

“Hun, we live in a world where peoples are often so full of fear which is usually because of ignorance, – there are all sorts of different families – but they have usually only experienced their own. The unknown teririfies them; so they lash out in this way. What you heard on that ad, was unfair and contorted, but that is how the people who are against the idea of same-sex marriage think they can get other people to join their way of thinking.”

I provided more reassurance as best I could. A few more questions and answers later we arrived at school, and went on with the next two weeks, during which time HC and my four year old accompanied me to various “NO ON 8” rallies; “no on 8, no on 8,” a battle cry still performed by my 4 year old whenever she sees the number 8, whether in the market, at school or in the movies.

… More AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

Please Mr. President No Mere Nods – we have our Vehicle to Repeal DOMA Now!

October 3, 2009

Re-BLOG and as amended- Lezgetreal -770 views   on this post In your acknowledgment herein-below of our de facto existence is it not time to equate with more than a mere nod, with our de jure rights? Now that Rep. Jerrold Nadler has provided the vehicle, by way of Respect for Marriage Bill- you have the opportunity, … More Please Mr. President No Mere Nods – we have our Vehicle to Repeal DOMA Now!

reBlog ALERT- California Cry – Time is of the Essence – Help needed- Call Now

October 3, 2009

 Melanie on Lez Get real:- The very same culprits who passed Proposition 8, with all their Mormon funding, individual hate and corporate dollars threatening yet again, are now flooding the Governor with calls to block the Marriage Recognition and Family Protection Act.  Co-sponsored by our colleagues at Equality California and Sen. Mark Leno, SB 54, … More reBlog ALERT- California Cry – Time is of the Essence – Help needed- Call Now

reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Silly Them! AG in Texas takes Risk Fuelled by Homophobia

October 2, 2009

I found this fascinating quote today: Go to link….. Mel 680 hits in 4 hours… its the slant…. So we can slant this in our favor, my LGBT friends in Texas, if the AG, Abbott fights this he will be doing us a favor, a big favor, because they will be impounding their own Constitution … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Silly Them! AG in Texas takes Risk Fuelled by Homophobia

ACT NOW – for California

October 2, 2009

Call the Governor today to set the facts straight. Let him know of your support for the Marriage Recognition and Family Protection Act.   Click here for more details on Oblogdeeoblogda Advocacy Page  Capitol Office (automated line) : 916-445-2841                              Fresno Office: 559-477-1804 Los Angeles Office: 213-897-0322 Riverside Office: 951-680-6860 San Diego Office: 619-525-4641 San Francisco … More ACT NOW – for California