» Still Pissed…
Michael Petrelis is still mad at Rosie O'Donnell and today highlight's the fact that the lesbian entertainer once donated to anti-gay Republican Elizabeth Dole, yet hasn't helped fight for California's gay marriages. [Petrelis Files] |
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Meanwhile, Bill Maher Takes On Right (Of Course)
Just finished checking Rosie O'Donnell's Rosie.com blog and find it kind of mind-boggling that she is writing about "Real Housewives of Atlanta" and old Reese Witherspoon movies and not a word about Proposition 8. I am curious about why Rosie, always so outspoken, has been so out of the picture … |
» A Bit Dramatic?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's election mailer doesn't say anything about her opposition to Proposition 8, the ballot measure intending to overturn gay marriage in California, nor does the Democrats' website. These absences lead gay activist Michael Petrelis to conclude Pelosi has a negative message for the gays: "Drop Dead." [Petrelis Files] |
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» Rebuttal.
David Medina, a member of HRC's board of directors and former national political director for John Edwards, bit back at Andrew Sullivan, Michael Petrelis and others who accuse HRC of being slanted toward Hillary Clinton during the primary race. In addition to justifying the myriad positions of HRC leaders, Medina offers this rebuttal to Sullivan's accusations of inaction: "…The communications team of HRC is not in DC in their regular offices, but in California helping manage the surge of media around the historic marriages that will begin taking place this afternoon. That kind of work, along with keeping an eye toward the elections in the fall, is where their energy – and the rest of ours - should be right now, not in this kind of community infighting." [Towleroad] |
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Pounce v. Ponder
For example, GLAAD released a statement within minutes of the actor's reported overdose. Meanwhile, it took the media watchdog four days to release a statement on the MRSA scandal. So, what gives? That's exactly what Michael Petrelis and his pals have been asking - and GLAAD has been answering. Excerpt from one of the non-profit's PR pros, Cerissa Cafasso: The MRSA story involved complex medical research. When we first heard of the story, we needed to get fully educated on all the issues. That's fair, although even we knew the story would blow up into a gay panic. It doesn't take a media activist to figure that one out… |
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What's Up With That Poll?
Considering all the inconsistencies, Bay Area Reporter asked HRC's Brad Luna for an explanation. For the record, we also left a message for Luna, but were not granted a reply. Queer. From BAR: We immediately asked who these [poll subjects] were – HRC members or subscribers of the Advocate? (The magazine was first out of the box to post the story about the survey, leaving some to wonder if the two were joined at the hip on this one.) Minutes later, we received a call from spokesman Brad Luna, who assured us that the 500 folks were "randomly" selected "from across the country" and were "not HRC members and not Advocate readers." Blogger Michael Petrelis highlights another part of the excerpt, "[Luna] declined to name the polling company that conducted the survey, which he said was done by telephone." He also implores HRC give up the secret of their survey success. |
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So Says DC-Based Politico
A few days before that distressing story, anti-gay Ugandans staged a protest against newly formed gay rights group, Sexual Minorities Groups in Uganda. Of course, these attitudes aren't anything new. Last year, we heard about the Red Paper newspaper calling out queers and urging vigilante justice. |
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