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Spectrum rides the Hill Country this weekend

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Spectrum members bikes’ parked on Cedar Springs.

This weekend, Spectrum Motorcycle Riders Club of Dallas will join other Texas LGBT motorcycle clubs for a Pride Ride through the Hill Country near San Antonio.

“We were honored to receive the invitation from our sister group in Houston to participate in a ride through the Texas hill country,” Spectrum-MRC President Jerry Garner said.

Spectrum will join Montrose Motorcycle Riding Club and Austin Freedom Riders.

“This event will allow Spectrum to meet with other like-minded GLBT motorcycle groups and view some beautiful Texas landscape,” said Garner.

The ride takes place Sept. 9 through 11.

Spectrum Motorcycle Riding Club is an organization for GLBT and GLBT-friendly riders. All types of motorcyclists and their passengers are welcome, as well as those who have an interest in learning to ride. The group was founded in 2004 and received not-for-profit status this July. Garner said that this would allow the group to raise money to support the LGBT community.

Spectrum will be the lead entry for the 2011 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade on Sept. 18. Riding with Spectrum will be Neil Patel from Logo’s new show, The A List: Dallas.

For more info, email jerry@jerrygarner.info.

—  David Taffet

Maryland panel advances marriage bill

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Sam Arora

After three days of drama, a Maryland House committee has finally advanced a marriage equality bill, voting 12-10 to send it to the floor.

Democratic Del. Tiffany T. Alston, once a co-sponsor of the bill, voted against it after attempting to amend it to establish civil unions instead of same-sex marriage. However, Democratic Del. Sam Arora, who’s also wavered in his support for the bill in recent days, voted for it and issued a statement saying he will also do so again on the House floor.

“I have heard from constituents, friends, and advocates from across the spectrum of views and have thought about the issue of same-sex marriage extensively,” Arora said in a statement before the committee vote. “I understand their concern—this is a very serious issue, and one that many people feel passionately about. As the vote drew nearer, I wrestled with this issue in a way I never had before, which led me to realize that I had some concerns about the bill. While I personally believe that Maryland should extend civil rights to same-sex couples through civil unions, I have come to the conclusion that this issue has such impact on the people of Maryland that they should have a direct say. I will vote to send the bill to the floor because it deserves an up-or-down vote. On the floor, I will vote to send the bill to the governor so that Marylanders can ultimately decide this issue at the polls. I think that is appropriate.”

—  John Wright

Video: Rick Santorum vs. full spectrum of our natural world

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Since leaving the Senate, Rick Santorum has made a name for himself on the anti-equality speaking circuit. Here he is with Kevin Smith, head of New Hampshire’s chief anti-gay marriage lobby group, and with Maggie Gallagher, the nation’s most prominent voice on the opposition side:

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Cornerstone POlicy Research’s 10th Anniv. dinner [Picasa]

So what kind of comments are earning the former U.S. Senator these bookings of political import? Well, ones that paint gays and their families as downright “unnatural,” natch:



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Ya know, it’s one thing to take on marriage policy. But gunning for the very cores of gay existences by painting us as unnatural and our families as invalid? That’s beyond the pale. And it’s an albatross that’s ultimately gonna drag down the carefully code-worded marriage movement that folks like Gallagher (Maggie, not the prop comedian) have been so strategically crafting for the past decade or so.




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