h/t: Joe.My.God

By Michael Crawford
Cross-posted at Bilerico

I don’t mean to offend drag queens when I ask that question, but look at this video from Progress Accountability and see for yourself.

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By Rod McCullom
Cross-posted at Rod 2.0

There are excellent developments to a story we posted last week on Republican-lead efforts to deny voting rights to homeowners facing foreclosures in Michigan. The story has gone national. The Barack Obama campaign, the Democratic National Committee and several Macomb County voters filed a lawsuit in federal court in Detroit to prevent the practice.

The injunction [would] prohibit the Macomb County GOP, the Michigan Republican Party, the Republican National Committee or anyone connected with them from challenging Michigan voters whose homes are on foreclosure lists.

Obama campaign general counsel Bob Bauer said during a conference call with reporters that the “lose your home, lose your vote” strategy, even if the challenges are unsuccessful, “creates an atmosphere of intimidation that could drive voters from the polls” because even people who aren’t challenged may leave without voting because polling gets bogged down.

Even better news: The despicable Republican foreclosure strategy is now becoming a campaign issue because “Obama was joined by running mate Joe Biden and a dozen other Democratic U.S. senators in calling on Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey to ensure that voters facing foreclosure aren’t harassed or intimidated at polling places.”

But wait there’s more. Macomb County Republican Party Chairman James Carabelli claims he did not say the state party would challenge voters whose homes are on foreclosure lists. The party boss claims he will sue MichiganMessenger.com for libel if they do not retract the story. ‘Cause, you know, the Republican Party never challenges or suppresses voters and they can prove that. Not.

Voting rights are a bedrock of the Democartic Party and it’s freakin’ fantastic the Obama campaign will challenge Republicans in Michigan over this sacred right. After weeks of lackluster campaigning and being off-message, it’s downright orgasmic to hear Obama will adopt this issue. As we said last week, this is a winning issue in Michigan for the Obama campaign.

By Michael Crawford

This past week was historic for the nation as Sen. Obama become the first African-American presidential nominee of a major party at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. With all eyes glued to the happenings in Denver, you may have missed some of the great recent posts. So, here is a quick recap of the best that LGBT for Obama had to offer in the last week

Monday

Hope by Cyndi Lauper – Cyndi Lauper

Message to Log Cabin – “You Gotta Be Kiddin” – Terry Bean

Tuesday

Draft GOP Platform Calls for Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage – Michael Crawford

Video: Michelle Obama Speaks at the LGBT Luncheon

Wednesday

Family of Hate Crime Victim Ryan Skipper Speaks Out – Waymon Hudson

Hillary Clinton: “Obama is My Candidate and He Must Be Our President” – Michael Crawford

Barack Obama Nominated by Acclamation – Michael Crawford

Thursday

Sen. Obama’s Statement on the Death of Del Martin – Michael Crawford

“Friends” – LGBT People on Barack Obama – Michael Crawford

Friday

McCain Picks Alaska Governor Sarah Palin – Alex Blaze

Barack Obama’s Speech Included LGBT Community – Michael Crawford

Why This Election is Crucial to LGBT People – Michael Crawford

By Waymon Hudson
Cross-posted at Bilerico

The announcement just came out from various news agencies-Barack Obama has named Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) as his vice-presidential running mate.

I wanted to put together a look at Biden’s stance on LGBT rights over the years. Biden scored a 78% from the HRC 2006 rankings on LGBT rights. I’ve gathered information on his votes and quotes about hate crimes legislation, employment discrimination, DADT, immigration equality, marriage equality and civil unions. This list is by no means complete. If you know more information, feel free to leave it in the comments!

Extensive Joe Biden quotes and sources on LGBT issues after the jump.

Updates at the end of the post…

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