The smokescreen of civility and concern for “protecting marriage” that National Organization for Marriage has always been bullsh*t, but the publication of its divisive, racist strategy to pit the black community against the gay community — a tactic used by anti-LGBT groups around the country, including Tami Fitzgerald’s Vote for Marriage NC has been a [...]

The passing of  Rev. Shuttlesworth and continuing tension surrounding the comparison of the black and LGBT civil rights movements. On a day overshadowed by the coverage of the passing of Steve Jobs, we also lost a civil rights leader who literally took body blows for racial equality. The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, a contemporary of Rev. [...]