Winter Party URGE at Cameo is sick!!!
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National Gay and Lesbian Task Force slams Boy Scouts of America’s reaffirmation of anti-gay policy
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force today responded to the continuing refusal by the Boy Scouts of America to change its policy of excluding gay people. A special committee of Scouts leaders made its recommendation to reaffirm this anti-gay policy and, as a consequence, the Scouts’ national executive board reportedly will not reconsider changing its membership policy to allow gay people to serve in that organization.
This is the statement from Darlene Nipper, Deputy Executive Director, of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
“Clinging to a policy of exclusion and intolerance is hardly a good lesson for our young people. Once again, officials of the Boy Scouts of America have turned their backs on a chance to demonstrate fairness, exercise sound judgment, and serve as a role model for valuing others, free of bias and prejudice. This is deeply disappointing. Discrimination is never the right policy, period.”
Celebrating TWIST 19 Yr. Anniversary!
Edge, Steak & Bar Specialty Dinner Night Series: Beer and Whiskey BBQ
Edge, Steak & Bar, the progressive steakhouse at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, will host their next Specialty Dinner Night Edge, Steak & Bar Specialty Dinner Night Series: Beer and Whiskey BBQ on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m. An interactive BBQ dining experience with craft beers by Cigar City Beers and High West Whiskeys. $79 per person, exclusive of tax & gratuity. Reservations are required.
Here is the menu:
Hickory Smoked Salmon, American Caviar, Cornflakes, Green Onion Puree. Paired with: Cigar City Saizon Beer and High West Silver Rye
BBQ’d La Belle Farms Duck, Foie Gras Griddle Cake, Huckleberry BBQ Sauce, Brussels Sprout Slaw. Paired with: Cigar City Red Ale and High West Rendezvous Rye
Lamb Sausage, Grilled Black Kale, Greek Yoghurt, Meyer Lemon Marmalade. Paired with: Cigar City Jai Lai and High West Son of Bourye
‘The Bambino’ - Creekstone Farms Thick Cut Porterhouse, Oxtail Baked Beans, Smoked Mash Potato, Sweet Corn Spoon Bread, Chow Chow and Bread & Butter Pickles. Paired with: Cigar City Madura and High West Double Rye
Dessert: Warm Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, Manhattan Jello Shots, Doughnut Milkshakes. Paired with: Cigar City Black Lager and High West 21 year Rocky Mountain
Edge, Steak & Bar is located at 1435 Brickell Avenue on the 7th floor of Four Seasons Hotel Miami. 305.381.3190. www.edgerestaurantmiami.com
Image Credit: Tomahawk Steak. Courtesy of Edge, Steak & Bar
Colin Powell Supports Same-Sex Marriage
General Colin Powell said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that he supports legal same-sex marriage, either at the state or federal level.
“I have no problem with it. In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that’s called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. And so I support the president’s decision,” said General Powell.
Harvey Milk will be honored in the same way we honor leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr.
After the tireless efforts of a group of community leaders, LGBT civil rights leader Harvey Milk will be honored in the same way we honor leaders such as Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Dwayne Crenshaw, San Diego LGBT Pride Executive Director.
“Harvey Milk dedicated his life to leading our community in the struggle for equal rights. The unveiling of Harvey Milk Street will mark a symbolic moment in our history and a step in the right direction towards achieving the truly American value of equality,” according to Crenshaw.
NC voters decide to openly discriminate against their fellow gay citizens
So much for planning a vacation to North Carolina anytime soon!
NC voters decided to openly discriminate against their fellow gay citizens by passing Amendment One to their constitution, limiting legal unions to marriage only between a man and a woman and banning civil unions and domestic partnerships.
It’s a sad day in the land of Lincoln when fellow citizens once again choose to trample over other people’s civil rights.
Today, NC voters decided to ignore our nation’s Declaration of Independence that states: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
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Breaking News: Court Upholds Striking Down Prop. 8
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the August 2010 decision of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco striking down Proposition 8, the 2008 measure that stripped same-sex couples of the right to marry in California. The Court affirmed the ruling of former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker that Prop 8 discriminates against same-sex couples in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
The court ruled that Proposition 8 violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution because it “serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.” The court also rejected Prop 8 supporters’ argument that Judge Walker should have refused to preside over the case because he is gay and in a relationship with a man.
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WISH YOU WERE HERE, Miami Beach Gay Pride 2012
April 13th-15th
REPUBLICAN MARINE VET WITH GAY BROTHER FIGHTS FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
A conservative Iraq vet has launched a popular campaign on Change.org calling on the New Hampshire state legislature to oppose the repeal of same-sex marriage to defend the freedom to marry for all couples regardless of sexual orientation.
Craig Stowell, a former Marine and co-chair of Standing Up For New Hampshire Families, is leading the campaign on Change.org urging New Hampshire state legislators to oppose H.B. 437, a bill to repeal same-sex marriage that legislators could vote on as early as this week. Craig started the campaign for his openly gay brother, Calvin, who he calls his best friend. “When I enlisted in the Marines, I took an oath to defend freedom and liberty, and now I’m defending my brother’s freedom here at home,” said Stowell. “When my wife Berta and I were married, Calvin was right there by my side as my best man. I want the opportunity to be his best man when he finds the person he wants to marry.”
NEWS FLASH: WIRE MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES NEW EDITOR
Wire Magazine welcomes James Cubby as its new editor!
James Cubby is a seasoned editor, writer and photographer with extensive publishing experience who has decided to come full circle in his career and once again become part of the team publishing Wire Magazine every week. As a former editor of Wire Magazine, and a long time Miami Beach resident, Cubby will be a great addition to help us implement a plethora of new Wire Media Group print, online, and event initiatives in 2012. Cubby’s work has been published in Wire Magazine, Ocean Drive, D’Vox, Genre, SKIN, Contemporary Woman, Scoop, Groove, Fashion Times, Miami Metro, Where Magazine, LRM (Lincoln Road Magazine), SunPost, Closer Magazine, MAP, Public Magazine, Ego Trip Magazine, Miamigo, and the Miami Herald, as well as websites such as cooljunkie.com and MiamiStar.com. Until recently, James Cubby was the editor of www.miamiartzine.com, a Miami-based online arts publication. He is also a features writer for Where Miami, and writes a bi-monthly arts column called Wired on the Arts in Wire Magazine. In his spare time, Cubby is working on his second novel Catch A Falling Star, while promoting for his first novel, South Beach Star, published in June of 2011. Cubby was formerly the editor of ZED Magazine, a national fashion lifestyle glossy, and editor of V Magazine, a monthly Virginia arts publication. Cubby also covered South Beach nightlife in columns in Wire Magazine and SunPost from 1996-2006, and has lived in Miami Beach since 1995.
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