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Anchorage election update, 10 April 2012
An update of news about Anchorage’s highly problematic April 3 election since our story of yesterday morning. Bent Alaska urges Anchorage voters to attend tonight’s Anchorage Assembly meeting; Bent Alaska will also be livetweeting from that meeting @bentalaska. Continue reading
Posted in Anchorage, Events, News, Politics, Take action!, This Week
Tagged "Protect Your Rights" (anti-Prop 5 group, ACLU of Alaska, Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage municipal election 2012, Chapel by the Sea (Anchorage), Dennis A. Wheeler, Jeff Mittman, Jim Minnery, One Anchorage Campaign, Proposition 5 Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative (2011-2012)
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Sara’s News Roundup 4/10/12: Same-sex LDS marriages?
A non-LGBTQ Mormon calls for marriage equality, Latinos more likely than other Americans to call themselves “liberal,” and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska Continue reading
No Questions, Questions
A poem for Prop 5, and for National Poetry Month, by Melissa S. Green. Continue reading
“Desert Hearts” returns to the big screen at Out North
Out North bring the lesbian classic Desert Hearts back to the big screen (free!) this Friday and Saturday, April 6 and 7. This groundbreaking 1986 film is loosely based on the equally-groundbreaking 1964 novel Desert of the Hearts by Canadian writer Jane Rule. Continue reading
Another few laps: Reports of Prop 5′s demise are premature (& proof Minnery knew he was spreading false information)
Headlines which announce the failure of Proposition 5 are premature. Unanticipated voter turnout due to irregularities caused by misinformation sent out by Prop 5 opponent Jim Minnery leave a deep cloud over election results. Continue reading
Yes on 5: The final lap
It’s election day in the Municipality of Anchorage. For advocates of equal protection from discrimination for LGBT people, it’s the day we’ve all been working toward. If you are an Anchorage voter, please vote YES on Proposition 5. Continue reading
Posted in Anchorage, Anti-LGBT, Politics
Tagged "Protect Your Rights" (anti-Prop 5 group, Anchorage municipal election 2012, ballot initiative, Daphne DoAll LaChores, Jim Minnery, Mad Myrna's, One Anchorage Campaign, Proposition 5 Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative (2011-2012), Snow City Cafe
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Sermon
On the last Sunday before the April 3 Anchorage municipal election, when voters will decide on Proposition 5, some Anchorage pastors will preach about God’s call for us to love one another; others, wielding the same types of false witness propounded in the past few weeks by Jim Minnery and Jerry Prevo, will claim that we are not who we know ourselves to be… even that we “chose” to be “perverted.” Continue reading
Anchorage Baptist Temple: 61% of the funds driving anti-Prop 5 efforts
Anchorage Baptist Temple donated 61% of the $73,605 raised so far by the anti-Proposition 5 group “Protect Your Rights” chaired by Jim Minnery of the Alaska Family Council, according to media reports. Continue reading
