6/17/07 - Week in Review

Gay Rights

• Chicago cops are accused of brutally beating, jailing, and starving a man because of his sexual orientation. (article here)

• At a Boston rally for a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, a woman from a conservative Christian group is charged with assaulting a gay marriage supporter. WWJD? ATTACK! (article here)

• Massachusetts lawmakers reject anti-gay marriage amendment... in less than thirty minutes. Go Massachusetts! (article here)

• Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), both openly gay members of Congress, are urging Condoleezza Rice to investigate reports that LGBT Iraqis are being rounded up on the streets of Baghdad and murdered. Wow, sounds a lot like WW2, huh? (article here)

• Arkansas group presses for gay adoption ban. (article here)