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I’m going to Netroots Nation
Mel the reluctant political blogger is going to Netroots Nation after all — on full scholarship through the LGBT Netroots Connect initiative. Wanna know what I said on my scholarship application? Then read this post. Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQA, Polis
Tagged AKMuckraker, Alaska Commons, Bent Alaska, Jeanne Devon, lgbtq, LGBTQ allies, Mudflats (blog), Netroots Nation, Shannyn Moore
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Conservatives for Palin & civility: Fairly unbalanced
Is it really a good thing to be complimented for “courage” by a blogger at the Conservatives for Palin website? Well, mainly it’s a lot of work. It’s nice to be called courageous, sure, but even better is to be represented honestly and in context.
Posted in Alaska politics
Tagged AKMuckraker, Brian the Moose, civility, civility on Palin, Conservatives for Palin (blog), Gryphen, Immoral Minority (blog), lgbtq, lima beans, Max Blumenthal, Mike Doogan, Mudflats (blog), Palin ethics complaints, Philip Munger, Progressive Alaska (blog), Rich Crowther, Sarah Palin, Sean Parnell, Things I did instead of going to bed at a reasonable hour, Wayne Anthony Ross (WAR)
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How to be a friend to an accused serial rapist
Accused serial rapist Anthony Rollins is an Anchorage police officer whose alleged crimes were perpetrated against at least 6 women while he was on duty. Members of his church, Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, are packing the court in droves. Are they helping him face the consequences of any crimes he committed? Or are they merely showing up in Christianist solidarity?
Posted in Alaska justice system
Tagged AKMuckraker, Alaska Commons, Anchorage Police Department, Anthony Rollins, Celtic Diva, Christianism, John Aronno, Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Mudflats (blog), religion, sexual assault, STAR (Standing Together Against Rape), violence against women
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The new Carrie Prejean?
In what looks like another of last Tuesday’s ploys by Prevo & company, an obvious attempt to bait LGBT people & our allies into turning the newly-crowned Mrs. Alaska United States® into another Carrie Prejean, martyr of the religious right.
Posted in Ordinance, The incredibly true adventures of Rev. Jerry Prevo
Tagged AKMuckraker, Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Andrew Sullivan, Assembly public hearing, Carrie Prejean, Christianism, cynical ploys, Jerry Prevo, June 9 public hearing, lgbtq, Mrs. Alaska United States, Mudflats (blog), Philip Munger, Progressive Alaska (blog), Reneé Scott
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Billboards
While in 2003 Jerry Prevo decried Westboro Baptist Church tactics, in 2009 he & his allies didn’t hesitate to use children — even some younger then 10 — in a very like way, as billboards for their parents’ prejudices.
Posted in Ordinance, The incredibly true adventures of Rev. Jerry Prevo
Tagged AKMuckraker, Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Assembly public hearing, children, cynical ploys, Fred Phelps, Jerry Prevo, June 9 public hearing, lgbtq, Matthew Shepard, Mudflats (blog), Philip Munger, Progressive Alaska (blog), Westboro Baptist Church
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