FOF #1007 – Friends With Benefits
President Obama’s signed memo extending some federal employees same-sex partner benefits causes woes. Why? Blogger Michael Lehet joins to examine Obama’s sluggish support for equality.
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President Obama signed an executive memo extending some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees.
Sadly, many regular benefits afforded to opposite marriage couples won’t apply because of the Defense of Marriage Act and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
But because of DADT and DOMA, Obama’s Memo does not do it for ya- or us. Do you get dat?
This small gesture comes after weeks of pressure from gay rights activists and with the general public support for change. Some see hope but others hear nope.
Did Obama throw this crumb to his gay supporters because so many withdrew their money from a Democratic party fundraiser?
Blogger Michael Lehet joins us to take a look Obama’s memo and where do we go from here.
A contestant for Rupaul’s Drag Race is arrested for attacking her live-in boyfriend, the Mayor of Mulberry, Florida. Please vote for her. She may need the money for legal fees!
15 year old Iowa girl wins the National Texting Competition.
Wisconsin window washer plunges six stories but, just like a cartoon, boing, is saved by the building awning.
A British woman cancels her wedding after finding out that her fiancee is a porn star.
The Sarah Palin Syndrome: a suburban Chicago woman pretends to have a mentally retarded baby on her blog and is caught when a reader recognizes the baby in the photo as a life-like doll.
Motorists in Toledo, Ohio are ticketed for parking in their own driveway.
No Games Chicago travels to Switzerland to officially say “no thanks” to the International Olympic Committee.
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FOF #906 – Doma-Bama
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Bad cops, no donuts! That’s one of Andy Thayer’s favorite chants. Andy is a hard working longtime activist fighting for gay and lesbian rights with the Gay Liberation Network.
Andy is leading this weekend’s demonstration against the Defense of Marriage Act. Will President Elect Obama repeal this awful measure?
President to be Obama seems to speak from both sides of his mouth about gay marriage and we wonder what are Obama’s true feelings on marriage equality.
Listen as we talk with Andy about politics, Blajovichian tactics, the fear of addressing the Middle East conflict, the bad economy and whether we hold Obama to too high of a standard.
A hostile letter to gay bars in Seattle Washington threatening to poison their guests with ricin sounds like it was written by a cheesy batman super villain. Was the author Catwoman or a pissed off gay man? We think it may be a Catwoman wannabe so Fausto does his best Eartha to read the man’s letter on today’s show.
An Australian court uses gay prison rape as a threat to a young driver if he does not stop speeding “You’ll find big, ugly, hairy strong men (in jail) who’ve got faces only a mother could love that will pay a lot of attention to you — and your anatomy… you’ll get to shower with the gorillas in the mist down at Long Bay jail.”
Gu Gu the panda fights back. Gu Gu attacked a visitor who jumped the barrier to retrieve a toy dropped by his five year old son and bit the man’s legs and refused to let go. The zookeeper had to pry his jaws open with tools to free the father. Just last year Gu Gu attacked a man who tried to give him a hug. The lesson here is simple, do not portend to mess with the panda.
And woes on snow, Austrian farmers are making money selling snow to German Ski Resorts. Even though Europe is as cold as hell right now, they aren’t getting enough snow at some resorts so they have to actually import snow for their ski trails.
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