Air Date: 9-15-15
Today we look at a bit of the fallout since the marriage equality SCOTUS decision but we also look beyond marriage equality
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Why is Uganda Sentencing Gays to Life in Prison? - @TestTube - Air Date: 6-27-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: La redécouverte - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 4: Act 2: Evangelicals Desperately Spreading Anti-Gay Message Around The World - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-22-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Love Will Come Through - Travis
Ch. 6: Act 3: Court: Gay Conversion Therapy = Fraud - Majority Report (@majorityfm) - Air Date: 07-22-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: All You Fascists - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Ch. 8: Act 4: County Clerk Changes History | PBS - @IndependentLens - Air Date: 04-14-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: One Million Miles Away - J. Ralph
Ch. 10: Act 5: Anti-Gay Christian Clerk Kim Davis Jailed for Contempt of Court - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 09-03-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle and Sebastian
Ch. 12: Act 6: Redefining religious freedom - @fakedansavage - Air Date: 9-8-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Going to the Chapel - The Dixie Cups
Ch. 14: Act 7: Right-Wing Christians Can't Decide If Elected Officials Have to Obey the Law - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 09-12-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Keepsake - State Radio
Ch. 16: Act 8: Same-sex marriage ruling does not apply to tribal lands - @HereAndNow - Air Date: 8-10-15
Ch. 17: Song 8: Gotta Have You - The Weepies
Ch. 18: Act 9: Did You Know It's Still Legal To Keep Gay People Out Of Businesses? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-03-15
Ch. 19: Song 9: Hey Ya - Obadiah Parker
Ch. 20: Act 10: Every Child Deserves a Family Act via @family_equality — Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 21: Song 10: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 22: Act 11: Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Adults - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 07-29-15
Voicemails
Ch. 23: Thoughts on legalizing sex work - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Ch. 24: Promoting Gleaners, libraries and Occupy Your Library - Vicki from Oregon
Ch. 25: But happiness for who? - Chris from Colorado Springs
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 26: Final comments on those LGBT activists who opposed the fight for marriage equality
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: Every Child Deserves a Family Act via @family_equality
Take Action:
Tell your elected officials to SUPPORT The Every Child Deserves a Family Act through the Family Equality Council
Additional Activism/Resources:
FOLLOW the challenge to the final complete ban on same-sex couple adoption through Campaign for Southern Equality
Free Resources: Establishing Legal Parent-Child Relationships via ACLU National
Sources/further reading:
Adoption and Foster Care Federal, State, Local Landscape via Family Equality Council
ACLU may challenge newly-signed law on adoption by gays” via Detroit Free Press
"Anti-gay adoption bill another shameful moment for Michigan” via Detroit Free Press
"Preliminary Injunction Filed in Lawsuit Seeking to Immediate Relief From Mississippi Adoption Ban” via The Campaign for Southern Equality
“Discriminatory Treatment In Foster Parenting and Adoptions” via ACLU National
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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