Events during 2009-OCT illustrating
cultural shifts about sexual minorities

	CitizenLink, a service of Focus on the Family Action has expressed alarm at this appointment, suggesting that Jennings "... could be pushing more homosexuality promotion into our classrooms."
	American Family Association wrote in their newsletter that GLSEN "... pushes so-called 'anti-bullying' policies which even GLSEN admits are really about promoting 'affirmation' of homosexual behavior in the school system."
	Family Research Council concluded that "Jennings has shown a disregard for parental rights and for our children's well being, yet he is the President's choice to keep our schools safe!  Safe for sexual predators it would seem!" 1

The mainstream media seem to have ignored his appointment.

Using the date in the middle of each poll, results were:

Even though the margin of error is quite large for each of the polls, there is a suggestion that support for SSM is increasing in the state. More information.

The two sides in the fight over SSM have a war chest totaling about 4.7 million dollars. The Catholic and Protestant Christians fighting on the anti-SSM side have chosen to run a fear-based campaign that does not appear to have much validity. It may backfire on them.
 

2009-OCT-22: Federal hate crime bill passes Congress: After a decade-long year battle, the bill has passed the federal House and Senate on 2009-OCT-22. President Obama has vowed to sign it into law by the end of the month. It will protect every person in the U.S. from being the victim of a hate crime in eight separate ways, on the basis of their:

	Race,
	Color,
	Religion,
	National origin,
	Gender, whether female, male or intersexual,
	Disability,
	Sexual orientation, whether they be bisexual, homosexual, or heterosexual, and
	Gender identity, whether they be transgender or cis-gendered

More details
 

2009-OCT-22: Resource Center for LGBT elders to be established: Health and Human Services announced a Administration on Aging grant to establish a resource center for older LGBT persons. HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that the center "... will provide information, assistance, and resources for both LGBT organizations and mainstream aging services providers at the state and community level to assist them in the development and provision of culturally sensitive supports and services." The Human Rights Campaign -- America's largest group advocating equal rights for persons of all sexual orientations  -- has welcomed the Resource Center, believing that LGBT elders "... face significant discrimination from senior care providers." More info.
 

2009-OCT-28: President Obama signed the hate crimes bill into law: The law will help protect every person in the U.S. from being the victim of a hate crime in eight separate ways, on the basis of their:

	Race,
	Color,
	Religion,
	National origin,
	Gender, whether female, male or intersexual,
	Disability,
	Sexual orientation, whether they be bisexual, homosexual, or heterosexual, and
	Gender identity, whether they be transgender or cis-gendered

This is the very first federal civil rights law to benefit GLBT persons.

More information.

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