Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s 8:45 AM round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but let us know what you’re checking out too. Follow us all day on Twitter at @TPEquality.
- Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has officially announced her candidacy for Senate. If elected, she would be the first openly gay or lesbian U.S. Senator.
- Per the request of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court will hold a hearing today on whether proponents of Prop 8 have standing to continue defending the ballot measure. Marriage equality supporters are holding a sit-in on the steps of the California State Building and Protect Marriage’s Andy Pugno is concerned about pushing through the “hoards of homosexual activists.”
- On Friday, the California Senate approved “Seth’s Law” (AB 9), which requires all schools implement anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies that protect actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. It now awaits the governor’s signature.
- Without the support of Mormon and Catholic churches, the Stop SB48 effort to overturn California’s FAIR Education Act faces long odds.
- Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, and Rick Santorum have all confirmed they’ll be participating in The FAMiLY LEADER’s mid-November “A Family Discussion With the Republican Candidates,” which Bob Vander Plaats hopes will give Iowans “something to discuss at the Thanksgiving dinner table.”
- Chris Geidner at Metro Weekly has an in-depth analysis of the oral arguments heard last week in the Log Cabin Republicans’ case against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
- The New York Times profiles veterans discharged under DADT who seek to re-enlist.
- The off-duty DC police officer who allegedly shot at multiple transgender women and their male friends has been held with probably cause. The judge suggested that if he were released, he would pose a danger to the community.
- Speaking to the University of Virginia Democrats, DNC chairman and Senate candidate Tim Kaine offered his support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
- A new poll shows a majority of New Jersey voters support marriage equality.
- The National Organization for Marriage is using billboards to target Republican senators in New York who voted for marriage equality. Jeremy Hooper points out that none of them are even running for re-election yet.
- Advocates in Madisonville, Tennessee are protesting that Sequoyah High School encourages anti-LGBT bias and has prohibited students from forming a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA).
- The U.S. Department of the Interior says, “It Gets Better.”
- Prosecutors plan to retry Brandon McInerney after the judge declared a mistrial last week.
- Focus on the Family is running out of money.
- A report today out of Sydney University Law School confirms that children benefit if their same-sex parents can marry.
- Three Iranians were hanged by execution this weekend, accused of violating sodomy laws.
- A lawyer in Ghana is suggesting that homosexuals should be prosecuted for genocide for “exterminating the concept of procreation.”
- Even if you’re not Swedish, you’ll soon have this satirical gospel tune from Stockholm Pride in your head. Turn the captions on and enjoy, “It’s The Gays’ Fault!“:
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