And thanks for four great years.

Our homemade ad for marriage equality is literally votes away from becoming a finalist in “Project: Pushback” … but we need your help. Would you vote for us?

All you have to do is click on the “HEART/I LIKE” icon on the vid below (or here), or pass it on to a few friends.

Just Like Anybody Else from Project Pushback on Vimeo.

First Look: at my shortened marriage equality spot. I submitted it to Project Pushback. You can also help by embedding or forwarding the ad using the tools in the player below.

Thanks everyone!

Cowboy Turns 41 from Sam Page on Vimeo.

The restaurant manager who created controversy with her $100 contribution to the “Yes on Prop. 8″ campaign has resigned from the legendary El Coyote Mexican Cafe in Los Angeles.

Marjorie Christofferson, who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is also resigning as a member of the restaurant’s board of directors, according to a news release issued by Frontiers.

Will Christofferson’s resignation be seen by the LGBT community as reason enough to cease a boycott of El Coyote?  We’ll soon find out.

Billy Schoeppner, the restaurant’s acting manager, told Frontiers: (more…)

by Bronson Page

Brothers and sisters, we are off-topic, and losing style points.  This is not a Marjorie Christofferson issue.  It’s not an El Coyote issue.  It’s a civil rights issue.  We need to remember that and keep our eyes on the ball, lest we devolve further into angry mobs for whom nobody could feel compassion.  Attacking an elderly woman in Palm Springs?  Seriously, that’s despicable.

Defending our position against all sorts of fire-breathing ignoramuses has really crystallized this issue for me.  I’m clever, but I didn’t go to law school, and I can’t say it any better than this, (more…)

The recent efforts to boycott Los Angeles’ historic El Coyote Mexican Cafe remind me of the Coors beer embargo in the late 90s. The gay community was largely in support of the boycott, but at HERO Magazine, we took some heat for accepting advertising from Coors when it was demonstrated that the company (as distinct from the Coors family) was actually very supportive of LGBT causes.

The best result for an LGBT boycott of El Coyote would be a real apology by the co-owner, Marjorie Christofferson, coupled with an action that shows she’s sincere (e.g., a big donation to the Lambda Legal Defense Fund). A manager at El Coyote told me that the restaurant already plans to make hefty donations (a $10,000 figure was volleyed) to Lambda Legal and the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center.

But I wouldn’t hold your breath for an outright apology from Ms. Christofferson, a lifelong Mormon.  She made it clear to me that she would not apologize for her faith, nor could she change her convictions. “I will not [make a contribution to repeal Prop. 8],” she said. “I cannot change a lifetime of faith.”

Watch the video of Ms. Christofferson’s speech, and my follow up question. (Thanks to Lisa Derrick at Firedoglake.com for the video).

The gay community is angry about the passage of Prop. 8, and we have a right to be. We have a right to demonstrate, and yes—even a right to boycott. We can bring giants down if we want to.  But I submit that an El Coyote boycott isn’t the right place to put our energy right now. (more…)

Here’s part 1, Marjorie’s Christofferson’s remarks:

Here’s part 2, where I ask Ms. Christofferson: “Would you be willing to make a personal donation to repeal the amendment?” Video after the jump… (more…)