Results for: gay marriage
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North Carolina’s “Moral Mondays” Are Moving Forward to Protest a Backwards Government
As Moral Monday grows, their initial impetus—the universality of the struggle for justice—remains steadfast. As NC NAACP President Rev. William Barber chants (and everyone repeats) at the demonstrations, “Forward Together, Not One Step Back.”
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Fox Nation Calls Westboro Baptist Church “Left-Wing,” We Call Bullshit
How far right could anyone possibly be in their political or religious ideology that Westboro Baptist Church is to their left?
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Sorry, Texas, But Letting Student Groups Discriminate Is Not the Same As “Religious Freedom”
To your average conservative legislator, it may seem like a good idea to let anti-gay religious or political groups choose not to have members who don’t reflect their “values.” But when it involves having students pay for their own discrimination, it’s not so simple.
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Log Cabin Republicans Don’t Approve Of Republican Platform, Because It’s Way Anti-Gay
Basically, the Republican party has nailed down social conservatism from 1950, and plans to fuck all of us over. Thanks, guys!
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The Lesbian Democrat Who Could and Other Queer Stories in U.S. Politics
Lesbian democrats, gay republicans, and assorted ignorant fools are all working in the same industry: politics.
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North Carolina House Passes Gay Marriage Ban to 2012 Ballot
North Carolina voters will most likely vote in May 2012 on a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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Republicans Continue to Waste Time, Money, Energy, Our Patience on Upholding DOMA
Kevin McCarthy is not going to let DOMA go, no matter how many federal judges tell him to.
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The GOP Just Isn’t Ready For Out Gay Latino Politicians
“The fact that an openly gay candidate can win by such a large margin speaks to the notion that… voters vote based on the character of the person and their values, not their sexual orientation.”
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56% of Republican Voters Want Gay Marriage Issue Dropped & Other Surprising Statistics
The Republican party may have quietly begun the process of waving the white flag on gay marriage.
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Caiden Cowger, 14-Year-Old Radio Host, Hates Gay People and Grammar
Caiden Cowger doesn’t have a good grasp on the differences between “your” and “you’re” but he does hate gay people on the radio.
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Michigan, Not Our Michigan: How MI’s Reactionary Politics are Driving Away Young Grads
I’m one of the countless numbers of educated young people who left the Detroit area. And it’s not just the economy, stupid, but the state’s constant refrain of anti-women, anti-labor, anti-LGBT politics that drove me away.
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All Of The Gay Marriages: This Week’s Roundup
Did you wake up today completely f*cking at a loss as to what the status of marriage equality is in yours or neighboring states? Chances are something in this post will help.
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Score One For Gay Marriage, Zero For Maggie Gallagher And Anti-Gay Republicans
Rep. Trent Franks and Maggie Gallagher both had a lot of feelings about gay marriage being bad, but it turns out no one cared about them.
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Republican Anti-Gay Attack Texts Create Unnecessary Noise, Not Much Truth
In a perfect example of how this campaign is becoming an elementary-school-style cry for attention, Americans’ evenings were recently rudely interrupted when they were texted anti-gay and anti-Obama messages.
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Threats at Michigan Gay Day Highlight Why the Mitten Isn’t Cuddly for Queers
The state of Michigan isn’t having a banner year as far as treating its gay citizens equally goes.
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Louisiana Lawmaker Weirdly Obsessed with Making University Drop LGBT Studies Program
A Louisiana lawmaker wants to a local university to drop its new minor in LGBT studies because he claims the program is political; he also seems to have no awareness that it is also political to discourage the program.
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Why Claiming Republicans Are “Hardly Anti-Gay” Makes Hardly Any Sense
Spoiler alert: it takes more than “tolerance.”
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Edwin Leslie Stands Up To Governor Jan Brewer, Makes a Lot of Sense About Cents
Edwin Leslie, appointed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to the State of Arizona Tourism Advisory Council, resigned on Tuesday in protest of Brewer’s attempt to discontinue healthcare benefits for same-sex partners of state employees. He deserves our applause.
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Buckle Up and Hold Onto Your Gay Marriage in 2011
We made a lot of important strides in 2010, so obviously 2011 will be about people trying to push us backwards. Let’s make sure we don’t let them.