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07/31/2009
They only want to take away our rights -- why should they listen to us?
The states may change. The far-right's war on fair dissenting views does not: Stand For Marriage Maine's official Facebook page, 3:10PM: Stand For Marriage Maine's official Faacebook page, 3:14PM: It's the social media equivalent of sticking your fingers in your...
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Video: It's our 'normalcy' that's at stake!
Mainers: Do *you* think gays are abnormal? [YT: Maine4Marriage]
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Photo: Even Pandora is like, 'Whoa, these boxes are unsavory!'
Those Mainers who want to "protect marriage" gays to be seen as abnormal have just submitted their signatures for the so-called People's veto: 100,000 signatures delivered to Secretary of State's Office! [TwitPic] Game on. **SEE ALSO: Stand 4 Marriage Maine...
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Hey Mainers: Do you think your gay neighbors are abnormal?
The Stand 4 Marriage Maine crew can use as many stock photos of smiling families as they want. And they can say that their so-called "People's Veto" is all about "protecting traditional marriage" until they're blue in the face. Because...
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Intolerance, both lactose and whack-'mos
Professional "ex-gay" Jeff Johnston, working solely from secondhand accounts contained in Randy Shilts' The Mayor of Castro Street, has written a new smear piece that attempts to do nothing more than demean Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Harvey Milk. Johnston's...
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Maine: Swine flu vs. Hurtful F-U
There's an epidemic that's threatening this nation. It's already sickened many Americans, and it shows no signs of ending anytime soon. In fact, there will be a press conference today in Maine to discuss the latest outbreak. There's also something...
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07/30/2009
Convenient claims for a CON-niving movement
1. Gays are molested by older people. A claim that's too offensive to even dignify. Of all the far-right's claims about us, it is perhaps the most unhinged. And while it is meant to demonize LGBT people, it is a...
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The first step is admitting you've made civil marriage a problem
We on the pro-equality side are gaining so much ground by pointing out the differences between civil marriage (what gay activists are seeking) and religious ceremony (an always-optional component of marriage) that the religious right is feeling compelled to address...
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Photo: Truth in advertising
God love the internet: 15 Billboards That Don’t Belong Next To Each Other [Buzzfeed]
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'The dog ate my homo-work'
"But we have to be pragmatic" "There are more important issues" "Rep. Kucinich ripped a nasty one, and we can't go back into the House chambers until the air clears out" We've all heard the excuses for why even our...
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Harvey Milk, B.J. King (no, that's not a nickname) to receive presidential medals
We're still waiting for the Obama administration to show mettle against conservative opposition in order help gays achieve full, unequivocal freedom. But it is nice to see that this year, the prez is showing medals of freedom to two out...
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Taking stock of Stand4MarriageMaine
You may have seen this photo running on Stand4MarraigeMaine's anti-equality website: This smiling family of four has quickly become the face of Maine's attempt to rollback civil freedoms for gay couples. It's not these four individual's fault, of course, as...
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Video: Why isn't the White House hasting? Do ask Hastings...
Rachel Maddow: Don't ask, don't tell, don't try? [MSNBC] **SEE ALSO: SLDN wonders why Colin Powell understands one form of military unfairness, yet won't commit to ending another: Gen. Powell on CNN [Frontlines]
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Civil debate = yes. Ignoring past demonizations = never!
Jim Garlow was an incredibly vocal Prop 8 proponent, saying whatever, whenever in order to get the hurtful ban passed: "[If] we lose [the fight for Prop. 8], we go to jail. How soon I don't know. But the fact...
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07/29/2009
Laurie's attempted pardon rings Hollow, costly
Remember yesterday when we showed you Laurie Higgins' latest, wherein the Illinois Family Institute spokesperson quite unabashedly draws a comparison between churches who didn't speak out against the Holocaust and churches that currently fail to speak out against homosexuality? Yea,...
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A big honking mess of homo-hostility
The following protest account comes from TFP, that militant Catholic group that's been traveling around the northeast, standing on various street corners for the sole purpose of demeaning gay people: "People love to honk their horn for marriage. It's like...
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Video: Freedom to gay marry
Yesterday morning, we took up the topic of using "marriage equality" rather than "gay marriage." Now our pals at Freedom To Marry have put that discussion into handy video form: But by all means, feel free to keep calling Gatorade...
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Daly dose of B.S.
In a new column on Newsweek/Washington Post's "On Faith" blog, Focus on the Family president Jim Daly admits something that we actually found shocking. He says: "Focus on the Family realizes that couples can be married in church all day...
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Sibling devilry
Satan using a gay sister as a pawn to stop a heterosexual Christian from entering into a ministry position? It's just another day on the Focus on the Family message boards: Homosexual sister [FOF] Some blow up aero beds, while...
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Dear Focu$ on the Family:
If you donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Prop 8 alone, are known for bankrolling just about any anti-gay fight that comes in the pipe, and have had to layoff staff because of your expenditures, it might be just...
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Well we have seen Barber go to many Lowes
Matt Barber has a new American company in his homo-hostile sites. The business: Home Depot The "issue": The company's support for pro-gay events. The condemnation: "Out of some kind of notion of political correctness and being tolerant, Home Depot is...
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From '[::sigh::], Fy' to 'High Five': Cabler pledges LGBT commitment
SyFy scored poorly on GLAAD's annual ranking of LGBT visibility. But in a new interview with TV Guide, the cable net formerly known as Sci Fi pledges to do better in the coming season: Looking ahead...Syfy's Stern touts two new...
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07/28/2009
No-Peni Grigio: FL dyke drama turns oenophobic
A 62-year-old woman faces a felony charge after allegedly hurling wine bottles at her girlfriend of 35 years after an argument, according to an affidavit released Monday. The girlfriend, whose blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit, also...
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Video: Kerry, Preach on
Congrats to The Advocate's ace reporter and G-A-Y friend Kerry Eleveld, who today co-hosted with Carlos Watson on MSNBC daytime. And don't you dare think that Kerry's only a gay rights policy wonk. No, no -- Kerry can go from...
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Video: 'Before they even go to prom'
We like your hat. Homosexuality (trimmed) [YT]
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Perhaps they are the ones devaluing this fight?
It is almost unbelievable that the social conservatives are pinning their marriage inequality hopes on a runner-up in a Donald Trump-produced, non-scholarship, Vegas-based beauty pageant who gave a factually-inaccurate answer about "opposite marriage." But it's not the thing of bad...
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Yet we're the spiteful ones?
"...they don't have the commitment that married couples have or anything like that." To the Culture And Media Institute's Colleen Raezler, the above is just a flippant comment. One talking point of many that she surely writes in a day....
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Photo: Lesbians! In public! Flaunting stroller-pushing agenda! AHHHHH!
A sweet portrait of marital normalcy: (Wanda Sykes, wife Alex, three-month old twins, and two puppy dogs) But of course what you don't see are all of the heterosexual marriages that were destroyed upon mere sight of this afternoon stroll....
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'Gays don't face discrimination,' says she who represents gay-discriminatory group
This is how Patti Anker, a representative for the Concerned Women For America of Alaska, recently detailed Ordinance 64, a statewide measure that could bring a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation to Palin country: "This ordinance is not...
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OH. MY. LAURIE!
Perhaps the Southern Poverty Law Center was a little too quick to remove the Illinois Family Institute from a certain list: Church Should Fight Homosexuality Like It Did Nazism By Laurie Higgins, IFI DSA | Illinois Family Institute ... What...
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Gillibrand: DADT firebrand
This letter just hit the G-A-Y inbox: Hillary Clinton's shadow is certainly a formidable one. But it's good to see that as Sen. Gillibrand seeks her own time in the sun, she's remembering to respect the rainbow. We applaud the...
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'Dr. Making Gay Love seem like Strangelove' or: How Maggie Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DOMA
Maggie Gallagher and her National Organization For Marriage love, love, love, love, LOVE the Defense Of Marriage Act. NOM has set up shop in the nation's capital for the sole purpose of defending DOMA, and they are fundraising on the...
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To Kathy we say, well, Bravo. But we do have one thought...
Before all else, let us say that Kathy Griffin and all associated with her show deserve nothing less than praise for last night's episode on Prop 8 and California's continuing fight for marriage equality. While it's a fairly safe bet...
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07/27/2009
Bye, gay-free Bunning
Sen Jim Bunning (R-KY), 7/9/2004: "Throughout civilized history marriage has always been defined as being between one man and one woman. We cannot let a few activist judges in Massachusetts, San Francisco, and Oregon change an institution that has been...
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C-ya 2 DOMA: What's the 411 on CUs and DPs?
Should a congressional repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act apply not only to couples in legal marriages, but also to those gays bound by a domestic partnership or a civil union? In a new interview with Bay Area...
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Cracked bell, whacked policy: DADT uprising travels to Philly
We've already told you about Sen. Gillibrand's commitment to Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal. This morning in Philadelphia, U.S. Rep Patrick Murphy (D-PA) brought out the House version of reasoned resistance, standing shoulder to shoulder with the Human Rights Campaign,...
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2010 or 2012: Which vision is 20/20?
This weekend, New York Times writer Jesse McKinley looked at the current debate about whether California's equality advocates should go back to the polls in '10 or '12. Here's a snip: Earlier this year, many supporters of same-sex marriage seemed...
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Asking and telling may still be out of line. But as for hearing?
The repeal votes my or may not be in place. But Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) still seems committed to leading the effort towards undoing the military's insidious, thoroughly un-American Don't Ask Don't Tell policy: After determining she didn’t have enough...
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LaBarbera places a call; America lets it go to voicemail
This from Americans For Truth: (story link) This from America in general: Because a great nation screens. **SEE ALSO: Alvin takes on Peter/Paul (but not Mary)'s lies: Peter LaBarbera repeats Paul Cameron lie about homosexuality and cigarettes [HB&HM]
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HBO: More LGBTs, Sookies, and Hung dudes than any other net
The latest edition of the GLAAD Network Responsibility Index shows that while basic cable networks A&E, SyFy, and TBS are falling behind in in terms of on-screen LGBT representation, premium cabler HBO is leading the inclusive pack: Of HBO’s 14...
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Video: Small town, gay bar
This report comes from Marie Cunningham, Fellow at USC Annenberg School of Journalism: Flawed health stats culled from the Book of Paul (Cameron)? Locals suggesting that gays should go back in their closets? A unanimous city council vote in support...
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Concerned Tweeters For @goodasyou
It's nice to know they're watching! *Our complete Concerned Women For America archive **UPDATE: Oh, they seem to have reconsidered. We don't see G-A-Y anywhere on their follow list, and their follow count is now down to 127 people. Was...
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Video: Slighting rights with $leight of hand
This weekend, those Washington Staters who wish to stop domestic partnerships for same-sex couples submitted 138,000 signatures to the secretary of state for approval. They need 120,577 valid signatures to get the potential DP repeal on the ballot, so many...
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07/25/2009
God's 'better' way? Forgive us if we see it as 'bitter'!
Did you have a lovely Saturday with your partner/boyfriend/spouse/gay best friend? Are you thrilled with your life's trajectory? If a religious person, do you feel like God has smiled upon you in ways that you could've never imagined? Overall, would...
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07/24/2009
'The truth is, I am in denial, but it is self-denial.'
In what might be his most revelatory interview yet, professional "ex-gay" Alan Chambers is essentially conveying what we all know: That his and many others' "change" is little to nothing more than re-closeting for the sake of pleasing one certain,...
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Video: On second thought, maybe she's not Anita Bryant
Carrie Prejean Sings with Bing [YT] (H/t: Right Wing Watch)
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At least he didn't call it a homo-cide
In 2008, the Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg earned widespread ire when he said that he'd like export gays from the United States. And while Pete was later forced to apologize for that egregious suggestion, he doesn't seem to have...
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Concerned (non-dowdy, non-surgically-induced, clearly gender-roled, conservative) Women For America
"Nancy Pelosi’s surgically induced gash of a smile, which is hard to endure" The above quip comes the Concerned Women For America's Janice Shaw Crouse, in a piece where she is -- get this -- criticizing the "harsh media treatment...
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Holy kowtow: Can society please grow up and stop bowing to theological straw men?!
If one who is lobbying against lowering the voting age were to do so on the basis of their personal belief that casting a civil ballot is ungodly, that person would be laughed out of American politics. If a person...
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07/23/2009
The more things change...
It's a living. **Our complete Maggie Gallagher archive ***The referenced WSJ column [6/3/96]
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