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10/31/2009
Video: Treating transgender humans like animals in a Kalama-zoo
Brace yourself, for we're about to show you one of the most disgusting political ads we've ever had the misfortune of viewing (which is saying a lot). Our opposition in Kalamazoo is literally targeting specific individuals to scare voters into...
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We always knew their campaign would culminate in a con(junction)
Last night, Stand For Marriage Maine sent out the following: (highlighting and phone number redaction is ours) No word if the campaign is also nearing other conjunctions such as "but," "or," or "so." Though considering the way their fallacious tactics...
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10/30/2009
Smear v. 'Clear': 'No on 1' closes deal
NO ON 1!
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Video: DPs: They were against them before they were [secretly still against] them
Having followed national LGBT goings-on for the past several years, we were beyond shocked when we heard Stand For Marriage Maine acting as if they are totally cool with domestic partnerships, just as long as the word "marriage" is not...
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Video: 'And I'll put one here, and maybe a few there, and one right here, and another here, and two more here might look nice...'
Forget for a second about the civil rights that they are callously hoping to roll back us on the basis of their personal faith views. Anti-equality Mainers real reason to be nice to gays is so hopefully they can learn...
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FRC says 'ban!'; Pastor Graves asks, "how hurtfully?'
Remember Ken Graves, the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church who filmed a "yes on one" spot in which he suggested that gay families are rejected by nature itself? Yea, well check out the following little nugget from the San Francisco...
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Video: Forget H1N1 -- it's apparently the 'Gay One In One' vaccine we really need!
Nature? Nurture? Pish posh, says this YouTuner. For she knows that we are a communicable demon: We're not sure where, exactly, one can find the vaccine for pandemic gayness. Though we do have a call in to the manufacturers of...
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We actually wish 'yes on 1' would call us an 'abomination'
The Maine Family Policy Council wants evangelicals to rest up and prepare to battle gays over Question One. Ya know, so that we "abnormal" gays don't kill them while they sleep: The enemy comes in and becomes "one of us"...
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*Be* The Impact
To those who were eager to have their own Stonewall. To those who planned their best protest outfits. To those who attended a club night in support of a certain measure. To those who grabbed a megaphone and did their...
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'Yes on 1 (at any cost)' embraces campaign's 'silly season'; forgive us if we don't crack a smile
As we round the bend and aggressively push towards the finish line, our opposition in Maine is getting ever more heated in their attempts to turn the public against us. Earlier this week we saw Brian Camenker, Peter LaBarbera, Maggie...
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Video: If I Am Idle, this Am. Idol audition will prevail
The harmony is nice. But as for the disharmony they wish to cause our lives? Not so much: I Say Yes On 1 [YT]
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10/29/2009
Video: Marry ME: Baldacci vs. Bald-faced discrimination
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Video: It hits home for everyone. But only some homes are literally hit
As we enter the final days of Maine's battle of civil fairness vs. faith-based discrimination, WCHS 6 enters two contrasting families homes. Emotions are high in both. But unfair usage of personal religious views to deny other's legal rights is...
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Yes on 1's Web ad FAIL!
You may have seen these ads, which Stand For Marriage Maine is using to scare people about the supposed gay agenda in schools: Gross, right? Yea, well -- you don't know the half of it. Check this out. We found...
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It's 'NO' time
Protect Maine Equality -- NO ON 1! ***SEE ALSO: Compare our thoroughly positive ad with their latest.
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Video: And by 'it's,' they mean lies and bigotry
0:00-0:04: Very fitting that they start with the Washington Times, considering the Rev. Moon-owned paper is considered the most far-right, conservatively biased news outlet in the nation. But okay, whatever. They're "accusing" us of wanting marriage equality in New England....
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Video: BECOMES. A. MAN!
Well, ET has always been known for its subtlety: (FYI: Tomorrow means today) Hopefully the actual interview will sound less like they're talking about a monster truck show (SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!) and more like a human life (PERSON! PERSON! PERSON!)....
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Part of an unbalanced break-gays-fast
Don't for a second think that the viciously anti-gay WorldNetDaily chose this image arbitrarily: Companies get even 'gayer' as U.S. economy plummets [WND] But fortunately, two can play that game: We'd much rather be fruity and full of cheer than...
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Audio: 'I'm sorry this debate is happening at all'
I once read a tell-all book about "Saturday Night Live," in which Anne Beatts, one of the female writers from the early days of the show, described the gender disparity in comedy writing rooms by saying that "[the men] had...
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Video: This is not a two-sided debate. This is a one-sided hostile act!
You're darn right, "yes on 1," that if your side should "win" in Maine next week, we pro-equality activists will be back again seeking demanding civil fairness! Because ultimately, our on-par citizenship is not a negotiation. And we will not...
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Forming rings to deny us of our own
Pastor Bill Clarke is all kinds of upset with his state: Our problem is not gay rights, gay marriage or abortion. These things are consequences of our own “wicked ways”. We have abandoned our nation by not working to ensure...
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10/28/2009
Deceivers, Generally target our Attorney General
Attorney General Eric Holder was in Maine recently, that much is true. And it's also accurate to say that while there, he was asked to weigh in on Question One. But the story that is most notable to gay activists...
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Video: Evangelicals justify hate crimes law's existence
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Our lives are all intertwined
For a gay person without the legal right to marry his or her partner, a hospital stay can turn into an insane jeopardy that most heterosexual couples could never even imagine. The partner to whom the victim is legally barred...
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Maggie Gallagher and Peter LaBarbera: Birds of a 'yes on 1' feather!
Want even more connection between the gang of three far-right personalities who spoke today in favor of bias in Maine and the "official" Stand For Marriage Maine campaign? Well how about this: One of those three men, Peter LaBarbera, appeared...
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Hate crimes bill LAW
*The signing: *The reception: *Judy Shepard shared the following thoughts about today's milestone: President Obama Signs Historic Hate Crime Legislation - Statement from Judy Shepard After a decade of debate, persistent advocacy and 14 separate congressional floor votes, President Barack...
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Camenker, LaBarbera, Madore: They came, they saw, they bore out the 'Yes on 1' connections
The "No on 1" campaign's Jesse Connolly is back from today's "yes on 1" press conference featuring Brian Camenker, Paul Madore, and Peter LaBarbera, and he's in no mood to mince words: "This is not the new face of the...
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Kala-Maine-ington
Still want to get involved in one of the big LGBT races that we're soon to face at the polls, but not motivated enough to figure out who to give to where, how and when? Well fortunately, the non-cowardly campaigners...
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Deaf ear + blind eye towards problem = folks willing to 'deaf-eye' the law
With a bill that's solely designed to protect LGBT citizens from bias-motivated crimes, you really have to wonder what our opposition means when they say they intend to "defy" the law: "To sign the [hate crimes bill] in the Rose...
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Peter, Paul, and anti-marry: 'No on 1' to challenge 'Yes on 1's' liability-in-waiting
Yesterday we told you that certified hate group leader Brian Camenker and certified for of the 'mos Peter LaBarbera (whose former employer, the Illinois Family Institute, was also once on the SPLC's hate group list because of something Pete wrote)...
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Stand For Marriage Maine has damaged their state with lies. It'll take time to fix.
Check out this landing page that's being used to scare visitors to the StandForMarriageMaine site: Okay, let's break this bullcrappy down: 1) We're not sure if the teacher is supposed to be a pro-gay "indoctrinator," or simply a teacher. But...
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10/27/2009
Breaking: Gang of three extremists to severely wound Maine's 'Yes on 1' campaign
-Brian Camenker: The leader of one of only eleven organizations to be so extreme, that they've chosen by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an official anti-gay hate group. -Peter LaBarbera: So heated in his hostility, that he sent yours...
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Taking stock of Yes on 1's families
Interested in knowing what "real" Maine families are working to take away you rights? Well, in Stand For Marriage Mains' latest ad, there are five of them. First up is the "A father gives his daughter a piggy-back ride while...
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Yes on 1's biggest donor: An examination (Vol. 14)
They send out single issue, abjectly homo-hostile flyers like this: Disgusting, right? And we're sure the gays exploited in the top photo will love to hear about it once we find them (and oh, we will find them). As far...
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Video: 'Yet we want to be tolerant of gays'?!?!?!?!
The title should have an apostrophe. More thoughts after this short interruption (which seeks to interrupt your lives and loves): 0:00-0:07: Majority support is NEVER a suitable basis for denying civil rights. Almost every progressive move that has been made...
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'Yes on 1': Any [dehumanizing attack] will do
“any two will do" To get a sense of just how nasty Maine's "yes on 1" campaign is and has been since the beginning, just turn to the above four words. On several occasions now, the campaign has used that...
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I can see a penis from my house!
Can someone please explain why a non-gay, former boyfriend of a Republican candidate's daughter is all over the gay media, simply because he's apparently gonna show his mooseburgers in an upcoming Playgirl? And yes: We're talking especially to you, America's...
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Yes on one (star)
Ya know, Stand For Marriage Maine might want to be a little more savvy before embedding YouTube clips on their site. Because when they embed pro-equality clips from our side, they let the world know that the public sees our...
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Video: Joe's hostility laid Behar
Samuel Wurzelbacher: "I'm allowed to have opinion and not get chastised for it" Principle of free speech: "See me after class!" 'JOE THE PLUMBER' STILL AN IGNORANT HOMOPHOBE [Towle] And can we please drop the "Joe The Plumber" drag? We...
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With rhetorical crap this odiferous, it's quite good that Ashley's toilet is getting flushed
Focus on the Family's Ashley Horne says: It’s come to our attention that President Obama will “commemorate” the enactment of the hate-crimes bill this Wednesday, October 28th. Let’s all pause and listen to the sound of a little more of...
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For Chastity Vote-No
This wording is codified in Maine law: Title 20: EDUCATION Part 2: PUBLIC SCHOOLS Chapter 111: RELIGION AND MORALS §1221. Teaching of virtue and morality Instructors of youth in public or private institutions shall use their best endeavors to impress...
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Video: 'I believe you're born thinking gays don't have the right to get married'
The Word-Don't Ask Don't Tell [Colbert] APPROVE 71!
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Video: Demeaning 'the demon'
This comes from yesterday's DC Council hearing, as captured by Metro Weekly: Gee, how will we ever compete with such sound logic as this? Although we do want to thank, Ms. Copeland. We weren't sure what to be for Halloween...
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10/26/2009
And before you get ideas, FRC: 'Good Morning America' doesn't mean entire nation's been officially 'good morninged'
The Washington Post has a blog called "Federal Eye," which tracks federal government goings on. That blog, like many others, begins each morning with a roundup post containing various news bits. Seeing as how the blog's name contains an ocular...
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Video: Geez, religion, can't the anti-gay stuff at least wait until the belly button heals?
This adorable little tyke can barely say "gaga goo goo," much less "Lady Gaga is good good." But hey, why risk the possibility that any gayness may take hold: Homosexual Baby [YT]
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Video: DisCrimination with a capital DC
Yesterday in New York, this writer and his husband did a little grocery shopping, looked for a Halloween costume for the doggie, laughed a lot, and then capped off the weekend with a particularly good episode of "Mad Men" (Joan...
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Vote like an Eagle?
Dear Folks at Good As You: My dad, a guy who rattled around far to the right on many issues, died in 2000 in Florida. I still get financial solicitations for him at my address in Maine some nine (9)...
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Video: Out of Hillary's pantsuited shadow and into rainbow-hued light
Over the weekend, Towleroad captured two strong videos from someone who's becoming our biggest champion in government, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). One's a speech and the other's an interview. Both are extremely promising. Watch 'em here: In this world...
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It's just good for FRC that crimes against truth aren't tracked
While trying to discredit LGBT inclusive hate crimes legislation for the one billionth and seventh time, the Family Research Council has trotted out this claim: The FBI's statistics on hate crimes actually show a decrease in the number of hate...
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Video: Giving 'King & King' the royal treatment
Both The Leffews and Sean Chapin are known for their adorable web vids. So when they join forces, it's only natural that the cuteness would run clear off the heartwarming charts: Good to see that the film version didn't lose...
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