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11/04/2009
I think what infuriates me the most...
...is that our opposition will never realize, admit, or take responsibility for the gut-wrenching sense of de-humanity that they inflict upon us. Had Maine's "yes on 1" side lost last night, each and every one of the folks invested in...
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Dear 'fierce advocate':
Maine's elephant in the room? Let's instead let Equality California address a major donkey that was not in the room: The Obama administration was absent in yet another critical fight for the soul of our nation. His failure to speak...
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Charla takes off 'everyday citizen' mask, puts on press-released spokesperson hat
We of course knew that Charla Bansley is much more than a mere school teacher. And now that the anti-gay forces no longer need to scare voters with the TV spot into which they disingenuously cast her, they too can...
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Video: Person of faith apologize for using gay slur? F*getabouit!
It's totally okay for Chandler, Arizona's The Door Christian Center to use the word "f*ggot" in their version of a haunted house. you know, because "people say stuff all the time":
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Remember when Bishops found 'good sermon' to be enough of a thank you?
There is something wrong with America when a faith-based organization who bankrolled a campaign to rollback legislatively enacted CIVIL rights includes a line like this in their post-election political press release: Bishop Richard Malone of the Diocese of Portland provided...
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Nobody on our side wants millions of people to deexist!
A majority of Mainers voted to embolden this: "stop the homosexualist political movement" "Surely we don't want to build a society where our children and grandchildren are encouraged to invent new perversions to avoid boredom" "The path to sanity is...
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Video: Recipe for a "traditional marriage" victory:
Start with the idea that civil rights should be put to majority vote Add copious amounts of NOM money. Stir in every last ounce of personal faith you can find (regardless of if you're working in a civil kitchen) Sprinkle...
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Trying to smile
Through the unbelievably dark cloud that was Maine, many of us struggled to see the silver linings that are Kalamazoo and Washington state. Now the Victory Fund's Chuck Wolfe lets us in on a few more: It was tough to...
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What scares me about Maine...
...is that we did most everything right. The campaign was extremely tight, the money and humanpower rolled in, the ads were well done, the Netroots were tapped in an amazingly effective way, and the unbelievable lies were diced up and...
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Lies about schools + certified hate group = moral victory?!
What helped tipped the balance toward bias in Maine? Well according to Peter LaBarbera, it was the contribution of Brian Camenker, the leader of a SPLC-designated hate group: In the final days of the campaign, Americans For Truth and MassResistance...
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Some Mainers who voted against your 'whacky oversexed version of progress'
Congratulations, gay Mainers. You have lost your equal citizenship to this: Stand for Marriage Maine [Facebook] "Sign a petition to end this foolishness." That's truly what they think of us, that a pull of a lever or a move of...
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We go to bed more hurt, more unequal, more hated, more harassed, more dehumanized. Sleep well.
They lied. They dehumanized. They used personal faith to address civil law. They sought out any and every opportunity to confuse the issue. They went after anyone who got in their paths, with zero to less-than-zero regard for the well-being...
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