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11/05/2012
MSNBC's Michael Steele asks Marylanders to vote against Rachel Maddow's civil rights
A paid analyst with the "lean forward" network is hoping Republicans in Maryland will lurch drastically backwards: In Maryland millions of voters will go to the polls tomorrow to vote marriage equality up and down. It is very close. ......
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Protect Marriage Maine co-head: Church/state separation not biblical; wants God's marriage recognized
You gotta hand it to the campaign trying to stop civil marriage equality in Maine. Perhaps more than any other this cycle, they really have made no attempt to hide their nakedly faith-driven rationale for standing in the way of...
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Video: Young Maine pundit predicts win for equality
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Minnesota 'traditional marriage' guy (and Bachmann friend) equates Obama with Hitler, Mussolini
From the ever-charming Bradlee Dean: When we look back at the atrocities committed by Hitler, Mao Zedong, Stalin and Mussolini, we say, “That will never happen here.” We turn a blind eye and choose not to see the parallel between...
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Video: D.C. Bishop shares personal take on optional religious ceremony, misapplies it to shared civil policy
Here's another person who signed up for a particular faith view hoping to use his personal view regarding the always-ancillary religious ceremonial component of marriage to stifle civil equality for taxpaying same-gender couples in Maryland and beyond:
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Maggie Gallagher accurately pinpoints social conservatives' waning influence
Social conservatives are absent from this election. Their money isn’t being used in any visible way to organize voters. If Romney loses, this will be part of the reason why. If Romney wins — and I think he will —...
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NOM EXPOSED: NOM promotes ‘surprisingly sympathetic’ piece on ‘ex-gays’
NOM promotes ‘surprisingly sympathetic’ piece on ‘ex-gays’ [NOM Exposed]
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Video: Madonna justifies my love
She said it in Minnesota, but I think it's safe to apply the view to all four states where marriage is on the ballot:
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NOM pushes the Parkers; okay, so let's look again at 'ex-gay' advocate David Parker and his 'gay=disease' views
The National Organization For Marriage has posted a long form video of David and Tonia Parker pretending that their one lone tale of woe from Massachusetts trumps the tens of thousands of other parental tales of support that greet Massachusetts...
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More extreme comments from Maryland 'traditional marriage' supporters
At a weekend rally in opposition to Maryland's Question 6, Pastor Luke Robinson framed Hurricane Sandy as judgment for LGBT-supportive states and actions. Michael Lavers reports: “So here was the mayor of New York giving a quarter of a million...
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11/04/2012
Video: Kalley Yanta's final push for faith-driven discrimination
***REMINDER: Kalley Yanta has admitted (On Brad Brandon's radio show, no less) that her views go well beyond just marriage itself. For Kalley, it's about judging "immoral actions" and about "not agreeing with the lifestyle" ("Exactly, exactly," she confirms): AUDIO...
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Audio: MD Marriage Alliance head equates legal limits on same-family unions with bars on same-gender unions
At a recent panel hosted by the University of Maryland's School of Public policy, a questioner asked Maryland Marriage Alliance chair Derek McCoy why her dear gay cousin and his husband of many years cannot legally marry. So while making...
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One of the most disgusting anti-equality statements you will ever read
David Johnson is a Republican state representative from Eddington, Maine. David Johnson recently lost his gay brother to cancer and says he is still close to that late brother's partner of 25+ years. David Johnson wants to use that firsthand...
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MD Marriage Alliance head again says comments were taken 'out of context'; gives me another reason to post them
At a Friday news conference, Maryland Marriage Alliance head again accused people like me of taking Pastor Robert Anderson "grossly out of context": So that being the case, let me again show you the clips where Anderson makes the now-infamous...
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Video: Gov O'Malley jeers 'sad' scare tactics, cheers fairness
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Four states' fired-because-of-marriage 'victim': 'When did I say I was fired b/c of Civil Marriage Act?'
All four state inequality campaigns are using National Organization For Marriage employee Damian Goddard as an example of someone who was supposedly fired because of marriage. But check this out. In a series of tweets with @GordonEcker, Goddard claims he...
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MN For Marriage's deputy campaign director remains snippy; 'Who are you?' he asks of @margarethoover
Watching Andy Parrish's Twitter twists, meltdowns, and dramatic turns has been a highlight of this campaign. Here's what the Minnesota For Marriage's lead voice tweeted yesterday when he heard that a CNN anchor, GOP scion, and frequent TV pundit was...
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Video: Oh. Bomb? Uh...
YouTuber Nersi imagines the fallout that marriage equality will bring to religious conservatives:
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Former Maine Bishop Richard Malone's unique (read: egregious) take on religious freedom
If you vote for civil equality you are not a Catholic. So says former Maine Bishop Richard Malone (now of Buffalo, NY) in an email about the upcoming vote in his former home state: "A Catholic whose conscience has been...
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Maryland Marriage Alliance figure: 'God of all creation says [gays] are not born this way'
On his Facebook wall, Bishop Angel Nunez makes his view perfectly clear. It's not just about denying gay people marriage but rather denying the reality of sexual orientation: So what does such a view earn Mr. Nunez? Prominent speaking gigs...
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Video: Catholic/Baptist sisters who think their personally held faith trumps shared public policy
Catholic and Baptist sisters Carol Daigle, Valerie Litalien, and Cindy Terrill have been all over the Maine media in the last couple of weeks, telling tales of woe regarding marriage equality's supposedly pending wreckage. Here's the latest bout of faith...
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Chuck Woolery not into Maddow because he's 'not into young boys'
Charming homophobia/sexism/generalized yuck from a vocal Mitt Romney backer: Not into proper apostrophization either, I see. No word if Maddow is a bigger fan of Woolery's hosting acumen than he is of hers. If I find a time machine, I'll...
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