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05/23/2012
Colin Powell: 'I don’t see any reason not to say that [gays] should be able to get married'
"But as I’ve thought about gay marriage, I know a lot of friends who are individually gay but are in partnerships with loved ones, and they are as stable a family as my family is, and they raise children. And...
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Video: When juicing, Reagan impressions, and discrimination collide
Grant Engelmann wants to sell you juice by showing off his penchant for mimicry: Unfortunately, he also wants to ban my marriage in order to "strengthen democracy," joining other Minnesotans who think civil discrimination is God's will: Some of Mr....
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Modern 'traditional marriage' movement continues to devalue King marriage
Coretta Scott King presumably knew her late husband's heart better than anybody else: CORETTA QUOTES "I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the...
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#ObamaPride launches; #MittOnceBlessedMAPrideButWouldNeverDoSoNow yet to drop
With June just a month and change (we can believe in) away, the Obama For America folks have ramped up the Obama Pride efforts. Go check out the newly freshened site, filled with accomplishments, swag, and a host of other...
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Penny! [knock, knock, knock] Penny! [knock, knock, knock] Penny! [knock, knock, knock]—I'm gay.
It's been talked about for years. But congrats to "Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons for making it official. And for being so seemingly happy: The article, an interview about Parsons’ upcoming role in a rare Broadway revival of Harvey,...
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Today: FRC, allies stand up for only Clinton-era policy they ever liked
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council President Tony Perkins will join Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), Bishop Harry Jackson and pastors from across denominational lines for a news conference at the Senate swamp to show their support for the Defense of...
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A bull takes no greater crap than when he's helping an anti-LGBT activist kill a bullying bill
Laurie Higgins is working to stop an anti-bullying bill in Illinois. So to do so, she first denies that the scientifically-recognized concept of sexual orientation is a real thing, before then isolating and twisting one certain facet of the recognized...
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Video: Well he said he'd feed 'em, what's the problem?!
Pastor Worley's comments are chilling. These congregants' willingness to go along with said comments might be even more disturbing: (Via Towleroad) It has *not* been a good month for the North Carolina Tourism Board's LGBT outreach arm! *REMINDER: This same...
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Polls are imperfect, yes; the marriage trend is undeniable, still
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll: Overall, 53 percent of Americans say gay marriage should be legal, hitting a high mark in support while showing a dramatic turnaround from just six years ago, when just 36 percent thought it should...
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05/22/2012
Photo: Ban gays, says wiener in buns
Photo from a car wash/petition drive designed to take away Washington state's recently-signed marriage equality law: [SOURCE: Preserve Marriage Washington—Facebook] Guess the banana was considered too phallic and suggestive.
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Pastor Worley in 1978: 'Forty years ago they would've hung [homosexuals], bless God, from a white oak tree'
This week, he's getting international attention for saying he'd like to put "all the lesbians and queers" in a pen until they die off. But in 1978, two years after he began preaching at the very same North Carolina church...
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African American leader's godless, Communist cause set to destroy U.S. (47 years ago)
"He's a Communist!" cries Civil rights placed in smear quotes Claims that institutions like the United Nations are godless Cruel mocking of the LGBT people surrounding the historic African-American figure at the center Questioning "whether a true man of God...
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Protect Marriage Maine devalues role of stock photo moms
Joining Mike Heath's already-launched Gay Marriage House of Horrors site, the so-called Protect Marriage Maine coalition has launched their own site designed to stop marriage equality in the Pine State. [SOURCE: Protect Marriage Maine] The site is really boring overall,...
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Savage invites Brown to nom, nom, nom at his house
Dan Savage has suggested the parameters for his debate with National Organization For Marriage president Brian Brown. The details, per David Badash: So where is the debate? Dan Savage’s dining room table. Sorry, no tickets available. “So, what I’d like...
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Harry Jackson: God punishes marriage supporters, NAACP next; you're not taping this, are you?
At the beginning of the clip, popular TV pundit Harry Jackson instructs his audio/video guy to turn off the tape. Then around 2:45, he accuses people of "secretly recording" him. Only thing? The following clip comes from LiveStream, which Harry...
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Meanwhile, in "I'll shoot my gay kid' vows…
Kamaal Rashid Khan is a known Indian film and TV actor: @KamaalRKhan Doesn't seem like he was hacked. Doesn't seem to be a translation error. Is this seriously a prominent person vowing to murder his LGBT children?! Is that still...
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Happy Harvey Milk Day! #GottaGiveEmHope
MORE INFO: Harvey Milk Day [EQ CA]
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05/21/2012
Michael Steele: NAACP marriage equality stance 'irks rank and file African Americans'
I'm actually happy that former RNC Chair Michael Steele didn't buy Laura Ingraham's contemptuous attempt to smear the NAACP as irrelevant. He does, however, act as if the organization exists on some other plane from the rest of Black America:...
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Video: A couple of straight—um, yeah, straight—North Carolinians cautiously thank the President
They play it for laughs… …but the sad reality is that for far too many Americans, the practical effects of the President's historic announcement mean little in terms of real world peace of mind. In fact, there's even this nagging...
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NOM EXPOSED: Maggie warns: Telling people they’re unworthy of peace, love, rights not as safe as it used to be
Are anti-equality advocates like Maggie Gallagher really the ones suffering under a "toxic" marriage debate? Really? Maggie warns: Telling people they’re unworthy of peace, love, rights not as safe as it used to be [NOM Exposed]
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The gay 'solution' as backed by Alliance Defense Fund, Focus on the Family, more
Call me alarmist if you must, but when a speaker at a world conference with backing from American powerhouses like Focus on the Family and the Alliance Defense Fund hosts a plenary session with a threatening title like "Solutions to...
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Blitzin' the truth with FRC
The Family Research Council is continuing the pretense of being outraged—OUTRAGED!—by President Obama's support for marriage equality while, in actuality, using that announcement as a key fundraiser: President Barack Obama's declaration that he will fight for legalized same-sex "marriage" has...
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AFA back to attacking 'deviant and unhealthy' DeGeneres
The American Family Association's Monica Cole (of AFA's so-called One Million Moms) is claiming, without a scintilla of proof, that Ellen DeGeneres is destroying J.C. Penney's bottom line: "Sales have plummeted since J.C. Penney showed their new, bold marketing strategy,...
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Video: NC pastor wants to put 'all the lesbians and queers' in a pen; will still allow us to eat, however
North Carolina's own Pastor Charles Worley: "I figured a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers, but I couldn't get it passed through Congress. Build a great, big, large fence — 150 or 100 mile long —...
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Wait, Maine 'pro-fams' are planning to use churches against our rights? That's different.
One of the three coalitions fighting against civil equality in Maine has announced that they will begin fundraising on June 17, in honor of daddies. They are doing this in churches, of course: Our plan is to launch a fundraising...
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NOM pushes extreme video; pushes away remaining stake in political moderation
What's the once-pragmatic National Organization For Marriage pushing now? Well here, check out what the org posted over the weekend: Many of you have surely seen this fear documentary (complete with kids cowering as if facing nuclear fallout) assembled by...
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Hey Delaware: Don't overlook the 'ex-gay' advocacy intrinsic to your anti-equality team!
With Delaware on the list of states where full marriage equality is a very real possibility (the state currently has strong civil unions), Focus on the Family is turning some attention to Delaware Family Policy Council head Nicole Theis. In...
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NAACP all in for double M, double F 'I dos'
As you've likely already heard, the NAACP endorsed marriage equality over the weekend: NAACP approves resolution endorsing marriage equality [Wash Blade] Or as the National Organization For Marriage refers to the news: "Way too inconvenient to acknowledge, even as we...
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They really don't think they verbally abuse us; that's a big problem
This tweet, courtesy of the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer, stopped me in my tracks: If you're a regular G-A-Y reader, you surely know that Bryan Fischer is one of the most extreme voices in the far-right sphere. Or actually,...
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05/18/2012
Mind the Gap: AFA's motherly overreaching sets sights on affordable V-necks
Another American company has dared to acknowledge that LGBT both exist and buy things, so naturally the American Family Association's one or two moms who run "One Million Moms" jumped in to save the day: The group is upset about...
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Spitzer issues clear apology; your turn, 'family' groups who so eagerly used his work to shun equality
Considering the existence of Eliot, this might not be the Spitzer apology that the 21st century history books consider most notable. But for LGBT people who have been marginalized and stigmatized by the work, it is the most meaningful: “I...
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Video: NBA player Dominique Jones' (alleged) Facebook rant
From Youtuber StopHate22: I can't find the Facebook page, only this video and a few other outraged comments on twitter, so I can't verify these screen caps for myself. I do have an email in to his team, so hopefully...
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FRC Flashback: When national polling was a more convenient selling point
I just stumbled on this ad that the Family Research Council's action arm ran in newspapers back in 2004: And I have to wonder, since public opposition was their number one reason for passing a Federal Marriage Amendment back then,...
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Audio: AFA attempts to hammer Home Depot; doesn't nail it
The American Family Association's Randy Sharp (who once suggested that the Walgreens company was sponsoring the Gay Games in order to increase the sell of their HIV drugs) attended this week's Home Depot Shareholders meeting where he tried, unsuccessfully, to...
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Video: Bradlee Dean makes Canada tourism video
Canada is highly supportive of same-sex marriage, which has brought nothing but joy to the nation. But since nothing is more threatening to "pro-family" fear-mongering than benign happiness, here is noted voice of rabidity Bradlee Dean doing his best to...
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Focus on the Family gets 'ex-gay'-happy
In the past day, Focus on the Family's CitizenLink site has randomly posted four different stories about/from self-professed "ex-gays," all designed to call into question fixed orientation: [SOURCE: FoTF's Citizenlink] Focus on the Family gives no context for the postings....
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Video: Lou Dobbs hosts negligent LGBT panel (w/ Ablow, Perkins, and no dissent)
Increasingly, Keith Ablow is becoming known for his anti-LGBT rhetoric. Consistently, Tony Perkins has been known for his extreme body of anti-LGBT rhetoric. So hey, why not let these two men with clearly hostile points of view go on the...
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More on Harry Jackson's 24 hour anti-equality rave
Harry "the gay marriage movement is like Hitler" Jackson has been promoting his upcoming marriage summit all week, but details have been scarce. Here now, some more info on the 24-hour soiree: May 23, 2012 - May 24, 2012 4:00...
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05/17/2012
Audio: A look at Thomas Peters' 'civil' marriage arguments
Thomas Peters, NOM's Culture Director and increasingly public voice, has claimed that the Catholic church cannot support pro-LGBT clubs and programs because they "promote behaviors that hurt the human person." A supporter of so-called "ex-gay" therapy, Thomas has claimed "change...
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Happy 8th year of non-destruction, Massachusetts
I almost forgot that it's the eighth anniversary of marriage equality in the Bay State: Anniversary of gay marriage in Massachusetts is today [Boston Metro] Traditionally, the eighth anniversary gift is something made of bronze. But when it comes to...
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Making baseless assertions is definitely a choice, Mr. Owens
Those who want to stigmatize us keep saying this as if it is even slightly grounded in fact: "We are really tired of the homosexual community hijacking the civil rights movement," [William Owens, Sr. founder and president of the Coalition...
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NOM EXPOSED: Maggie addresses her ‘villain’ role; continues her victim act
My latest NOM Exposed piece: During a recent appearance at Patrick Henry College, interviewer Marvin Olasky asked NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher how it feels to live in the socio-political role she has chosen. Her answer was classic Maggie. Have a...
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Exploring Brian Brown's curious side project
This is an awesome piece from The American Independent's Sofia Resnick (and not just because I'm mentioned). Go read in full: “NOM is not a partisan organization or a stalking horse for either party,” wrote National Organization for Marriage President...
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In which James Dobson makes good case for DOMA repeal
These questions come from Focus on the Family's founder: "And speaking of states’ rights to define marriage, wouldn’t that wreak havoc on individual families? Imagine the chaos of a couple being married in Texas but not married in Arkansas, or...
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Bishop Harry Jackson: Current marriage fight 'just like during the times of Hitler'
Gays (or, rather, "people who are in that lifestyle") are trying to recruit, indoctrinate, and clobber. Just like the Nazis did, natch: Um, Harry—if you start by likening a minority group's civil rights push to the goals of the Nazis,...
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05/16/2012
Maggie Gallagher's low regard for gay couples: It's 'not about marriage', just 'a symbol'
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Maggie Gallagher's fantasy EndTimes novel: 'It's the Muslims versus the Mormons'
I'm not even sure what she means by this. But I do know that it's not something I'd be comfortable saying publicly, especially if the organization with which I was most associated was dealing with a scandal built around pitting...
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Video: AFA radio host likens LGBT rights movement to cancer
AFA radio hosts are oncologists delivering bad news, mind readers who know more about LGBT people's goals than anyone else, and body language experts capable of deciphering President's motivations. Hit it, Buster Wilson:
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Video: Pakman meets Cameron, sad hilarity ensues
If you don't know anything about Paul Cameron, the two key points to know are (1) his extreme views on homosexuality were discredited decades ago, yet (2) the organized "pro-family" movement continues to rely on his findings for much of...
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Responding to David Blankenhorn's #GLAADCap distortions
There have been so many misrepresentations about GLAAD's Commentator Accountability Project in the two months since it launched. Recently I stumbled on some that noted conserva-liberal-tarian same-sex marriage opponent David Blankenhorn had made around the time of the project's rollout,...
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