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06/30/2014
Video: White House Pride Reception 2014
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 30, 2014 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATION East Room 5:40 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. (Applause.) Well, I want to thank Jim and...
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Video: Brian Brown's callers show weakness of his movement's arguments
Below is an appearance that National Organization For Marriage president Brian Brown contributed to C-Span over the weekend. Other than coming closer to supporting the idea of gay "change" than I've heard from him in a while (at around the...
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Mat Staver 'deeply saddened' California can still recognize and ban junk 'therapy'
Tellingly mentioning Jerry Sandusky, as he and his pals have been wont to do in order to convince America that straight-identified pedophiles are what make people gay, Liberty Counsel attorney Mat Staver is defiantly angry at the Supreme Court for...
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Video: Lively international aggression gets the John Oliver twist
Last week, I told you about the unintentionally hilarious "Rainbow Belongs To God" song that extreme anti-gay activist Scott Lively was promoting as wonderful. I love that John Oliver included it as part of a longer report on international extremism...
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Ben Carson, the go-to guy for anti-gay galas
He's already gone after LGBT rights while keynoting at galas for the National Organization For Marriage and the Illinois Family Institute. Fox News contributor and rumored 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson is next heading to the extremely anti-LGBT Pacific Justice...
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Wait, are we hiding our equal marriage goals? If so, please allow me to clarify
Notorious anti-gay activist Scott Lively is sending out the warning sign: [SOURCE] 2015? Please! We right-side-of-history advocates, "elite" or not, are conspiring to make equal marriage happen by this afternoon, if we can get it! And frankly, we don't care...
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06/27/2014
For NC banquet, FRC assembes one of most anti-gay crews imaginable
Kenyn Cureton believes the gay people are "pawns in the hands of their malevolent master...the devil": Ron Baity equates homosexuality with murder, implies that gay relations are worse than what maggots do, and insists gay people need to "quit being...
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Hysterical fear ad targeting Houston nondiscrimination ordinance: 'Young & The Restless' theme, obviously made up claims, pubic hair
A coalition calling itself "No Unequal Rights" is attempting to repeal the LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance that the Houston city council passed in May. Here is the unintentionally hilarious ad they are hoping will accomplish this task: Riiiight, discriminators. You just...
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Today in D.C.: FRC's Peter Sprigg testifies in favor of gay 'change'
Peter Sprigg, who has voiced support for both "exporting" gay people from the United States and imposing criminal sanctions against homosexuality, will testify today before the D.C. City Council. In hopes of thwarting a proposal to ban junk science in...
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06/26/2014
Videos: Sen. Cruz, Ben Carson, others lend names to NOM's brand of discrimination
We all know that the March For Marriage was a hilarious failure, but we've heard little about that same night's NOM gala. Until now. Here are three videos from the event, featuring a U.S. Senator who is determined to define...
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GLAAD: Fox News insists the IRS 'intentionally leaked' NOM's docs; judge says that's not the case
Fox News insists the IRS 'intentionally leaked' NOM's documents; judge says that's not the case [GLAAD]
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Audio: Family Research Council again advocates for reparative therapy, portrays homosexuality as non-innocuous
When you consider that Peter Sprigg has openly advocated for "exporting" gay people from the United States and criminal sanctions against homosexuality, the fact that he's denying that homosexuality is a valid sexual orientation is somewhat minor. But considering what...
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AFA lifts blogger's personal photo to decry Macy's support of 'sex parades;' I defy them to find any sex
To attack Macy's for supporting LGBT pride parades, the American Family Association has lifted a personal photo from a blog called Jason In Hollywood. AFA uses that photo to insist that Macy's is really supporting "sex parades" [AFA] But if...
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AFA of Indiana can't handle debate, scrubs my comments and blocks me
If you go to the post, you will see that it says there are fifteen comments: [AFA of IN] But there are not fifteen comments. Not anymore. And why not? Because after a lengthy debate in which the fact that...
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06/25/2014
Sen. Susan Collins becomes fourth GOP US Senator to support marriage equality
On the same day that the Human Rights Campaign endorsed the moderate Republican for re-election, US Senator Susan Collins became the fourth GOP member of the upper chamber to endorse marriage equality: Susan Collins: I support same-sex marriage [Bangor Daily...
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Utah's big anti-equality group admits agenda goes well beyond marriage
"Celebrate Marriage Utah" is the main group advocating against marriage equality in the state of Utah. You might remember that big winter rally that Celebrate Marriage Utah hosted at the state capitol, in tandem with the National Organization For Marriage....
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Video: Here's what it looks like when two guys marry in Indiana
Spoiler alert: the state does not explode at the end:
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What 'American people' are you even talking about, Tony Perkins?
The last four states to vote on marriage equality all passed it, and the last few legislatures to consider the matter ultimately put it through. Every credible poll shows Americans supporting equality; even less credible polls show an even or...
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Peter LaBarbera continues familiar practice of posting pics of gay men's bare butts
In the anti-gay world of professional anti-LGBT activist Peter LaBarbera, a same-sex kiss is meant to be edited away but a chorus line of bare butt cheeks are perfectly fit to print. Both of these images come from a new...
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Breaking: Tenth Circuit finds Utah's marriage ban unconstitutional
On the same day that a federal judge struck down Indiana's marriage ban, the 10th circuit Court of Appeals has found Utah's big bad ban to be unconstitutional as well. Unlike Indiana, however, that ruling is on hold. Still amazing!...
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Breaking: Federal judge strikes down Indiana marriage ban
A federal judge today struck down Indiana's discriminatory marriage ban. Additionally, there is no stay on the ruling so couples can begin marrying immediately. Happy Pride!! More to come.
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Video: #March4Marriage attendees 'don't hate' us enough to tell us we're wrong, unequal, in need of 'the truth'
Just like last year, when she pushed the claim that there were 15,000 people at a march that featured about 12,000 less than that, I'm sure Katie Yoder of the anti-gay Media Research Center thought she was helping when she...
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Scott Lively's song of summer: 'The Rainbow Belongs to God'
Hysterically anti-gay personality Scott Lively says of the song's origins: It was written my friend Johny Noer, a Danish pastor living in the Negev Desert of Israel, and performed by the very talented singer/composer Signe Walsoe. Johny was an attendee...
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Anti-gay NOM unable to sway #NY22 in favor of anti-equality Tenney
The National Organization For Marriage knew that the Republican primary in New York's 22nd congressional district was going to be a low turnout affair, so the pro-discrimination special interest group threw over $25,000 (reported so far) at the campaign of...
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06/24/2014
Orlando, living up to its 'City Beautiful' reputation, stands with equality
A nice move from the Sunshine State's third largest metro area: Orlando City Council Files Brief In Support Of Same-Sex Marriage [Towle] And if the city wants to convince the rest of the state, and America, to go along for...
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Photo: At least NOM's taking ownership of #March4Marriage's anti-gay animus
Turns out that people like me didn't have to work so hard rounding up all of the signs at last week's March For Marriage that showed the event was, in fact, anti-gay and not just "pro-marriage." The National Organization For...
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Tony Perkins sure gives good non sequitur
"Oh darn, Secretary Kerry is walking. That's too bad; I wanted to give him a piece of gun." Or, to put it another way: [Family Research Council president Tony Perkins] I'm pretty sure ambassador appointments happen in tandem with all...
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AFA senior analyst equates 'homosexual behavior' w/ pedophilia, bestiality, eating faces of homeless; recommends Republicans follow his lead
Yesterday afternoon, Rick Santorum became the latest in a long line of prominent conservatives who have catered to Bryan Fischer, senior issues analyst with the American Family Association, and his truly nutty radio show. This is what they are supporting:...
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Video: Ben Carson's gay rights compromise: You don't get to marry, he gets to be smug
Fresh off of his gig speaking at the National Organization For Marriage's gala, conservative hero Ben Carson, who has directly equated same-sex marriage with bestiality and NAMBLA, is now telling gay people that he will totally "compromise" on marriage because...
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Liberty Counsel head: LGBT advocates are doing 'bidding of the devil'
He's on Fox News all the time, and he was recently invited to testify before Congress on the subject of religious freedom. Now listen in as Mat Staver, head of the Liberty Counsel and noted conservative voice, tells his listeners...
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06/23/2014
Maggie Gallagher's next gig: convincing libertarians to be social conservatives
Come fall, the National Organization For Marriage co-founder and past president will appear on a panel for the extremely anti-gay Family Research Council, where she, conservative pollster Kellyanne Conway, and a Rand Paul guy will try to build a bridge...
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Audio: Rick Santorum caters to extreme radio host Bryan Fischer; warns of gay equality, war, jailed priests
The fact that Rick Santorum would cater to a radio host who has literally called for gay people to be rounded up and jailed is really the statement here. But just for added color, here's the tone of what the...
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Non–New Yorker Brian Brown proves he knows nothing about state he hopes to make more discriminatory
New York has marriage equality. Every single poll at the time of New York passing its marriage equality act showed New Yorkers supporting the law; that figure has surely only gone up in the subsequent three years. Now check out...
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American Family Association prez knows when (soon) and why (gays) God is going to extinguish America
The keys to all of life's mysteries can be found within the Tupelo, Mississippi, headquarters of the American Family Association. For instance, American Family Association's president Tim Wildmon knows that God is likely to destroy us all because of, in...
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Ryan Anderson, supposed policy wonk, promoting exceedingly anti-gay book
Ryan T. Anderson, the Heritage Foundation scholar who you'll see on TV from time to time pretending to be a conservative policy wonk whose interest in "traditional marriage" is focused on policy and limited in its intent, has made it...
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FRC is an extremely deceitful org: Example #1,234,234,921
In its Friday wrap up, the staff of the exceedingly anti-LGBT Family Research Council wrote the following about nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people: No wonder the President had to resort to an executive order on special treatment for homosexuals. Turns...
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GetEqual wishes Brian Brown a happy retirement
A funny idea: Makes sense. Isn't the typical retirement age sixty-five years or sixty-five losses (whichever comes first)?
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06/20/2014
Bryan Fischer double feature: Anti-gay discrimination is good, Mike 'defy the law' Huckabee was awesome at #March4Marriage
On his show today, American Family Association senior spokesman Bryan Fischer, one of the single most anti-gay human beings in America, yet again made his case that discrimination against gay people is a social good: So of course he's a...
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Ralph Reed advises GOP on how to keep Ralph Reed a relevant GOP leader
Longtime conservative activist Ralph Reed, who is currently hosting a conference featuring many of the top GOP contenders, is telling Republicans that opposing marriage equality remains their ticket to the future: “People are overstating the polling,” and opposition to same-sex...
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NOM Exposed: #March4Marriage sponsor Willie Owens attacks ‘abnormal lifestyles'; calls equality activists ‘idiots’
#March4Marriage sponsor Willie Owens attacks ‘abnormal lifestyles'; calls equality activists ‘idiots’ [NOM EXPOSED]
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Still more #March4Marriage animus
I've already rounded up some of the worst signs for NOM Exposed. Here's one more, via my pals at Equality Matters: FULL:Inside NOM's Second Failed "March For Marriage"[EQ Matters]
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Audio: NOM's Plante claims all opposition can do is 'mock' and 'call names' #March4Marriage
I'm pretty sure that the equality movement is winning and winning and winning, while the National Organization has been on a two-year roller coaster of loss. And I'm pretty sure that it's because those of us one the right side...
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One day prior to #March4Marriage, sponsor hosts lecturer who says incest is 'not quite as bad as homosexual practice'
The Family Research Council was a chief sponsor of the National Organization For Marriage's so-called "march for marriage," providing a speaker to the march and earning thanks and praise from the podium. One day before the march, FRC showed just...
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Was the 'Be Not Afraid Club' too self-victimizing for even NOM?
Nearly two years ago, National Organization For Marriage president Brian Brown purchased a very self-victimizing (and amusing) domain name: [Domain Tools] I've been waiting to have a hearty laugh on its launch date, dreaming up ways I can compare it...
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Video: For #March4Marriage perspective, 'Washington Times' interviews Tony Perkins' radio producer
For it's video covering NOM's hilariously failed march for marriage discrimination, The Washington Times, NOM's official media sponsor for the march, interviewed one person from the anti-equality side. That person just so happens to be the producer of Tony Perkins'...
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Tales of a Former 'Ex-gay' Poster Boy: Prodigal Paulk pens Politico essay
Must-read of the morning: There was a time in my life when I used to sound a lot like Rick Perry. In fact, for more than ten years I was one of the nation’s leading spokesmen for the “ex-gay” movement....
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06/19/2014
Video: Even point-of-view–friendly media outlets are making #march4marriage seem tiny, dull, animus-driven
Even Catholic News Service has a hard time making NOM's failure of an event look focused, friendly, and lively:
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NOM Exposed: #March4Marriage: An event in search of a point
#March4Marriage: An event in search of a point [NOM EXPOSED]
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NOM Exposed: Photos: Animus at #March4Marriage
Photos: Animus at #March4Marriage [NOM EXPOSED]
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#March4Marriage: Homosexuality is like drugs, smoking
From from NOM's anti-gay march, via Think Progress' Zack Ford:
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