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Phelps Clan To Protest “Fag Marriage Debate” @ CU Boulder Tonight

January 25th, 2010

Tonight the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Thought is holding another installment of it’s “Great Debate” series at CU Boulder with tonight’s topic being gay marriage equality or as Fred Phelps calls it, “fag marriage.”
Representing the side of bigotry in the debate is Maggie Gallagher from NOM who oddly enough is herself in an anti-Biblical tradition [...]

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Prop 8 Challenge In CA

January 13th, 2010

Prop 8 is being challenged in federal court right now in CA and it’s been making major news outlets so let me quickly address some of the most frequently asked questions:
I thought we were supposed to get video of the trial?
Yes so did I but the anti-gay side is paranoid about having to show [...]

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Marriage Vote In NJ Fails, What Now?

January 7th, 2010

Despite being on deadline at my normal job today I was able to follow today’s legislative action in New Jersey thanks to OutFront which live-tweeted the debate and vote.
The vote failed by the way 14-20.
So what now?
Garden State Equality just sent out a press release saying they plan on reopening the court case that originally [...]

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More Sally Kern Crazyness From Oklahoma

January 5th, 2010

Oh Sally.  In 2008 she said that gayness is a bigger threat to the US than terrorism and Islam.  Later that year she was caught twice bringing a loaded gun with her into the state capitol building.

Her latest lunacy?  Banning divorce.  Well kind of.  Via KOCO News:
Scheduled for introduction in the 2010 legislative session by [...]

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Mike Signorile Interviews Brian Brown of National Organization For Marriage

September 3rd, 2009

NOM (National Organization “For” Marriage) is the anti-gay group that created the comically awful “gathering storm” ad that was so parodied.  Gay talk radio show host Mike Signorile had the head of  NOM on his show yesterday and posted video of the interview on youtube. Signorile drags Brown kicking and screaming down the road to [...]

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Former Prez Clinton Comes Around On Marriage Equality

July 14th, 2009

Clinton you’ll remember is the president who signed the Federal Defense of Marriage Act which is the law that prevents the federal government from recognizing your marriages.  From The Nation:

After speaking at the Campus Progress National Conference in Washington, DC, on July 8, the former president was asked if he supported same-sex marriage. Clinton, in [...]

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Massachusetts Attorney General Suing Federal Government

July 8th, 2009

Woot for the state of Massachusetts standing up for the rights of it’s citizens.  As you probably know Massachusetts issues marriage licenses to gay couples which the federal government doesn’t recognize cos of DOMA.  Well according to the Boston Herald Attorney General Martha Coakley doesn’t much like that and “is suing the U.S. government to [...]

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Hilarious Facebook Gay-Marriage Debate Chart

June 23rd, 2009

Comic artist and web designer Patrick Farley has created a chart based on actual debates on Facebook over gay marriage:
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Yet another state gives gays equal marriage rights

June 4th, 2009

And today’s state… New Hampshire.  Passed by the legislature and signed by the governor so the deal is done. (via Boston Globe)

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Fake fundamentalist, Reformed Fundamentalist, Unrepentant Fundamentalist, and Scary Fundamentalist

June 3rd, 2009

This post has a cute theme yay!
First is Fake fundamentalist Betty Bowers who satirically examines the various “Biblical” definitions of marriage. (via Joe.My.God)

Next is Reformed Fundamentalist Dick Cheney who has now taken a more pro-marriage-equality position than our current president. (In all fairness Dick is more of a neo-con than a “fundamentalist” but I needed [...]

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