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Obama Raised $1.5 Million from LGBT Donors Last Night
Filed by Bil Browning | February 10, 2012 10:30 AM | 0 commentsPresident Obama attended a fundraiser at the home of Karen Dixon and Dr. Nan Schaffer in an affluent area of Washington, DC last night that brought in almost $1.5 million dollars.Read More
It's Half-Wit Time in America!
Filed by Kate Clinton | February 09, 2012 3:00 PM | 0 commentsBecause of a dwindling supply of white people, the white wing of the Republican Party wants no sex education in schools, no choice for women and no contraceptives. Just a reminder: the most reliable contraceptive is lesbianism. Read More
Take Action: Thank Governor Gregoire for Marriage
Filed by Joe Mirabella | February 09, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 commentsOn Wednesday, the Washington State House passed a same-sex marriage bill, and now it the bill is headed to Governor Gregoire's desk for her signature. She promised to sign the bill before Valentine's Day!Read More
Gingrich 'Talks Like a Preacher, Lives Like a Porn Star'
Filed by John M. Becker | February 09, 2012 9:00 AM | 2 commentsLGBT rights group Truth Wins Out announced yesterday that it is placing a hard-hitting ad in today's edition of Roll Call, DC's Capitol Hill newspaper, with the headline "Newt Gingrich: Talks Like a Preacher, Lives Like a Porn Star." Read More
Shellacked, Mitt Fights Back
Filed by Terrance Heath | February 08, 2012 7:00 PM | 1 commentsWhen Herman Cain and Rick Perry imploded last November, Jon Stewart called Romney "the luckiest motherfudger on Earth." That was before last night's "shellacking," when Santorum trounced Romney in Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado - three states that Romney won in 2008.Read More
Marriage Equality Bill Introduced in Illinois
Filed by Bil Browning | February 08, 2012 3:00 PM | 1 commentsLooks like the battle over marriage equality is headed to the heartland. Just in from Equality Illinois comes news that three Democrat representatives have introduced legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry in the Land of Lincoln.Read More
Keep Leaping Toward Equality!
Filed by Davina Kotulski | February 08, 2012 2:15 PM | 0 commentsLet's keep leaping toward equality and keep the fire for equality burning strong this month. This is a leap year, after all, and the year of the Dragon.Read More
Ninth Circuit Charts Its Own Course To Marriage Equality in Perry v. Brown
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | February 08, 2012 12:00 PM | 5 commentsThe Ninth Circuit charted its own course, totally redefining this case and coming up with a totally different explanation of why Prop 8 is unconstitutional. It's not about the constitutionality of same sex marriage. In fact, they go out of their way at the very beginning of the opinion to point out that they are not saying that same sex marriage must be granted under the Constitution. What?!Read More
Santorum Wins Missouri & Hits Close to Home
Filed by James Holmes | February 08, 2012 11:00 AM | 5 commentsIt came as no surprise to me when Rick Santorum won last night's Republican primary for my home state. If anything it served as a reminder of why I don't make it home that often. Read More
Newt Gingrich Heckled By LGBT Protestors
Filed by Bil Browning | February 07, 2012 3:00 PM | 1 commentsDuring a campaign stop in Minnesota, members of the LGBT rights group Glitterati started heckling the presidential candidate over his anti-gay positions. Read More
Who Will NJ Gov Christie Listen to on Same Sex Marriage Rights?
Filed by Karen Ocamb | February 06, 2012 6:30 PM | 0 commentsThere has always been a "friendly rivalry" between New Jersey and New York. That's why what Christie does now on the movement to secure marriage rights for same sex couples - and the rivalry with Bloomberg - is so important.Read More
WA House Committee Advances Marriage Equality Bill
Filed by James Holmes | February 06, 2012 5:45 PM | 0 commentsMarriage equality moved one step closer in Washington state today as the House Judiciary committee advanced a bill that would make Washington the 8th state including the District of Columbia to grant full marriage rights to same-sex couples. Read More
Poisonous Parenting: The Santorum Edition
Filed by Terrance Heath | February 06, 2012 4:15 PM | 3 commentsIt was my work-related blogging that alerted me to a remark Santorum made, comparing gay parents to felons, which inspired me to return to this series.Read More
Republicans Finally Found a Real Case of Voter Fraud
Filed by Bil Browning | February 06, 2012 9:00 AM | 4 commentsIn September of 2010, I reported that the man who wanted to be responsible for handling Indiana's election laws, then-candidate for Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White, had actually committed voter fraud. White was found guilty of six felony fraud charges last week.Read More
Santorum Gets Bad Lip Reading Treatment
Filed by Bil Browning | February 04, 2012 12:30 PM | 0 commentsIt took long enough for the Frothy Mix to be taken seriously enough to be featured in the Bad Lip Reading video series. Or maybe it's because he didn't get one earlier since no one paid him the least bit of attention.Read More
