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Civil Rights

Breaking: Boy Scouts Vote To Drop Ban, Allow Gay Scouts

by David Badash ● 6:09 PM May 23, 2013
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The Boy Scouts of America’s 1400 member National Council this afternoon in Grapevine, Texas voted to allow gay boys into the 103-year old private, faith-based organization.

Legal Issues

TX Man: After 34 Years My Partner’s Sister Forced Us Apart, Took Our Home Because We Weren’t Married

by David Badash ● 12:50 AM April 29, 2013
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A Texas man says he and his partner were together for 34 years but his partner’s sister has now forced them apart, taken their home, and his partner’s finances — and done it legally because they weren’t married.

News

Trump Becomes Latest Speaker, Joins Bush, Cain, Santorum At Ralph Reed Anti-Gay Conference

by David Badash ● 5:01 PM April 26, 2013
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Donald Trump is the latest speaker to join Jeb Bush, Herman Cain, Rand Paul, Rick Santorum and Dick Morris at Ralph Reed’s anti-gay Faith & Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority.”

News

GOProud Co-Founders, Claiming Group Has Been ‘Successful,’ Quit

by David Badash ● 2:30 PM April 26, 2013
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Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris Barron have just quit GOProud, the four-year old gay Tea Party Republican group they founded four years ago, claiming it has been “successful.”

News

Rick Santorum Lands In Hospital, Revealing Ties To Ralph Reed

by David Badash ● 8:22 AM April 15, 2013
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Rick Santorum was scheduled to speak today at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s fundraiser, but landed in the hospital Saturday, so Ralph Reed’s taking his place.

Civil Rights

Why Is It ‘Policy’ For Some States To ‘Flag’ Birth Certificates Of Children Adopted By Gay Parents?

by David Badash ● 10:00 AM April 14, 2013
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A same-sex couple applying for a social security card for their adopted son were told his birth certificate would be “flagged” until 2033 by the Georgia State Department Of Vital Records. “It’s the policy,” they were told. But why?

Civil Rights

Hospital That Handcuffed Gay Man Owned By Bain Capital, Was Run By Gov. Rick Scott

by David Badash ● 8:06 PM April 12, 2013
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Research Medical Center is the hospital that had a gay man handcuffed and arrested by his husband’s bedside. Its parent company’s largest shareholder is Bain Capital, the company Mitt Romney co-founded.

News

Civil Rights Act Opponent Rand Paul Delivered A Speech At An Historically Black College Today

by David Badash ● 2:00 PM April 10, 2013
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Rand Paul delivered a speech to students at Howard University, an historically African-American college — which was possibly brave, since he is on record as stating he opposed sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Celebrities

McConnell Demands FBI Investigation After Audio Reveals His Plan To Use Ashley Judd’s Depression

by David Badash ● 11:58 AM April 9, 2013
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Mitch McConnell is demanding the FBI launch a wiretapping investigation after audio of McConnell discussion using Ashley Judd’s depression as a campaign attack surfaced.

Discrimination

On Our Radar – Ken Cuccinelli – The Thrust Behind Restoring Sodomy Laws

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:16 AM April 7, 2013
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, gubernatorial candidate, culture warrior, and the man who has been successfully executing a plan to overturn Lawrence V Texas and reinstate sodomy laws, is On Our Radar.

Civil Rights

Gay Representative To Anti-Equality Senator Casey: Your Voice Is Silent. And I Am Angry.

by J. Rudy Flesher ● 2:01 PM March 28, 2013
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This week, as Facebook turned red with LGBT people and our allies supporting civil full marriage equality, it seems like Democratic Senators have been falling over themselves to finally come out in favor of marriage equality. Senators Begich (AK), Hagan (NC), McCaskill (MO) Rockefeller (WV), Tester (MT), Warner (VA) all announced their support this week. [...]

News

Oh, Look, Another US Senator From A Conservative State Announces Support For Marriage

by David Badash ● 4:42 PM March 26, 2013
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Sen. Jon Tester joins Democratic U.S. Senators Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Mark Begich of Alaska, Mark Warner of Virginia, and Claire McCaskill of Missouri, all whom this week declared their support for same-sex marriage.

Coming Out

Sen. Rob Portman’s Gay Son Will Speaks Publicly For The First Time And He Will Make You Cry

by David Badash ● 9:21 AM March 25, 2013
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Will Portman writes an op-ed describing his coming out process that is heartbreakingly warm and inspiring, educational, and may expose as premature some of the assumptions many made.

Marriage

Claire McCaskill Strategically Announces Marriage Equality Support In Bible-Based Message

by David Badash ● 10:55 PM March 24, 2013
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Senator Claire McCaskill tonight announced her support of marriage equality, just days before the Supreme Court will hear two landmark marriage cases on DOMA and Prop 8.

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