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Bill Donohue: Obama’s IRS Targeted Catholic League Even Before He Became President

by David Badash ● 10:42 AM May 17, 2013
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Catholic League president Bill Donohue claims that President Barack Obama’s IRS targeted the Catholic League — before Obama was even elected President — over anti-Obama speeches and articles he wrote.

Marriage

Minnesota, In Landmark Vote, Becomes 12th State To Allow Same-Sex Marriage

by David Badash ● 5:19 PM May 13, 2013
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The Minnesota Senate today voted in favor of repealing the state ban on same-sex marriage and extending the institution of marriage to same-sex couples.

News

On Our Radar – Brian Sims, Gay Feminist

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:53 AM April 28, 2013
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“Each of us put our hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. We did not place our hands on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.” — Brian Sims, who is On Our Radar.

News

Look: Across The Nation, Rhode Island Marriage Vote Applauded

by David Badash ● 7:12 PM April 24, 2013
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From LGBT organizations to NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg, it seems almost everyone across the nation is cheering Rhode Island for today’s vote that all but ensures the Ocean State will become America’s tenth to extend marriage to same-sex couples.

News

Breaking: Rhode Island Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage 26-12

by David Badash ● 5:48 PM April 24, 2013
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The full Rhode Island Senate this afternoon passed a same-sex marriage bill by a vote of 26-12, bringing the state to the edge of becoming the tenth state in the nation to extend marriage to same-sex couples.

News

Catholic League’s Bill Donohue: ‘Everyone In Their Right Mind Knows Marriage Isn’t About Love’

by David Badash ● 2:02 PM April 12, 2013
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Catholic League head Bill Donohue says “everyone knows in their right mind the whole purpose of marriage is to have a family. It’s not about making people happy, it’s not about love.”

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. [...]

Bigotry Watch

Bill Maher To One Million Moms: ‘Aren’t You Thinking A Little Too Much About Bestiality?’

by David Badash ● 8:00 AM March 19, 2013
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Bill Maher took the opportunity of One Million Moms protesting Geico’s talking pig ad and Skittles’ walrus ad to ask the anti-gay hate group, “Aren’t you thinking a little too much about bestiality?”

News

Bill Donohue: The Catholic League Is ‘A Civil Rights Organization’

by David Badash ● 3:24 PM February 15, 2013
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Bill Donohue, the bombastic blowhard head of the Catholic League, today announced the forty-year old Roman Catholic warrior machine is in actuality “a civil rights organization.”

Marriage

Breaking: Rhode Island House Passes Same-Sex Marriage Equality Bill

by David Badash ● 5:52 PM January 24, 2013
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The Rhode Island House of Representatives this afternoon, after a 16-year journey, passed a same-sex marriage equality bill by a vote of 51-19.

Arts

On Our Radar – Andrew Purchin And The Magic Of A Thousand Innaugural Artists

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:00 AM January 20, 2013
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This Inauguration Day, Andrew Purchin, artist, psychotherapist, and gay citizen extraordinaire, is throwing an Inaugural Art Party on the National Mall, four years in the making.

Bigotry Watch

Catholic League: Being Pro-Gay Is Marxist, Obama Should Be Sworn In Using ‘Das Kapital’

by David Badash ● 1:49 PM January 11, 2013
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Catholic League’s Bill Donohue is suggesting being pro-gay is akin to being Marxist, Obama is a Marxist, and stated, “perhaps it would make more sense for him to swear on Das Kapital.”

Chivas Sandage

Queerica: Life after Obama and the Future of Straight Supremacy

by Chivas Sandage ● 11:40 AM December 28, 2012
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Chivas Sandage takes the readers of the New Civil Right Movement on a tour of an ascendantly queer America in 2013 post Barack Obama’s re-election

Discrimination

Good News! Hate Crimes In America Are Down. Bad News: Not For Gay People

by David Badash ● 2:56 PM December 11, 2012
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The FBI has released their annual hate crimes statistics report for 2011 and overall, reported hate crimes are down. Bad news: hate crimes toward LGBT people are up.

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