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Bigotry Watch

Gay Parenting: After The Regnerus Debacle, Where Are The Apologies?

by Zinnia Jones ● 4:56 PM July 31, 2012
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Now that an audit has confirmed that Mark Regnerus’ anti-gay parenting study was indeed so badly flawed it never should have been published, where are the apologies?

Analysis

Authors of Disreputable Anti-Gay Studies Triggered Growing Numbers of Critics, Rapidly Widening Scandal

by Scott Rose ● 4:15 PM June 25, 2012

Mark Regnerus, a professor at University of Texas, Austin and Loren Marks, a professor at Louisiana State University, authors of disreputable studies about gays have attracted growing numbers of critics in an apparent growing scandal   Reports on twinned studies now being used as anti-gay-rights weapons in the 2012 elections have to date focused mainly [...]

Civil Rights

San Francisco To Lower Flags For IDAHO

by Clinton Fein ● 2:47 PM May 16, 2012
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This Thursday, May 17, San Francisco will honor the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) with an official recognition of the day by the city.

Bigotry Watch

GOP Congressman: Straights Deserve “Special” Rights Because Gay Marriage Threatens Nation

by David Badash ● 3:54 PM October 28, 2011
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Republican Congressman Trent Franks of Arizona says that straight marriages deserve “special” rights, and says that gay marriage a “threat to the nation’s survival.”

DOMA

DOMA: Important Info About Following Today’s Senate Hearing

by David Badash ● 9:43 AM July 20, 2011
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This morning the Senate Judiciary Committee will be holding an historic, first-ever, hearing on repealing DOMA, the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Bigotry Watch

DOMA: Watch House “Defending Marriage” Hearing’s Lies And Ignorance

by David Badash ● 3:51 PM April 15, 2011
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DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, was the subject of a hearing today convened for the explicit purpose of denigrating same-sex relationships, marriage equality, the LGBT community, the ability of same-sex-headed households to properly raise children, the Department of Justice, President Obama, and to portray the institution of, marriage as under attack from the Left.

Bigotry Watch

DOMA: Birther, Obama Impeachment Advocate Holds House Marriage Hearing

by David Badash ● 2:31 PM April 14, 2011
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Birther Trent Franks (R-AZ), who said he would “absolutely…support” the impeachment of president Obama is holding a hearing on DOMA Friday Morning.

Bigotry Watch

Maggie Gallagher’s NOM Goes After Prop 8 Judges

by David Badash ● 11:22 AM December 2, 2010
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On Wednesday, December 1, coincidentally both World AIDS Day and the fifty-fifth anniversary of freedom fighter Rosa Park’s refusal to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, Maggie Gallagher’s National Organization for Marriage (NOM) demanded that one of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judges for next week’s upcoming Prop 8 trial give up [...]

Civil Rights

Conservative Admits DOMA Redefined Marriage, Says Taxpayers Will “Subsidize Same-Sex Marriage”

by David Badash ● 2:38 PM July 9, 2010

Martin Edward Whelan III,  better known at the National Review as Ed Whelan, writes, “If Congress had the authority to enact the federal statutory provisions that contain the words “marriage” and “spouse” … then surely it had the authority to define what those words mean in those federal statutory provisions.” In other words, before the [...]

Discrimination

NJ: How Did Your Senator Vote On Marriage Equality?

by David Badash ● 8:25 PM January 7, 2010
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Democrats Have A Lot Of Explaining To Do



Here’s the list. 14-20 against the same sex marriage bill. Not surprising, but interesting that the GOP made sure they had exactly the number of votes to defeat it. Everyone should call Sen. Bill Baroni – a Republican, and the only Republican to vote yes on gay marriage [...]

Discrimination

What The Right Wing Is Saying About Iowa’s Gay Marriage Decision

by David Badash ● 8:00 AM April 6, 2009
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Huckabee, Steele, Limbaugh, Romney, Others Share Their Thoughts   There was a mix of palpable joy and sorrow throughout the country Friday. The news came at 9:30 that morning, that the Iowa Supreme Court had determined that a ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, then, sadly, one hour later, a gunman, had entered a public [...]