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Civil Rights

EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation With Chief Justice John Roberts’ Cousin, LGBT Activist Jean Podrasky

by Joanne Kalogeras ● 2:53 PM May 18, 2013
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ cousin, San Francisco activist Jean Podrasky and her partner Grace Fasano talk with The New Civil Rights Movement’s Joanne Kalogeras.

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Michele Bachmann: 9/11 And Benghazi Were God’s ‘Hand Of Judgment’ (Video)

by David Badash ● 3:27 PM May 10, 2013
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Michele Bachmann says it’s “no secret” the September 11, 2001 attacks and last year’s 9/11 attacks are God’s “hand of judgment,” and warns her colleagues that the best and only thing we can do is pray and “humble” ourselves before “an almighty God.”

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John Boehner Sends Michele Bachmann To Represent Congress At Thatcher Funeral

by David Badash ● 10:07 AM April 17, 2013
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Michele Bachmann is now essentially being elevated to the level of foreign diplomat, an official U.S. representative to our nation’s greatest ally.

DOMA

Republican Party Stubbornly Opposes Same-Sex Marriage

by Ned Flaherty ● 4:50 PM April 13, 2013
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Republicans unanimously confirmed their total opposition to marriage equality after religious extremists threatened to launch a third political party.

DOMA

Tea Party Congressman, Senate Hopeful Tweets Support For Repeal Of DOMA

by David Badash ● 10:34 AM March 30, 2013
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GOP Congressman Justin Amash tweeted this week that government is the “real threat” to traditional marriage, “not gay couples who love each other & want to spend lives together.”

DOMA

Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer – A Love So Strong It Could Take Down DOMA

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 10:07 AM March 27, 2013
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Today, the Supreme Court considers the case of Edith Windsor V U.S. Take a moment to thank Edie Widsor and Thea Spyer, the two women whose love for one another was so strong it might take down DOMA.

DOMA

Boehner: I’m Spending $3 Million Defending DOMA To Show Obama He Doesn’t Make The Rules

by David Badash ● 1:35 PM March 23, 2013
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John Boehner admits the reason — at least one of them — that he is supporting DOMA in court is to show Barack Obama that the two-term President doesn’t get to make the rules.

Civil Rights

Carly Fiorina: ‘Self-Appointed Judges’ Should Not Decide Gay Marriage

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM March 19, 2013
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Carly Fiorina, on ABC News said that “a bunch of self-important, self-appointed judges” should not be allowed to decide on “very personal issues” like same-sex marriage.

Marriage

DOMA-Defender John Boehner ‘Can’t Imagine’ Supporting A Gay Child’s Same-Sex Marriage

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM March 18, 2013
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John Boehner on Sunday said he cannot imagine supporting a gay child’s same-sex marriage. “I can’t imagine that position would ever change.”

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Breaking: House Passes Senate’s Violence Against Women Act, Sends To Obama

by David Badash ● 12:43 PM February 28, 2013
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After months of stalling and obstruction, the House minutes ago finally declared defeat and voted to accept the Senate’s broader version of the Violence Against Women Act, passing it 286 – 138.

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Meg Whitman Joins 74 Top Republicans In Signing Supreme Court Brief To Overturn Prop 8

by David Badash ● 12:47 AM February 26, 2013
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Meg Whitman, who ran for Governor of California supporting Prop 8, just signed onto an amicus brief with 74 other top-level Republicans requesting the Supreme Court overturn Prop 8.

Marriage

Boehner’s BLAG Claiming ‘Direct Injury On The House’ If DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional

by David Badash ● 1:25 PM February 25, 2013
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Speaker of the House John Boehner’s BLAG last week claimed that if the Supreme Court rules DOMA unconstitutional, it will have caused “a direct injury on the House.”

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Obama To Supreme Court: Kill DOMA

by David Badash ● 10:08 AM February 23, 2013
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The Obama administration last night filed a brief requesting the Supreme Court strike down DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Ac that bans the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages.

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Marco Rubio Leads Charge Of 22 GOP Male Senators To Block Violence Against Women Act, Loses

by David Badash ● 3:40 PM February 12, 2013
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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio led a charge of twenty-two male Republican senators trying to block the long-expired Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), but lost the fight.

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