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Analysis

American Observances Of IDAHO Focus Inward

by Clinton Fein ● 12:34 PM May 18, 2013
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From NYC to San Francisco, America’s LGBT community marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) in a far different fashion than our international brothers and sisters.

Analysis

LGBT People Must Forge Global Solidarity Against Extremist Anti-Gay US Evangelicals

by Vincent Warren ● 2:35 PM May 17, 2013
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Today marks the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) when momentum to advance marriage equality in the United States is rapidly moving forward, while US evangelicals have shifted their focus to exporting hatred toward LGBTQ people internationally.

News

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.

News

Bachmann: Obama Might Use IRS To Deny Healthcare To Tea Party Members (Video)

by David Badash ● 11:59 AM May 16, 2013
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Rep. Michele Bachmann today held a press conference on Capitol Hill, and suggested that President Barack Obama might use the IRS as a means to deny access to healthcare “based upon a person’s political beliefs.”

News

Watch: Obama Fires Acting IRS Director Over ‘Inexcusable’ Behavior

by David Badash ● 6:37 PM May 15, 2013
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President Obama tonight announced the Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, has accepted the resignation of Steven Miller, the acting IRS Commissioner, who was the Deputy IRS Commissioner until his promotion last year.

Marriage

Almost Six Out Of Ten Voters In Michigan Now Support Same-Sex Marriage

by David Badash ● 12:49 PM May 15, 2013
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The majority of voters in Michigan –almost 57 percent — now support the right of same-sex couples to marry, according to a new poll just released by The Detroit News.

Legal Issues

Maggie Gallagher Admits There Was No Leak Of NOM’s Tax Return

by David Badash ● 11:34 AM May 15, 2013
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Maggie Gallagher, former Chair of NOM, says “a low-level employee … released NOM’s private tax-return information to a guy claiming to be a NOM employee…”

Civil Rights

GOP Killed Bill That Would Have Stopped DOJ From Taking AP Phone Records

by David Badash ● 11:43 AM May 14, 2013
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Congressional Republicans helped kill the very bill that would have prevented the Department of Justice from being able to take the phone records of the Associated Press.

Marriage

NOM On IRS Targeting: We’re Victims Too! — It’s Just Like ‘The Soviet Union’

by David Badash ● 6:46 PM May 13, 2013
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Brian Brown, the president of NOM, the National Organization For Marriage, today issued a statement trying to hop on the IRS victim train.

News

Rubio Demands IRS Commissioner Resign Over Tea Party Imbroglio. There Is No IRS Commissioner.

by David Badash ● 11:39 AM May 13, 2013
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GOP U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demanding the IRS Commissioner resign. The only problem? There is no IRS Commissioner.

Bigotry Watch

NY Rabbi: NAMBLA-Supporting ‘Mainstream Homosexual Activists’ Are After Our Kids, Guns, Bibles

by David Badash ● 6:29 PM May 10, 2013
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A rabbi who blamed Hurricane Sandy on same-sex marriage is out with another anti-gay lie: “homosexual activists” support NAMBLA and are after “our kids,” and “the bibles and guns that Americans cling to.”

Guns

GOP Congressman Giving Away The Same Type Of Rifle Used In Sandy Hook

by David Badash ● 8:47 AM May 9, 2013
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Republican Congressman Steve Stockman is giving away a “FREE Bushmaster AR-15 rifle,” the same type of gun the Sandy Hook shooter used to kill 20 first grade children and six educators.

DOMA

Amendment to Include Same-Sex Couples Added To Immigration Bill

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 11:48 AM May 8, 2013
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“Americans with partners from other countries should not be faced with the painful choice between staying with their partner, or staying in their country.” – President Obama. Yesterday, Senator Patrick Leahy put us one step closer to that goal. (Video)

Bigotry Watch

‘Homosexuality Is Going to Be Responsible For The Collapse Of The Western Economy’ Says Fischer

by David Badash ● 12:16 PM May 7, 2013
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Bryan Fischer yesterday claimed that “homosexuality in the end is going to be responsible for the collapse of the Western economy.”

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