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Bigotry Watch

Lawmaker: Chick-Fil-A Agrees To End Donations To Anti-Gay Groups

by David Badash ● 1:33 AM September 19, 2012
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Chick-Fil-A has reportedly stated it will no longer donate to anti-gay organizations or groups that actively oppose same-sex marriage.

News

Media Malpractice: Press And Pundits Get Chick-Fil-A Vs. Gay Story Wrong

by David Badash ● 8:00 AM August 1, 2012
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The real truth is Chick-Fil-A for years has donated money to groups actively engaged in attacking gay people, and even supporting a certified anti-gay hate group.

News

Chick-Fil-A: From NYC To San Francisco, Mayors Weigh In On Banning The Bird

by David Badash ● 5:20 PM July 27, 2012
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Big city mayors from San Francisco to Boston to Chicago to New York have all weighed in on banning Chick-Fil-A from their cities, and the results are mixed.

News

Watch Historic Documentary On Obama’s First Term: The Road We’ve Traveled

by David Badash ● 9:12 PM March 15, 2012
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President Obama’s campaign released a documentary on his first term in office, The Road We’ve Traveled, which premiered in over 300 venues across the nation tonight.

Civil Rights

78 Mayors Sign On To Bipartisan “Mayors For The Freedom To Marry”

by David Badash ● 10:59 AM January 20, 2012
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78 mayors of cities large and small today are joining together in Washington, D.C. at the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors to sign a statement supporting same-sex marriage equality.

News

Cain: I Absolutely Positively Have Never Ever Behaved Inappropriately.

by David Badash ● 6:01 PM November 8, 2011
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Herman Cain, in a nationally-televised press conference this afternoon said he has never behaved inappropriately with anyone, ever. “I have never acted inappropriately with anyone. Period,” Cain said.

Gay Agenda

Is Obama’s New Chief Of Staff William Daley Bad For Gay Rights?

by David Badash ● 1:15 PM January 6, 2011
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William Daley is President Barack Obama’s pick to be his new permanent Chief of Staff, replacing Rahm Emanuel who left October 1. Although considered a Washington outsider, Daley is the consummate business and Chicago insider. The question is, what impact will Daley, who as Chief of Staff becomes Obama’s chief advisor and gatekeeper, have on [...]

Discrimination

As The Lame Duck Congress Ends, Will Equality Elude Gays And Lesbians — Again?

by Tanya Domi ● 5:13 PM December 6, 2010
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With tax cuts, unemployment benefits, the START treaty, the DREAM Act, a Ground Zero workers’ health care bill, continued funding of government operations, not to mention the National Defense Authorization Act spending bill, is there any room left on the calendar for the bill everyone was talking about last week, repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” [...]

Politics

Obama At White House Correspondents Dinner Humorously Slams, Well, Everyone

by David Badash ● 12:41 AM May 2, 2010
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The annual White House Correspondents Dinner is the one time of the year you will hear the president say what you think he must be saying, or at least thinking, behind closed doors — only this time it’s scripted, and appropriate. Like last year, President Obama “went there.” He took on everyone from Jay Leno [...]