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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.

News

Watch: At GLAAD Awards, Steve Warren Calls Scalia ‘An Old-Fashioned Bully’

by David Badash ● 6:48 PM April 22, 2013
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Steve Warren asked Supreme Court to make the right decision on the Prop 8 and DOMA cases they heard last month, and had a few choice words for Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Marriage

University Of Texas Professor Behind Controversial Study Wades Further Into Gay-Marriage Debate

by Sofia Resnick At The American Independent ● 12:51 PM April 10, 2013
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Docs show sociologist Mark Regnerus was fed talking points assuring his neutrality on marriage debate; recent actions suggest otherwise.

Discrimination

On Our Radar – Ken Cuccinelli – The Thrust Behind Restoring Sodomy Laws

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:16 AM April 7, 2013
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, gubernatorial candidate, culture warrior, and the man who has been successfully executing a plan to overturn Lawrence V Texas and reinstate sodomy laws, is On Our Radar.

News

Will And Grace Creator: ‘Scalia Uses The Word Homosexual The Way George Wallace Used The Word Negro’

by David Badash ● 5:33 PM April 3, 2013
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Will & Grace co-creator and writer Max Mutchnick says U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin “Scalia uses the word ‘homosexual’ the way George Wallace used the word ‘Negro.’”

Discrimination

Don’t Let Your Ruling Harm Our Family. An Open Letter to the Supreme Court from a Same-Sex Dad

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 7:00 PM April 2, 2013
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When the Supreme Court Justices wondered aloud whether same-sex parenting is “deleterious” to a child, Jack Montgomery felt compelled to ask the Court to consider if their ruling will be “deleterious” to the children he and his husband have rescued from the “deleterious” neglect of their straight birth parents. Watch the video…

DOMA

The Ennead Awards: Nine Justices, Nine Prizes

by John Culhane ● 3:06 PM April 2, 2013
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Before the arguments to the Supreme Court on Prop 8 and DOMA are erased from your memory tapes to make room for “Thrift Shop” (clean version only, please!), we present the First-Ever Ennead Awards.

Parenting

Spilled Milk: 5 Ways Gay Marriage Is Wrecking America (And Causing Global Warming)

by William Lucas Walker ● 4:30 PM March 30, 2013
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After this week’s Supreme Court hearings on same-sex marriage, and to illustrate what it means to be in a skim milk marriage, let’s examine a real-life hypothetical.

News

Congressman: SCOTUS Legalizing Gay Marriage Creates ‘Constitutional Crisis’ ‘Usurping’ Democracy

by David Badash ● 1:49 PM March 28, 2013
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Republican U.S. Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina says that if the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage it will create a “constitutional crisis” and “usurp” democracy.

Marriage

What Happened? 22 Tweets From Reporters At Supreme Court Prop 8 Hearing

by David Badash ● 12:03 PM March 26, 2013
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Direct from reporters at this morning’s Prop 8 hearing in the Supreme Court, 22 tweets with interpretations of today’s Q&A.

DOMA

Previewing Prop 8 And DOMA: Part II — Listening To The Oral Argument

by John Culhane ● 12:02 PM March 24, 2013

It’s obvious by now that the arguments this coming Tuesday and Wednesday morning in the two marriage equality cases — on the Defense of Marriage Act (Tues.) and Prop 8 (Wed.) — have cosmic significance. Let’s take a look.

News

Scalia: Voting Rights Act Represents ‘Perpetuation Of Racial Entitlement’

by David Badash ● 2:26 PM February 27, 2013
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Today Justice Antonin Scalia claimed Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act represents the “perpetuation of racial entitlement” during Supreme Court oral arguments.

Guns

Tea Party Senator: Gun Control Agenda Is ‘Unconstitutional’

by David Badash ● 9:54 AM January 7, 2013
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Republican and Tea Party U.S. Senator from Texas Ted Cruz says Democrats’ “gun control agent” is “unconstitutional,” and the federal government has “no business” tracking guns.

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2012 In Review: Obama Coalition Enshrines Liberals As America’s New Moral Majority

by David Badash ● 12:23 PM December 29, 2012
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2012 was a watershed year that historians — and all Americans — will look to as the moment reborn Democratic politics won the nation, and liberals and progressives became enshrined as the voice of America’s new moral majority.

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