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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.

International

Brazil Poised To Become 15th Country To Support Same-Sex Marriage

by David Badash ● 4:48 PM May 14, 2013
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Brazil is poised to become the fifteenth country to extend the institution of marriage to same-sex couples, nationwide.

Marriage

Minnesota, In Landmark Vote, Becomes 12th State To Allow Same-Sex Marriage

by David Badash ● 5:19 PM May 13, 2013
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The Minnesota Senate today voted in favor of repealing the state ban on same-sex marriage and extending the institution of marriage to same-sex couples.

Civil Rights

On Our Radar – Heather and Melissa Gartner, Parent 1 and Parent 2

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 9:30 AM May 12, 2013
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Iowa told Melissa and Heather Gartner, even though they were legally married, they could not both be listed as her parents on their newborn baby’s birth certificate. The couple fought back. Because of their efforts, Iowa birth certificates will now ask for Parent One and Parent Two, instead of Mother and Father. Today, Heather and Melissa Gartner are On Our Radar.

News

Breitbart Furious “100 Most Trusted Americans” Poll Puts Fox News, GOP Politicians At Bottom

by David Badash ● 8:57 AM May 8, 2013
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Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro is furious a new Reader’s Digest poll, the “100 Most Trusted People in America,” finds Americans place Fox News and Republican politicians towards the bottom.

Bigotry Watch

Watch Live Now: Rick Perry And Tony Perkins Teach Churches How To ‘Preserve’ Boy Scouts Ban On Gays

by David Badash ● 1:55 PM May 5, 2013
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Rick Perry and Tony Perkins tonight will host a live seminar simulcast throughout the country designed to teach anti-gay activists how to “preserve” the Boy Scouts Of America’s ban on gays in Scouting.

Marriage

Minnesota: House Committee Vote On Marriage Bill Monday As Top Newspaper Calls For Passage

by David Badash ● 10:35 AM May 5, 2013
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The Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee will vote on a bill to extend marriage to same-sex couples on Monday, just two days after the state’s top newspaper called for the bill’s passage.

News

Clarence Thomas: Obama Won Because He Says ‘The Prescribed Things Elites Expect From A Black Person’

by David Badash ● 12:43 PM May 3, 2013
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Clarence Thomas told an audience at Duquesne School of Law that Barack Obama won the presidency because he says “the prescribed things that they [elites] expect from a black person.”

Marriage

NOM: Even Though We’re Losing Badly, Please Give Us Money So We Can Pretend To Influence SCOTUS

by David Badash ● 10:54 AM May 1, 2013
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NOM President Brian Brown today sent a demoralized fundraising email begging for money, telling his anti-gay supporters to chin up, and claiming he is “optimistic” the Supreme Court will rule against gay people.

Civil Rights

Shame, Resentment And San Francisco Pride

by Clinton Fein ● 2:06 PM April 30, 2013
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The removal of Bradley Manning as one of the Grand Marshals of the San Francisco gay pride parade should force a change of theme from “Embrace, Encourage, Empower,” to “Divide, Discourage, Dictate.”

News

On Our Radar – Brian Sims, Gay Feminist

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:53 AM April 28, 2013
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“Each of us put our hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. We did not place our hands on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.” — Brian Sims, who is On Our Radar.

News

Look: Across The Nation, Rhode Island Marriage Vote Applauded

by David Badash ● 7:12 PM April 24, 2013
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From LGBT organizations to NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg, it seems almost everyone across the nation is cheering Rhode Island for today’s vote that all but ensures the Ocean State will become America’s tenth to extend marriage to same-sex couples.

Bigotry Watch

NOM To Delaware Senate: ‘Genderless’ Marriage Is A ‘Punishment’ On Citizens

by David Badash ● 1:33 PM April 24, 2013
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NOM’s Brian Brown calls including Delaware’s same-sex couples in the institution of marriage a “punishment” to opposite-sex couples and proclaimed that once same-sex marriage is legal, all marriages will be “genderless.”

Marriage

UPDATED: 24 Hours: Same-Sex Marriage Votes In Nevada, Delaware, Rhode Island, And France

by David Badash ● 9:23 AM April 23, 2013
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Right now we’re in the first few hours of a 24-hour period in which legislatures in the states of Nevada, Delaware, Rhode Island, and lawmakers in the country of France will be voting on making same-sex marriage legal.

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