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Bigotry Watch

Gays Are ‘Very Sick People Psychologically, Mentally And Emotionally’ Says GOP Lt. Gov. Nominee

by David Badash ● 12:05 PM May 20, 2013
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Delegates from the Republican Party of Virginia officially nominated an anti-gay extremist, Tea Party candidate E.W. Jackson as their Lt. Governor nominee.

Discrimination

Some Blaming Race, Immigration, Diversity For Anti-Gay Hate Crime Murder Of Mark Carson

by David Badash ● 7:46 PM May 19, 2013
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Some conservatives are blaming issues like “diversity,” and “immigration,” claiming they supposedly “lead to” the death of Mark Carson, the 32-year old gay man shot to death early Saturday morning in NYC’s Greenwich Village.

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.

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…”

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.

News

Jim DeMint’s World View Slammed By Top Conservatives After ‘Shoddy’ Immigration Study

by David Badash ● 6:15 PM May 6, 2013
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Jim DeMint’s world view has been slammed by conservative leaders in his first important event on the national stage after taking the helm of the Heritage Foundation.

Bigotry Watch

Niall Ferguson, Here’s Why Saying Stupid Things Is Dangerous

by David Badash ● 4:57 PM May 4, 2013
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Let’s not waste time arguing the “merits” of Niall Ferguson’s homophobic malarkey, or his apology. You can’t unsay something, especially when others are now using it.

News

Breaking: Tea Party Congressman Steve King Announces He Will Not Run For Senate

by David Badash ● 10:57 PM May 3, 2013
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Steve King just announced he will not run for the U.S. Senate. The Tea Party Republican Congressman from Iowa had been deliberating but made the announcement minutes ago via Twitter.

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.”

Civil Rights

God, Guns And Gays: The Majority Of Americans vs. The GOP

by David Badash ● 8:30 AM May 3, 2013

We can move America forward, but only with politicians who both make smart choices that honor our values of expanding freedoms — not reducing and compromising them.

Civil Rights

UPDATE: Church To NFL Hall Of Famer: ‘You’re Fired’ For Violating Morals Clause By Supporting Collins

by David Badash ● 2:52 PM May 1, 2013
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A Wisconsin church has fired former NFL Hall Of Famer Leroy Butler for supposedly violating the “morals clause” of his contract by sending a tweet supporting Jason Collins.

News

Trump Becomes Latest Speaker, Joins Bush, Cain, Santorum At Ralph Reed Anti-Gay Conference

by David Badash ● 5:01 PM April 26, 2013
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Donald Trump is the latest speaker to join Jeb Bush, Herman Cain, Rand Paul, Rick Santorum and Dick Morris at Ralph Reed’s anti-gay Faith & Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority.”

News

New From Tin Foil Hat Land: Homeland Security Is Planning a 7-Year War On Its Citizens!

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 3:34 PM April 25, 2013
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Another day, another Tea Party conspiracy theory, and this one is a doozey: Is the Department of Homeland Security buying a billion rounds of ammunition to use against American citizens in the coming 7-year civil war?

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