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Gay Representative To Anti-Equality Senator Casey: Your Voice Is Silent. And I Am Angry.

by J. Rudy Flesher ● 2:01 PM March 28, 2013
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This week, as Facebook turned red with LGBT people and our allies supporting civil full marriage equality, it seems like Democratic Senators have been falling over themselves to finally come out in favor of marriage equality. Senators Begich (AK), Hagan (NC), McCaskill (MO) Rockefeller (WV), Tester (MT), Warner (VA) all announced their support this week. [...]

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Marriage Equality Opponents Tell Their Heartbreaking Tales Of Suffering

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 7:10 PM March 26, 2013
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Think Progress took a camera to the pro-traditional marriage rally outside the Supreme Court today, and asked the senior-citizen protesters how they felt same-sex marriage was threatening their own marriages. I am sure once gay and lesbian couples hear their heartbreaking tales of suffering, they will urge Mr. Olson and Mr. Boies, to withdraw their challenge to Prop 8.

Caleb Eigsti

WATCH: 27 Million People Have Seen This Marriage Equality Video And Yes It Will Make You Cry

by Caleb Eigsti ● 2:34 PM March 26, 2013
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Today the Supreme Court heard testimony for and against Prop 8, the California law that keeps LGBT Americans from marrying the one that they love.

Civil Rights

Watch: ADL Imagines A World Without Hate, And With Martin Luther King, Matthew Shepard Alive

by David Badash ● 11:47 AM March 25, 2013
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The ADL asks us all to “imagine a world without hate, a world without racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism — a world in which the hate violence that took the lives of Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank, Daniel Pearl, Matthew Shepard and others did not happen.

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Look: Kentucky Governor Vetoes Anti-Gay ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill

by David Badash ● 6:26 PM March 22, 2013
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Kentucky’s Democratic governor late this afternoon vetoed a so-called “religious freedom” bill that would have enshrined broad rights to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

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LGBT Teen To Senators: ‘I Am Not Broken, I Am Not Confused, I Do Not Need To Be Fixed’ (Video)

by David Badash ● 5:39 PM March 19, 2013
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A New Jersey teen testified yesterday before a state senate committee and told lawmakers, “like every other LGBT person, I am not broken, I am not confused, and I do not need to be fixed.”

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NYPD Will Now Arrest Victims Of Domestic Violence If They Have An Unpaid Parking Ticket

by David Badash ● 12:31 PM March 19, 2013
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The New York City Police Department (NYPD) will now arrest you if you call them because your spouse or partner is violently attacking you and you need protection — and you have an unpaid parking ticket.

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Carly Fiorina: ‘Self-Appointed Judges’ Should Not Decide Gay Marriage

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM March 19, 2013
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Carly Fiorina, on ABC News said that “a bunch of self-important, self-appointed judges” should not be allowed to decide on “very personal issues” like same-sex marriage.

Bigotry Watch

GOP ‘Autopsy’: On Gay Marriage, We Don’t Need To Change Our Policies, Just Our Outreach

by David Badash ● 4:23 PM March 18, 2013
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The Republican party’s much-discussed “autopsy,” titled, “Growth & Opportunity Project,” (Get it? “GOP,”) reveals the Republican Party is incapable of actual change — and has little to no desire to change.

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Targeting Minorities: NYPD And ‘Stop And Frisk’ Go On Trial Today In Federal Court

by Guest Author ● 3:38 PM March 18, 2013
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Today the New York City Police Department goes on trial. After more than a decade of stopping and frisking literally millions of New Yorkers, the tables have been turned and the NYPD will have to account for its actions.

Civil Rights

Breaking: Constitution, Not State Law, Should Decide Gay Marriage Say Majority Of Americans

by David Badash ● 2:32 PM March 18, 2013
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The U.S. Constitution, and not state law, should decide the issue of same-sex marriage equality say a strong majority of Americans, and a the largest number of Americans ever now support the right of same-sex couples to marry.

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Watch: Madonna Calls Boy Scouts Policies ‘F*cked Up’ At GLAAD Awards

by David Badash ● 1:11 PM March 18, 2013
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Madonna appeared onstage at Saturday night’s GLAAD Awards while wearing a Boy Scout uniform, lamenting the Scouting organization’s policies as “f*cked up.”

Civil Rights

Breaking: Hillary Clinton Officially Announces Support For Marriage Equality

by David Badash ● 11:21 AM March 18, 2013
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Hillary Clinton has just announced her official, formal support for same-sex marriage, a concept she was unable to specifically mention in her capacity as the U.S. Secretary of State.

Bigotry Watch

Ten CPAC Attendees Respond To Sen. Rob Portman’s Support Of Same-Sex Marriage

by David Badash ● 6:34 PM March 15, 2013
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Attendees at CPAC today were asked by Think Progress to share their thoughts on Senator Rob Portman’s announcement that he supports same-sex marriage now, because his son is gay.

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