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Bigotry Watch

Maddow: Stealing Civil Rights: A Primer Via Virginia’s Ken Cuccinelli

August 25, 2010 12:16 PM by David Badash
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Rachel Maddow last night detailed the disgusting “defacto prohibition” of abortion by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. You remember Cuccinelli, don’t you? He came to fame recently when he issued his now-characteristic “opinions,” formal statements on state of Virginia letterhead that declares his opinion as (all but) law. Who is going to go against a [...]

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Civil Rights

Majority Of Americans: Marriage For Gays Is A Constitutional Right

August 11, 2010 9:39 PM by David Badash
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In the wake of Judge Vaughn Walker’s Prop 8 decision, a just-released CNN poll shows that 52% of Americans think marriage equality is a constitutional right. 46% of Americans disagreed. This is the first time a majority of Americans have said same-sex couples should have the constitutional right to be married. As with any poll, [...]

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Civil Rights

BREAKING: With Tomorrow’s Prop 8 Decision, The World Will Change

August 3, 2010 7:47 PM by David Badash
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Prop 8, the federal trial which will determine the future of same-sex marriage in California, and possibly, down the road, the entire country, will be decided tomorrow, Wednesday, August 4, 2010. I’m writing that date because I want you to remember the day the world (at least, our world,) changed. It is my personal hope [...]

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Actions

Organizing Equality Under Obama, No Better Than Being Under Bush?

July 26, 2010 7:27 PM by Caleb Eigsti
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As I stated in “Marriage Equality Through A Netroots Nation Looking Glass,” I was at Netroots Nation, a progressive conference, this past weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. My partner, David Badash, and I took part in quite a few panels/caucuses/and discussions about the LGBT movement and where it should/could be heading. After listening to the [...]

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Bigotry Watch

Gay Marriage Ban Hobbled, Maggie Gallagher Stands To Make Even More Money

July 9, 2010 10:52 AM by David Badash

The Defense Of Marriage Act essentially being pronounced unconstitutional must have brought great secret joy to Maggie Gallagher, or at least to her wallet. The Chairman of the National Organization For Marriage (NOM) will now be able to make even more than her previously reported 30%+ of NOM’s income stream, i.e. those “donations” the hateful [...]

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Bigotry Watch

Michelle Malkin: “Google to Pay Heterosexuals Less Than Homosexuals”

July 1, 2010 2:45 PM by David Badash
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(Image and caption on Michelle Malkin’s website. Nice, huh?) While extreme Right Wing bigot and self-hating demagogue Michelle Malkin complains about her parenting responsibilities, tweeting, “I am my kids’ summer day camp chauffeur. My minivan needs a meter. ,” her guest blogger Doug Powers penned this nasty piece of homophobic, right-wing ridiculousness: “Google to Pay [...]

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Bigotry Watch

Gay Couples Don’t Need Marriage Because They Never Have Children By Accident

June 30, 2010 6:20 PM by David Badash
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To America’s Right Wing, the idea that a same-sex couple could be allowed to marry and raise children goes just too far. That two parents are available to love and bring up a child, especially an adopted child, is not a rational concept for them. The needs and benefits to the child are unimportant. They would rather make up science to try to come up with a reason against it.


Gay Couples Don’t Need Marriage Because They Never Have Children By Accident is part three in our week-long series, America’s Right-Wing’s Ridiculous Anti-Marriage Equality Arguments.

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Discrimination

If Prop 8 Loses, Maggie Wins

June 15, 2010 2:34 PM by David Badash
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Closing arguments in the federal Prop 8 trial, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, begin tomorrow, after several months of hiatus, investigation, and a lot of questions from Judge Vaughn Walker. As I was reading through them, and offering my two cents, one question in particular struck me and gave me pause. “What harm do proponents face if [...]

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Bigotry Watch

Name That Evangelical Hypocrite!

June 9, 2010 12:23 PM by Caleb Eigsti
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The Facts:

Born July 11, 1948
Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine
In 1983 was on the founding board of the Family Research Council
And in May 2010 was caught with his own little RentBoy

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Name That Evangelical Hypocrite!

May 26, 2010 3:00 PM by Caleb Eigsti
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The Facts:

* Born March 30, 1934
* Is the co-founder, chairman and president of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
* Allegedly forced a male employee, Enoch Lonnie Ford, into having homosexual acts
* Paid $425,000 to Enoch to keep quiet
* Was sued for plagiarism, but settled out of court

The Culprit:

* This weeks Evangelical Hypocrite is [...]

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Asides

Breaking: Prop 8 Trial Closing Arguments Set For June 16

April 28, 2010 3:31 PM by David Badash

Breaking: Prop 8 Trial Closing Arguments Set For June 16. Via Prop 8 Trial Tracker’s Paul Hogarth: But besides setting a date for closing arguments, Judge Walker set a date for the defense counsel to submit their motion to suppress at least part of Dr. Tam’s testimony. So what happens if Dr. Tam’s testimony is [...]

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