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News

US Congressman: Same-Sex Marriage ‘Not A Civil Liberty’ — Has ‘Grave Consequences’

by David Badash ● 5:05 PM April 11, 2013
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Republican U.S. Congressman Marlin Stutzman of Indiana says same-sex marriage is not a “civil liberty,” and will lead to “grave consequences to the family unit.”

Education

Breaking: Teacher Suspended After ‘Gays Have No Purpose In Life’ Comments

by David Badash ● 9:00 AM February 21, 2013
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Diana Medley, the infamous Indiana school teacher who told a local news reporter she believes gay people serve no purpose in life, has been suspended.

Bigotry Watch

First Amendment? Superintendent Takes No Action, Supports Teacher Who Said Gays Have No Purpose

by David Badash ● 12:07 PM February 13, 2013
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The Superintendent of Schools who oversees the Indiana teacher who told a local news station that gays have no purpose in life is supporting the teacher’s exercise of her “First Amendment rights.”

Bigotry Watch

Teacher Says Gays Have No Purpose In Life, Wants LGBT Kids Banned From Prom

by David Badash ● 1:34 AM February 11, 2013
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A teacher of special needs children in Indiana is speaking out with other Christian parents and students by demanding LGBT kids be banned from a Sullivan High School prom.

Bigotry Watch

On Our Radar – Indiana State Republicans Have No License To Bully

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 1:56 PM March 25, 2012
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Republicans in the Indiana state legislature worked especially hard to deny an LGBT youth group the right to a special license plate to help raise funds for kids.

Analysis

The GOP War On Women Demands A New Women’s Rights Agenda for America

by Tanya Domi ● 12:55 PM March 19, 2012
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“Feminism” with a capital “F” is making a roaring comeback, thanks to the GOP War On Women: misogyny on steroids. It’s time we demand a new women’s rights agenda.

News

Anti-Gay Lawmaker Offers $80 For Gay Teen Craigslist M4M Hotel Hookup

by David Badash ● 10:28 AM August 12, 2011
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An anti-gay, opposite-sex married Indiana state lawmaker offered a young man he contacted through Craigslist $80 to meet for a hookup at a local Marriott hotel.

Civil Rights

Unemployed Because You’re Gay? Want To Go Talk To Congress?

by David Badash ● 12:10 PM March 5, 2010
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Bil Browning, founder of The Bilerico Project (I write for them as well) is working to get unemployed members of the LGBTQ community to go lobby Congress to pass ENDA — The Employee Non-Discrimination Act. You’ll be hearing a lot more about it in the coming days and weeks. But if you live in one [...]

Discrimination

Mike Pence: “Marriage was ordained by God, instituted among men.”

by David Badash ● 7:16 PM January 29, 2010
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Pam’s House Blend today reports an exchange between Indiana Republican Rep. Mike Pence and one of her readers who wrote Pence, his representative, about same-sex marriage. Go to Pam’s site for her take on this offensive diatribe. And if you have your own experiences, please, contact me. Here’s the text of Pence’s letter: Dear Kyle: [...]

Asides

Gay Marriage Ban In Indiana Moves Forward

by David Badash ● 2:58 PM January 20, 2010

Gay Marriage Ban In Indiana Moves Forward. The Indiana State Senate Judiciary Committee just voted 6-4 along party lines to move a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions into the full Senate for a vote. Given the Republican majority in the Senate, it is expected to pass, after which it would move to [...]

Legal Issues

News This Week: Your Rights Are Being Stolen. What Are You Going To Do?

by David Badash ● 4:38 PM January 15, 2009

Only fifteen days into the new year, a year of promise that ushers in our first African American president, and yet, already our rights are being taken, no, stolen, away from us. But honestly, the fault is ours, for we haven’t done enough to stop the slow creep of hatred and bigotry that is the [...]