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Gay marriage opponents running out of cash ahead of Supreme Court hearing

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO -- ProtectMarriage.com, the principal advocacy group backing California's Proposition 8, a 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, is suffering serious fundraising shortfalls, according to their attorney, Andrew Pugno. [ Read more → ]
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NOM’s Brian Brown earns $500K working to deny civil marriage rights to gays

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Working to deny good, taxpaying LGBT citizens their right to civil marriage is a lucrative business for Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage. According to activist Fred Karger, founder of Rights Equal Rights, tax returns for the NOM reveal that Brown earned... [ Read more → ]
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Fred Karger launches Amway boycott over donation to anti-gay NOM

Friday, August 3, 2012
LGBT activist Fred Karger and his advocacy group "Rights Equal Rights" on Friday launched a global boycott targeting multi-level marketing company Amway over a $500,000 donation by the company's founder to the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage. [ Read more → ]
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Gay GOP candidate Fred Karger ends presidential campaign

Friday, June 29, 2012
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. -- Fred Karger, the first openly gay presidential candidate from a major political party in American history -- ended his campaign on Friday. [ Read more → ]
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Utah GOP official’s wife calls gay candidate ‘wicked,’ ‘pathetic’

Thursday, June 14, 2012
SALT LAKE CITY -- While kicking off his campaign in Utah, openly-gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger was called “pathetic” and an “idiot” by Nanette Billings, wife of Washington County Republican Party Chairman Willie Billings. [ Read more → ]
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California ethics panel to investigate National Organization for Marriage

Wednesday, June 6, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In a surprise move, the state of California’s ethics office announced Wednesday that it will investigate Fred Karger’s complaint against the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOM). [ Read more → ]
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Karger’s ‘sexy frisbee’ campaign video yanked by YouTube as ‘inappropriate’

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- A campaign video by openly gay GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger -- that ended with a brief kiss by two men on a California beach, was removed by YouTube late yesterday because it violated YouTube's community policies. [ Read more → ]
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GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger to air groundbreaking ad featuring gay kiss

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Fred Karger, the first openly gay Republican presidential candidate in American politics, is making history again by releasing the first-ever campaign ad containing a gay kiss. [ Read more → ]
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Fred Karger wants proof of NOM’s Maggie Gallagher’s elusive husband

Friday, April 13, 2012
Republican presidential hopeful Fred Karger on Thursday issued a press release speculating that Maggie Gallagher -- the co-founder and former chair of the National Organization for Marriage -- has either divorced her husband of 18 years or was never married to him at all. [ Read more → ]
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‘Fred Who?’ Openly gay Karger ready for New Hampshire primary

Saturday, January 7, 2012
The Republican presidential candidate has been on the ground in the Granite State for more than a year, targeting the "protest vote." "Fed up with the Republican party?" Fred Karger offers New Hampshire primary voters what he calls a "moderate" alternative to mainstream Republican candidates... [ Read more → ]
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2011: A riveting year for presidential campaigns, anti-gay politicians

Saturday, December 31, 2011
Few in the GOP field could rival President Obama with their records on LGBT issues, and yet, the outcome of the Republican presidential race riveted the attention of LGBT people in 2011. Many of the contenders were notoriously anti-gay. They were often asked about, or were inclined to share, their positions on gay-related issues. [ Read more → ]
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Openly gay presidential candidate Fred Karger shut out from Iowa debate

Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Openly gay presidential candidate Fred Karger will once again be left out of a nationally televised debate among Republican presidential hopefuls -- this time, in Iowa on Thursday night. [ Read more → ]
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Fred Karger, first openly gay candidate, announces run for President

Sunday, March 27, 2011
Fred Karger, a retired political consultant and former adviser to three Republican presidents, has announced his candidacy for the GOP nomination for President of the United States. He will be the first openly gay Republican ever to run for President. [ Read more → ]
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Presidential hopeful Fred Karger takes on NOM’s anti-gay marriage campaign

Sunday, January 30, 2011
Gay activist and Presidential hopeful Fred Karger has released a 60 second TV spot that has already started running in New Hampshire taking on the National Organization For Marriage and their lies. [ Read more → ]
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