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Fred Karger launches Amway boycott over donation to anti-gay NOM
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.
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Gay GOP candidate Fred Karger ends presidential campaign
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Fred Karger, the first openly gay presidential candidate from a major political party in American history — ended his campaign on Friday.
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Utah GOP official’s wife calls gay candidate ‘wicked,’ ‘pathetic’
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.
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California ethics panel to investigate National Organization for Marriage
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).
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Karger’s ‘sexy frisbee’ campaign video yanked by YouTube as ‘inappropriate’
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.
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GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger to air groundbreaking ad featuring gay kiss
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.
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Fred Karger wants proof of NOM’s Maggie Gallagher’s elusive husband
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.
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‘Fred Who?’ Openly gay Karger ready for New Hampshire primary
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 for the presidency in a new television advertisement playing in […]
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2011: A riveting year for presidential campaigns, anti-gay politicians
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.
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Openly gay presidential candidate Fred Karger shut out from Iowa debate
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.