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Tea Party would love to see Black people ‘hanging on a tree,’ and gays in prison … or worse
There is a dangerous political atmosphere in the United States today as the culture wars have now become a rallying point for a vocal but wealthy minority in the far right that allows ancient prejudices and hatreds to become acceptable.
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Family Research Council statement needs a little ‘editing’
Last year when the Southern Poverty Law Center named several religious right groups as anti-gay hate groups, many of them united (with the Family Research Council – one of the groups named – leading the way) in a campaign with the semi- catchy title of Start Debating/Stop Hating…
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Gay groups make religious individuals feel like ‘second class citizens’
Though I should be surprised, I have found myself expecting the National Organization for Marriage to make outlandish and ridiculous statements. In today’s episode of “what did NOM say,” I give you the repeat of “NOM becomes a victim.”
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Perry signs anti-gay pledge, vows to support federal marriage amendment
Texas Governor and Republican presidential contender Rick Perry on Friday signed an anti-gay marriage pledge, vowing to support a Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex unions nationwide.
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New York Rabbi Yehuda Levin blames East Coast earthquake on gay marriage
New York Rabbi Yehuda Levin actually blames gay marriage for causing the East Cost earthquake. But what’s important to note about Rabbi Levin is his connection to the anti-gay group National Organization for Marriage.
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Anti-gay NOM still circumventing campaign finance laws for donor secrecy
The nation’s leading anti-gay group, the National Organization for Marriage, opposes marriage and civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, and earlier this month, many of the leading Republican presidential candidates signed NOM’s pledge calling for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. NOM has filed a raft of lawsuits to shield its donors from […]
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Minnesota campaign finance board dismisses complaint against NOM
The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board has dismissed campaign finance complaints against the National Organization for Marriage and the Minnesota Family Council.
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NOM’s marriage pledge includes a ‘witch-hunt’ against the gay community
While there is a lot of noise being made over the NOM’s pledge to “protect marriage,” a passage in that pledge is escaping some much deserved scrutiny. Presidential candidates who signed the pledge have promised to “Appoint a presidential commission to investigate harassment of traditional marriage supporters.”
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NOM slapped down by the courts while its bus tour is flopping hard
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has again ruled against the National Organization for Marriage’s attempts to challenge the “constitutionality of a Rhode Island election law requiring the reporting of so-called ‘independent expenditures.’”
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Poll: Majority of New Yorkers don’t want marriage equality overturned
Just weeks after same-sex marriage was legalized in New York state, a new poll suggests growing support for marriage equality in the Empire state, and more than six in ten do not want the legislation to be overturned.