epic smackdown

Somewhere out in TV land, Julia Sugarbaker shouted, “And that’s the night the lights went out in Minot!”

The religious right astroturf group One Million Moms called a gay couple and their adopted children “sinful.” The family fired back, but their 11-year-old daughter stole the spotlight with six words.

After a Republican congressman from California referred to gay men with a slur, Sanders rose to the community’s defense in a sharply worded response.