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To the Republicans — We should go back into the political closet
Now that Wednesday night’s Republican Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is history, it is important that we look back at what was said – or more accurately what was not said – during the debate.
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Santorum complains the gay community has declared ‘jihad’ against him
Rick Santorum, the GOP presidential contender who claims to have gay friends who don’t deserve rights because marriage equality is destroying the American family, now claims that the gay and lesbian community has declared a “jihad” against him.
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Rick Santorum has gay friends who do not deserve the same rights that he does
Hard to believe, but GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has gay friends. This is the same Rick Santorum who opposes gay marriage, opposes civil unions, wants to reinstate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and who says gays and lesbians deserve no “privileges.”
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Rick Santorum: Marriage equality is equal to slavery (when it’s not like a napkin)
Not only has Rick Snatorum used the lackluster comparison of napkins and paper towels as a justification to denying gay couples marriage rights, he is now comparing the 10th amendments guarantee that a state can enact marriage equality if it wants too, to states having the authority to legalize slavery.
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Republican presidential candidates pushed to move even farther to the right
In the third nationally televised GOP presidential debate, none of the eight candidates on the stage strayed from their already stated positions on marriage for same-sex couples, but there was some pushing and prodding for several of the candidates to move even farther to the right.
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New Balance distances itself from Chairman’s donation to Romney’s anti-gay campaign
Athletic footwear company New Balance, is distancing itself from news that its Chairman, James Davis, contributed $500,000 to Mitt Romney’s campaign for President — Romney is one of four GOP hopefuls that have signed the NOM’s pledge to oppose marriage equality.
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Santorum: Traditional marriage is like a napkin, gay marriage is like a paper towel
As fictional character Forrest Gump once said, “Life is like a box of chocolates…” And as (some would say, “fictional”) GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says, “Marriage is like a napkin” … or is it like a glass of water, or a beer?
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Romney, Bachmann, Santorum, Pawlenty sign NOM’s anti-gay marriage pledge
Not to be out-bigoted by Iowa homophobe Bob Vander Plaats and his anti-gay outfit “The Family Leader,” the National Organization for Marriage has prepared its own “Marriage Pledge” for the 2012 GOP Presidential hopefuls to sign.
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NOM’s ‘Values Voter” bus tour will spread ‘Santorum’ and general homophobia
NOM’s “Values Bus” tour ought to be interesting in a nauseatingly sort of way. And I know that there are many in the lgbtq community hoping for some type of “Road to Damascus” conversion by some of the attendants or at the very least, a complete bus break down in the middle of lonely road in the blazing heat or even better – in the dead of night…
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NOM, Family Research Council launch ‘Values Voter’ Iowa bus tour
The National Organization for Marriage, the Family Research Council, and the Susan B. Anthony List have launched the 2011 Values Bus Iowa Tour.