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Gay man accused of tweeting threats against GOP senators after Orlando
His lawyer claims the tweets were meant as “parody” and satire, calling them “inartful political discourse.” That’s the nice way of saying “stupid.”
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Angered by inclusion of LGBTQ protections, GOP scuttles spending bill
Conservatives angered by the inclusion of LGBTQ protections in an otherwise routine spending bill scuttled the measure Thursday.
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Amid shouts of ‘shame,’ House GOP defeats gay rights measure
“This reveals them for who they are,” said Democrat Steve Israel. “They are bigots. They are haters.”
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Pro-gun gay group wins major victory: ‘Armed queers don’t get bashed’
This gun-toting gay group aims to change the way mainstream society perceives gay people — by making gay people a credible threat.
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Bernie Sanders campaign plans to lay off hundreds of staffers
Sanders’ movement for a political revolution is reaching a crossroads even as he promises to campaign against Hillary Clinton through the June primaries.
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State of the Union: Political divide on full display in GOP, Dem reaction
Reaction to President Barack Obama’s address underscores how polarized Washington is right now.
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Obama marks 5 years since end of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
He says the national defense requires the talents of every American, regardless of sexual orientation.
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FDA eases restrictions on blood donations from gay men
But the new policy bars donations from men who’ve had sex with a man in the past year.
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Obama: ‘I won’t fade away in my final year’
In his annual year-end news conference, Obama praised a Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage, and a congressional rewrite of the No Child Left Behind law.
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3 weeks in jail for man who disrupted gay marriage arguments
Rives Miller Grogan of Mansfield, Texas, pleaded guilty in September to illegally demonstrating inside the court