Scottish politician Gordon Wilson says that passing marriage equality would be a "step toward state fascism." Stephen Colbert appeared on Meet the Press today and said he can't tell Barack Obama and Mitt Romney apart. "I'm not…
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Archives for October 14, 2012
Posts from October 14, 2012
Felix Baumgartner Breaks World Skydiving Record: VIDEO
After years of preparation, 43-year old Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner met at least one of his goals when he set the record for the highest ever jump today. Ascending to 128,000 feet above New Mexico, 25,200 feet more than the previous record, B…
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Will Obama And Romney ‘Go Purple’ To Support LGBT Youth?
This coming Friday is Spirit Day, a day on which people are meant to wear purple to support LGBT people who are bullied. As millions prepare to participate, 17-year old Katy Butler, one of the people instrumental in getting the MPAA to change the rat…
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Arlen Specter, Sen. Who Backed And Then Opposed DOMA, Dies At 82
Arlen Specter spent nearly three decades in the U.S. Senate, and before that he made a national name for himself as part of the Warren Commission that investigated John Kennedy's assassination, eventually helping pen the "single-bullet theor…
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Gay Marriage In Comic Books Mixes Business And Pressure
Among the rows and rows of comic books and star artists, New York Comic Con featured a number of panels on cultural and political trends in comic books, including the increased acceptance of gay characters like X-Men’s recently married Northsta…
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Bill Maher Proves Focus On The Family Wrong: VIDEO
Yesterday I posted video of Bill Maher and Ann Coulter discussing conservative author Coulter’s assertion that racism is a thing of the past. You can see that HERE.At the bottom of that same post I mentioned that Maher had used the same episode of hi…
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Michele Bachmann’s Gay Step-Sister Discusses Rep’s ‘Sad Legacy’
Michele Bachmann's political future looks perilous as the Minnesota U.S. Rep. faces insurgent Democratic challenger Jim Graves. Regardless of whether she wins reelection next month, Bachmann will always be known for the anti-gay initiatives she h…
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The Tao Of Uncle Poodle: Honey Boo Boo’s Kinsman Speaks Out
TLC reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is having far more pro-gay cultural impact than most people anticipated. Who could have predicted that 7-year old beauty contestant Alana and her family would use their televisual platform to celebrate LGBT i…
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